Apr 11, 2023 | Family, Featured, Podcasts, Profiles, Social Media, Teens, Youth
Photo courtesy: twitter.com/c_todd Through searing grief, Carol Todd works tirelessly to keep her daughter’s memory alive. “The one thing that that brings me up is knowing that Amanda’s voice is still out there, that I can talk about her, that the world can...
Mar 13, 2023 | Family, Featured, Podcasts, Profiles, Social Media, Teens, Youth
The rising number of violent incidents in and near schools in Canada is being described as, “alarming” and at “crisis levels,” depending on where you live across the country. “We need to recognize that learning loss and the pandemic have caused significant...
Mar 11, 2023 | Family, Featured, Podcasts, Social Media, Teens, Youth
This week on Where Parents Talk radio on 105.9 The Region, host Lianne Castelino speaks to Dr. Paul W. Bennett, educator, researcher, policy analyst, author, Director and Lead Researcher at Schoolhouse Institute, adjunct professor of Education at Saint Mary’s...
Feb 24, 2023 | Family, Featured, Podcasts, Profiles, Social Media, Teens, Toddler, Videos, Youth
Michael Jacobus hopes the summer camp program he founded six years ago, (to help youth addicted to technology) will cease to exist, soon. “I’ll always start by saying, I don’t want your kid at my camp,” says Jacobus sharing what he often tells parents. “I...
Feb 21, 2023 | Family, Profiles, Social Media, Teens, Toddler, Youth
During her 25-plus years educating teens and adults, and more recently parents, about sexual health, Amy Lang has figured out how to simplify an often awkward, stress-filled or misunderstood topic – talking to kids about sex. “The first thing is to think about...
Dec 5, 2022 | Family, Featured, Profiles, Social Media, Teens, Youth
For Rosalind Wiseman, the distinction is crystal clear. “We often use them interchangeably as if they mean the same thing,” says the multiple New York Times bestselling author, referring to dignity and respect. “Dignity is really a grounding that provides us a way...