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Thank You for Joining Us @ Fathers and Daughters: A Special Bond of Love
Dr. Simon Min, an ICU doctor, kicked off the first Bright and Cheerful Home seminar of the year on the topic of Fathers and Daughters…
The magic fix for family life: dinner together
It’s more than just a nice idea. University research shows that the family that eats together, stays together.
Imagine…
Thank You for Joining Us @ The Art of Family Mealtime
For Ms. Scholastica Au, a public health nurse and the 1st guest speaker of our Bright and Cheerful Home Seminar on The Art of Family…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Connections before Connection
At 10pm Toronto time, Mr. Elie Wehbe stayed up to share his insights on how to use the internet securely and maturely at home…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Study Skills for School and Beyond
How refreshing it was to hear our guest speaker Mr. Adam Quan, an enthusiastic elementary school teacher with experience teaching…
Cut the complaining – and be happy
Kindness means thinking of others and acting in ways that contribute to their happiness. Complaining certainly doesn’t do that. If you’ve been trying …
What should you do when your child is not kind?
Kindness is the virtue of thinking of others—caring about their feelings, needs, and happiness. In a previous post…
Kids glued to screens? Teach them the art of conversation
Tired of asking your kids to put down their phones and look at you when you’re talking with them? Guilty of checking your own phone…
Raising Kind Kids: 5 simple things you can do
If you want your children to learn to be kind, start by using the language of kindness in your family. This will help to convey kindness…
How to raise kind kids – and make family life happier
Kindness is not moral confetti that good people sprinkle randomly and benignly. It is not a nice but casual quality of character…
Corona Summer: A mom’s script for averting second wave chaos
Everyone talks about a second wave. But us moms know there is another, equally worrisome second wave that is already threatening…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Let’s Talk
Sue Dvorak understood the busyness of today’s parents and craziness of today’s culture. Like a peer mentor, she generously shared her insights…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Life Lessons from Sports
“Victory accomplished without integrity, and respect is really no victory at all!” quipped Pat Macken, our guest speaker…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Nurturing Young Children in the Digital Age
An educational session on “Nurturing Young Children (0-5) in the Digital Age” was presented by Scholastica Au, PHN, and Dawn Cooper…
5 Homework Strategies in the Digital Age
One of the hardest things in parenting is helping kids stay focused while doing homework because of all the internal distractions, like dread of working on certain tasks…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Chinese Subtitled Version of Screenagers
A Chinese Subtitled Version of Screenagers 屏幕少年 was shown on January 14, 2018. Parents and teenagers had good reflections…
Thank You for Joining Us @ Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age
Over 400 parents and teenagers attended the informative evening. Many attendees appreciated the parent panel discussion…
Confessions of a Millennial mum with a smartphone habit
We might not even be aware we are holding it, waiting for a call, a text, an email. Or perhaps we’ve fallen even deeper into the trap: we’re poised to make our minute-by-minute check…
Regret nothing, especially not motherhood
Apparently, when you are a mother, and finding the role incredibly challenging, you have two options. You can either regret motherhood, as an article published in the Sydney Morning…
Father Engagement from Three Months Strengthens Infants’ Cognitive Development
Our study on the fathers’ roles in early child development, conducted in the UK, has found…