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Category Archives: Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe
Talking to tweens about stranger dangers
“There are 2 middle aged men driving a van approaching tweens in an Oakville neighbourhood.” This is the message I received from multiple friends by email; I noticed Facebook postings and saw warnings via twitter, along with an article posted … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Children & Tweens with Special Needs, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween
Tagged danger, Halton, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Mental Health, Oakville, outdoors, play, safety tips, stranger danger, strangers, tweens
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Sleep away camp – Are you and your kids ready?
An image of summer camp like this one gets me all the time. The kids are smiling and hugging, and you just sense they are loving every second of their time away from home. Perhaps these types of images and memories are … Continue reading
Water tubing: New heights for my son; New nerves for his mom
Our summer vacation over the past few years has been to rent the same quaint little white housekeeping cottage. It sits right on the edge of Pine Lake in Northern Ontario. Actually there are 5 cottages that line the shore, … Continue reading
“Ka-Pow to Powerjams”: new kid’s e-book about climate change
Last week HaltonParents got to be part of an official kids book launch at Milton Public Library, on Clean Air Day, June 5. Very exciting stuff!
Posted in Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween
Tagged air quality, blackout, books, climate change, ebook, emergency preparedness, energy use, environment, family, Halton, halton region, halton region health department, Ka-Pow to Powerjams, power failure, power outage, storybook
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Fun in the Sun and a Mom on the Run
Okay – I don’t know about you but I have definitely heard enough warnings to make me rightly cautious when exposing my kids to the sun. Be it from my doctor, pharmacist, the media or my colleagues here at the Halton … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Baby Safe, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Keeping Your Toddler & Preschooler Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Teens, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Tagged family, family fun, fun in the sun, health, melanoma, physical activity, Physical Health, school, skin cancer, summer, sun protection, sun safety, sun sense, sunburn, sunscreen
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