Three mothers share their experience and advice for ‘baby number two’ “Be prepared for fits of rage and jealousy,” warned a friend of Vanessa Shields’ (Windsor, ON) when prepping her for her second child. Vanessa, mother to Jett (5) and Miller (3), felt reprimanded by her well-meaning friends and family when announcing that she was [...]
What is a good age to start setting New Year’s resolutions with my child? Setting a New Year’s resolution is no different from setting a goal. Teaching your children to work toward a SMART goal or New Year’s resolution is something you can do from the time they’re in preschool. Just remember that the resolutions [...]
I am hosting my daughter’s 4th birthday party next week and I’m wondering how best to go about it – I don’t want to invite her entire kindergarten class AND her daycare group but she has friends in both. How do I invite a few kids and not make the rest of the children feel [...]
Happy Halloween! On this day every year, we encourage our children to use their imaginations and creativity to dress up as anything their little hearts desire. The more ambitious the idea, the better the costume, the better the experience. Be a super hero, be a robot, be an airplane or be a president! On Halloween [...]
“My older child has been in daycare for about a year now and in a few months my younger one will be joining him in the same centre. I am a younger sibling and during my school years, I was always compared to my older brother and sister. I want to make sure that my [...]
My son had his first swimming lesson yesterday. At barely four years old, he was more than ready to walk into the pool with his teacher, leaving me in the hard chairs at the sidelines without a thought to doubt. His other two classmates at just three years old were hesitant to set off on [...]
My son is struggling in pre-school, and I think he may have a learning disability. What should I do? What procedures are in place to determine this? Parents are often the first to notice when their child is having difficulty in learning and when something is just not right. Ask your child’s preschool teacher whether [...]
When does teething start and when will it end? Every child is different but most babies start teething between four and seven months of age. They usually have all of their teeth by the time they’re three years old. This is just a general range and it varies from child to child but if your [...]
We heard from Dr. Robert Coplan, a professor of Psychology at Carleton University who specializes in childhood shyness, in our spring issue of Together Family. In the article “Don’t Shy Away From Shyness” we outlined some of Dr. Coplan’s research findings as well as his advice for parents of shy children. But there’s more! There [...]