School-Age
Enjoying Time With Your Kids During the Holidays
Merry Christmas, For those of you who do not celebrate Christmas I wish you all the best of the holiday season. I love Christmas and I hope that the article we have included with this message will help you and … Continue reading
Merry Christmas
It’s December and we are now gearing up for the holidays. Will it surprise anyone to know that today’s article is all about Christmas? Christmas is the holiday we celebrate in our home, but whatever your family enjoys, the following … Continue reading
You Can Keep Your Kids Safe
I was speaking with a colleague about child safety. We tossed around some ideas and concerns and I decided then and there that this would be the topic for this newsletter. I’ll be in Ontario while you read this edition … Continue reading
The last thing shy kids need is over-protection
You’re at a cocktail party. Mary is sitting alone in the corner, holding her drink, and looking down at the floor without a smile on her face. She is alone. Graham is talking quietly to two other folks. It’s a … Continue reading
Keeping Kids Safe on Hallowe’en
Boo. The weather is changing, the leaves are turning colour and falling off the trees and your kids are gearing up for Hallowe’en. I’m excited. We live in a complex with lots of kids and I am looking forward to … Continue reading
How To Get Kids To Pick Up Their Toys
I need to do some serious re-organization in my kitchen. I need to decide where to put the stuff that I simply unpacked when I moved in nearly a year ago. It’s time, don’t you think? That led me to … Continue reading
Discipline and Punishment: What’s the Difference?
The most popular workshop I offer is called Discipline…Steps to Success. And that makes sense. Discipline is a parenting challenge and at the basis of much of what we do when raising our children. A major challenge is figuring out … Continue reading
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Over the weekend my husband, our adult children and I were playing a game of trivial pursuit. We came up against a term we couldn’t define. The kids turned to each other and laughed, saying; “I guess we’d better look … Continue reading
But I need it, pleeeese Mom, can I have it?
The fine art of whining. While a friend of mine, when complaining describes her annoying complaining as a ‘fine Italian wine’, most of us know that whining drives us nuts. And yet all parents know that it seems to come … Continue reading
“I’m Bored,” says Junior and you say…
Hello, I was a guest on a local Shaw TV program called Studio 4 with host Fanny Kiefer. On the website she says: “A great interview is someone spontaneous, down-to-earth, provocative and passionate about their subject.” When I am a … Continue reading
