Teaching Kids About Fair Trade in Your Own Community
Teaching Kids About Fair Trade in Your Own Community You want to teach your child about fair trade. To begin with, avoid encyclopedic definitions. Instead, summarize it in a more kid-friendly, digestible manner, such as the following: “Fair trade means making sure the people who grow or make things are treated kindly and paid fairly […]
Nature Journaling for Kids
Nature Journaling for Kids For an individual, journaling is the act of regularly writing down personal thoughts, feelings, experiences, and reflections. For some, it’s a daily activity, generally done in the evening when the day has concluded. Others may make it a weekly or monthly activity, while some keep a journal with them at all times, […]
Celebrate Nature this April
Is April is the Best Month to Celebrate Nature with Your Kids? Every day of the year is a good day for children across Canada to celebrate nature. That being said, it certainly doesn’t hurt to have an “excuse” to do so with an added sense of excitement. For this, we encourage parents and educators […]
How to Help Your Child Discover Their Passions
Help Your Child Discover Their Passions Working in one’s passion is often considered a significant contributor to success and overall happiness. It’s something that many adults report wishing they were told early in life, instead of being guided towards vocations based upon a statistical likelihood of post-education job placement or other practical motivators. It should […]
Social Media Limits for Teens and Preteens
Social Media Limits for Teens and Preteens Parents, educators, and the general Canadian public have been hearing news from south of the border that the world’s largest social media companies have been on trial for promoting addictive behavior among adolescent users. What’s surprising, is that the conglomerates are actually being found liable. Closing out March […]
How to Teach Your Child to be Open Minded
How to Teach Your Child to be Open Minded Children are definitely not inherently closed-minded, but their early developmental stages are characterized by egocentrism, where they naturally view the world only from their own perspective, making it seem as if they are not open to things that contradict their beliefs. While they are naturally curious and eager […]
Is it Time for Your Child to Take a Break from Social Media?
Is it Time for Your Child to Take a Break from Social Media? Parents across Canada share a concern that didn’t even exist 15 years ago. They collectively wonder – does my child spend so much time on social media that it’s becoming unhealthy? It has certainly become a hot topic of late, with one […]
Teaching Kids to Embrace Failure
Teaching Kids to Embrace…Failure? Got your attention, folks? We thought the title might make more than a few of you curious. While “failure” may seem like a bad word, especially when it comes to how children perceive a result of something they have attempted to do, the truth, is that defeat is critical to their […]
My Child Wants to be an Influencer
So…My Child Wants to be an Influencer There was a time when parents would balk about their children announcing that they wanted to be professional musicians, actors, and athletes. While those lofty ambitions still persist, another spotlit goal has entered the picture – becoming a social media influencer. For parents who aren’t entirely clear about […]
Help with New Year’s Resolutions
How Parents Can Help with Their Kids’ New Year’s Resolutions A growing number of households encourage their children to make resolutions for the New Year. It’s a great way to teach kids about goal-setting, positive habit formation, and personal growth. But as with adults, success rates for reaching these goals will be low without early […]