Ten Things Teachers Need Most From Parents
As a teacher, I used to look forward to September despite the typical back to school nightmares that would visit me before classes started. There…
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Healing Broken Attachments with our Kids
They are few stressors greater in life than having a challenging relationship with one’s child. It can be heart breaking to look at the chasm…
United Nations Address for the Global Day of Parents – Parenting in the Digital Age
Address to the United Nations, New York, for the Global Day of Parents June 1, 2016 The digital age has reshaped the landscape in which…
Holding Onto Kids in a Digital World
Digital devices provide kids with the capacity to connect with each other like never before. No longer confined by geography, classroom walls or home, they…
The Lost Art of Play, on CBC with Stephen Quinn
An interview based on the presentation Lost Art of Play: Helping Children Become their Own Person for the Vancouver International Children’s Festival PEP series. It aired on…
Plugged In: Growing Up in a Digital World
I remember being overjoyed when my parents bought our first dishwasher. Overnight I was rescued from the drudgery of washing dinner plates. I was even…
