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Category Archives: Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween
Safety First: Hockey Canada bans hitting in peewee hockey
I just posted Prevent Concussions and Take Care of that Awesome Brain yesterday as we enter Safe kids’ week. And now I’ve just learned of the big news that Hockey Canada has banned hitting in the peewee division starting this upcoming season. … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween
Tagged concussions, hitting, hockey, hockey canada, injury prevention, Keeping Your Baby Safe, no more hitting, Physical Health, safe kids week
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The TV actually turns off?? COOL!
I am not a perfect person. It follows then, that I am not a perfect mother. My children watch TV. Not as often or as much as some other kids I know (for some shallow reason I felt the need … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Play, Growth & Development, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged child health, disease prevention, healthy-living, heart health, kids, physical activity, Physical Health, play, screen, screen time, sedentary, television, tv
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Reflections on innocence
My heart sank deep in my chest and my eyes immediately filled with tears just now as I learned from a radio report that the remains of Tim Bosma had been found in a rural area in southwestern Ontario. Details … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged Bosma, community, family, grieving, heavy heart, injury prevention, innocence, loving community, Mental Health, Physical Health, school, stranger, stranger safety, talk to strangers, thoughts and feelings, Tim, Tim Bosma
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My son stresses over getting A’s at school…Should I be worried?
As I read last week’s blog Education week and Mental Health week: I see the connection, I feel Paula’s struggles with her young daughter and the stress she has about school. This reminds me of a documentary I recently watched … Continue reading
Education Week and Mental Health Week: I see the connection
“We have to do this homework tonight – we are getting ready for EQAO testing! Dad! DAD! This is SERIOUS!!”, bellowed my 8-year old daughter, who I will admit has a bit of a nervous and timid temperament; not exactly … Continue reading