Parenting is difficult and there can be added pressure and stress during holidays. Creating safe, secure, loving environments and being present with your children is the greatest gift you can give.
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Parents and caregivers can support teens with the transition to high school by taking the time to connect and talk, whenever and however you can.
Parents and caregivers are vital partners in education, and together, educators and families can ease back-to-school jitters and help make this an exciting and positive transition for children.
In some regions of the country, mothers and fathers have different approaches than their counterparts in other regions.
Making daily time to connect with their children is an important way of nurturing family experiences and relationships and to find restoration.
Experts in child development and infectious disease help parents make informed decisions about Halloween and provide tips for communicating with children effectively.
Seeking help for their own distress, creating a warm and cohesive family environment and focusing on some of the silver linings may help parents safeguard their children’s mental health.
Grief encompasses our emotional responses to change and loss, and children’s grief might be expressed in what psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross described as the five common stages of grief.
With a complex language, like English, learning to sound out words is critical but not enough for learning how to read.
Early experiences sharing and developing positive connections, language and communication set the stage for home reading to start children on the path to literacy.
Children’s needs change as they grow and develop, so parents should attune themselves to talking to their children in age-appropriate ways that demonstrate ongoing care.
The evidence is clear that newborn babies do better when they ‘room-in’ with their opioid-dependent mothers. So why are hospitals across Canada so slow to provide this recognized standard of care?
The psychological health of migrant children will be deeply impacted by their flight from gang violence, and the experience of crowded unhygienic conditions and tear gas at the U.S. border.
Top contributors
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Adjuct Faculty University of Guelph, Former Chair, Early Childhood Studies and Founder of The Love Model Inc.
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Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Professor, School of Psychology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Professor of Psychology, Western University
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Part-time faculty, Department of Education, Concordia University; Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF), McGill University, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Wayne State University
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University
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PhD Student, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
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Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
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PhD Candidate, The University of Melbourne