Parenting
Is Parenting Harder Now?
I recently read an article about how different and how much easier parenting used to be, back when our parents were raising us. There were less demands, less outside pressure, but now our obligations as mothers are different than our own moms experienced at our age. When we got to Punta Cana last weekend, I
When Should Your Teen Get A Cell Phone?
My daughter Rosa, who turns 13 in a month, wants her own cell phone. She’s put together a proposal, she’s got her heart set on an iPhone, and she wants to finally get her own Instagram account, which is actually something I’ve talked about on the blog before. Related: What You Need To Know About Kids
How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs
Talking to your kids about drugs isn’t always easy, but it’s absolutely necessary. This week happens to be Drug Awareness Week, so I visited Constable Sean Nusink to find out more about Fentanyl, a drug that has been talked about a lot in the news lately. From Wikipedia: Fentanyl (also known as fentanil) is a potent, synthetic opioid
What My Son’s Hockey Coaches Taught Me About Parenting
My 10 year old son was throwing a fit on the hockey rink. He was banging his stick on the ice. He was furious. The other team had scored while he was on his defensive shift. The Mom in me was nauseous. This was, in my opinion, a major regression of behaviour I thought we
How To Stop Being Too Busy
This is Part 4 of a 4-part interview series with Dr. Stuart Shanker. Click here to watch the entire series. The focus of these videos is to learn about self regulation and why it is the key ingredient for both our own and our children’s success and happiness. This video offers a critical piece of
Helping Kids Who Don’t Fit Into The School System
This is Part 3 of a 4-part interview series with Dr. Stuart Shanker. Click here to watch the entire series. You may have noticed on your child’s report card, a self regulation area. It’s a big part of success criteria for kids. In fact I just had a parent teacher interview and I boldly told my one
When Your Kid Has Anxiety And What To Do
This is Part 2 of a 4-part interview series with Dr. Stuart Shanker. Click here to watch the entire series. This video for me is really important to share. My youngest son recently did something that was not cool. He hurt another child in a fit of stress and anger. Dr. Shanker’s insight on children’s
How To Teach Our Kids Self-Regulation
This is Part 1 of a 4-part interview series with Dr. Stuart Shanker. Click here to watch the entire series. I never knew the term self-regulation until I realized my second born struggled with it. Now my third is dealing with the same struggles. Once I learned about self regulation and the research of Dr. Stuart