Nov 19, 2023 | Baby, Family, Featured, Pregnancy, Profiles, Teens, Toddler, Youth
by Katherine Martinko If you have ever felt overwhelmed by the task of juggling parenting and work, you should listen to Jeremy and Catherine Hansen speak about their experience. The married pair has raised three teenagers while continuing to pursue high-pressure...
Nov 6, 2023 | Family, Featured, Profiles, Teens, Toddler, Youth
by Katherine Martinko You may not have heard the phrase “autonomy-supportive parenting” before, but it could revolutionize your approach to raising children. The phrase, which has existed in academic circles for over 30 years, has recently been brought into the...
Oct 29, 2023 | Family, Featured, Profiles, Teens, Toddler, Youth
by Katherine Martinko If you want to learn something new, then it must be meaningful on some level. This is the number one way to retain information, according to Daniel T. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. Willingham is an expert on...
Sep 30, 2023 | Baby, Birth, Family, Pregnancy, Teens, Toddler, Youth
by Katherine Martinko In 2018, the Honourable Karina Gould became the first Canadian politician holding office at the federal level to have a baby. The experience of juggling a newborn with a high-profile career challenged her in new ways—and led to some significant...
Sep 20, 2023 | Baby, Family, Pregnancy, Profiles, Teens, Toddler, Youth
by Katherine Martinko Parenting styles continue to be widely researched, hotly debated and rigorously analyzed the world over. Cultural differences, lived experience, personal preference and other factors can shape if or when a particular approach to parenting is...
Sep 17, 2023 | Baby, Family, Featured, Profiles, Social Media, Teens, Toddler, Videos, Youth
by Katherine Martinko Until she had four sons, Jennifer Fink admits she had no sense of what it was like to be a young boy in today’s world. She had never stopped to think about the challenges and prejudices that boys face, and how, similar to girls, they experience...