By Bev Schellenberg Students young and old have returned to school, a yearly phenomenon as certain in September as rainfall in Vancouver. Depending on where you stand on the conveyor belt of life, you likely fit somewhere between ecstatic-that-school-has-begun (as in the case of most parents, some students, and some more senior mall-frequenters) to unfazed-and-basically-unaware […]
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Psst, kid, wanna buy some eyeliner?
Recently I met a mom who’s had enough. I was in a mall washroom when I noticed the media-awareness.ca sticker on the tote bag of the woman next to me at the counter. I asked her about it, and got a quick lesson in what it’s like to raise children in a media environment that’s […]
Muzzle your kids
Bev Schellenberg Which of the following causes the most harm to a child? A) Secondhand cigarette smoke in vehicles B) Lead content in spiral journals, jewellery, and paintC) Magnets and squeakers from toys D) Moose burpsE) All of the above Well, let’s see. Doctors at the annual Canadian Medical Association meeting in Vancouver on August […]
A job only parents can do well
Marni Ko Last week, “Living” looked at the newest study to conclude the obvious — little kids do best when taken care of by the loving, involved parents who brought them into this world in the first place. It’s not the first study, nor will it be the last, on this important issue. For over […]
Babies need Mother Care, not Other Care
Marni Ko It’s not much of a surprise. On March 26, 2007, the findings of a United States study, the largest, most comprehensive, and longest running study ever undertaken, were published by the National Institute of Health. It concluded that the more hours a pre-kindergarten aged child spent in daycare, the more likely teachers would […]
