5 Ways to Grow Confident Kids
It is no small developmental feat to raise a child who will be able to find their own way in the world as an adult.…
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Growing Pains: Five Things Teens Need From Parents
If someone asked you what period in human life is likely to be the loneliest, what would you say? Fortunately there are loneliness researchers who…
What Do Your New Year’s Intentions Reveal About You?
Love them or hate them, forming new year’s intentions are part of many people’s ritual in leaving one year behind and making way for a…
Self Esteem: What Stuck Kids Taught Me About What It Means to Matter
Wally, a 21 year old student, glared at me intently as he lept from his chair at the front of the class. He spoke loudly…
The One Thing Every Kid Needs in their School Backpack
A friend told me her son couldn’t understand why a young child he knew had such a hard time being away from his mother while…
Who Will Take Care of the Bully?
Lucy was the name of my bully in grade 6. At the age of 11 her mother had died suddenly from a cancer leaving behind…
Cultivating Self Worth in Kids: What it Means to Matter
Approval from parents can feel like oxygen to a child over the age of 4, but this shouldn’t be confused with praise or rewards. The…
The Emotional Lives of Young Children
Young children have the unique capacity to display a range of emotions in a matter of minutes. They can go from happy to sad, anxious…
“Me-Do” – Fostering the Bias in Children to Become their Own Person
Attachment is the womb of maturation and one of the fruits of a deep and nourishing relationship is the bias created in a child to…
The Role of Desire in Learning
My husband is an avid downhill mountain biker and would love nothing more than to share this love of bikes with our two daughters. The…
