When your child is having a temper tantrum, or doesn’t listen, does this make you want to scream? Then there’s days your child’s behaviour pushes you to your absolute limit. Although it seems like yelling at the child will correct the behaviour, this is...
Relationships
The Joy of Gardening
Share The Joy Of Gardening With Your Child I love gardening. I love the smell of the earth after you’ve turned it and prepped it for the upcoming season. I enjoying browsing the seed stands at the garden centres, carefully selecting seasonal favourites and deciding on...
Teen Parents
What would you do if your teen came home and told you that they were going to have a baby? We all have a vision of what we want our children to accomplish, and teen pregnancy can be very disappointing for some parents. You may feel like you have failed somewhere and...
Circle Time
What is circle time? If you have attended an EarlyON program or have a child who attends childcare, you may have heard of circle time. Maybe you leave programs early and have never attended circle time with your child and don’t know what it is or what to expect. Over...
Holiday Traditions
Favourite Time of Year This time of year has always been my favourite. I love how it is full of different traditions. Many of the families I have talked to all have different traditions from one another. Some traditions can cost money but so many of the ones that are...
Blended Familial Relationships
After a separation or divorce many children will spend some years living in a single parent household, however more than two thirds of adults will eventually enter a new relationship, this results in what is referred to as a blended family (Fanshawe College, 2013)....