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Preventable Tragedies
Between my husband’s family and my own, we have experienced 3 deaths and 1 serious injury, all caused by someone else’s decision to drive impaired: A mother and her young daughter. They were struck down in a crosswalk, leaving another … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Tobacco & Drugs, Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teen Brain, Teens
Tagged car accidents, car crashes, collision, distracted driving, driving, drunk driving, impaired driving, preventing risk, risk taking, school, school health, smart risk, Teen Brain, teen driver, teens
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What’s With Weed?
I admit it. I have never tried cannabis (marijuana, weed). According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, I am in a slim majority. Forty-two percent of Ontarians over the age of 18 have used cannabis in their lifetimes. … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Tobacco & Drugs, Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teen Brain, Teens
Tagged brain development, cannabis, development, drugs, effects, health, marijuana, Mental Health, parents, Physical Health, pot, school health, Services, substance use, Teen Brain, teens, weed
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The Unseen Risk: What every parent should know about heart disorders
Within a six-week period in 2006, two high school students in Halton Region lost their lives after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. In both cases, the cardiac arrest occurred during or shortly after the students engaged in physical activity. Sudden … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged cardiac arrest, CPR, faint, fainting, heart attack, heart health, heart rhythm disorders, long QT syndrome, Physical Health, teen health, young athletes
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Suddenly…A Single Mom
I have been a single mom for 9 years now. Nine years of paying for the roof over our heads, the food in the fridge and the gas in the car, alone. Nine years of driving to gymnastics, dance camp, … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged children, divorce, marriage, Mental Health, parents, separation, Services, single dad, single mom, single parent, support
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