A teacher and EdTech founder on the summer slide, the case for rest, and how much study actually helps. Every June, the same question lands in my inbox. It comes from parents, and lately it comes from...

Many adults were taught that discipline means controlling behavior. But neuroscience shows us something different: children regulate through connection before they regulate independently. Long...

I asked my sixteen-year-old recently whether he wanted me to lift the screen time limit on a game he enjoys, after a bit of a moan about how he only has 15 minutes. He thought about it for a moment...

Most of our lives are spent online. We work. We shop. We chat. We share. We connect. All online. However, this online world - much like our real world, does not treat everyone equally. LGBTQ+ people are...

When we become parents, naturally our focus shifts heavily from self to other and this is part of the beauty of raising a child. However, this focus can sometimes lead us to deny or not fully process our...

This article explores how nervous system dysregulation can show up in teenagers through posture, breath, movement, and shutdown responses and why these physical patterns are often misread as behaviour...

Every parent, teacher, and caregiver has experienced it. A child melts down over something seemingly small. A sibling argument escalates quickly. A student shuts down during a lesson. In these moments...

Whilst a lot of good progress has been made to support children aged 0 to 3 years, the ages of 3 to 7 years constitute a key stage of brain development that plays a major role in their school readiness...

Every tantrum tells a story. Behind the tears, the stomping feet, or the sudden silence lies valuable information about a child’s wants, needs, and challenges. When parents learn to see tantrums not as chaos...

Parenting is a complex role and situation. It involves emotions, care, guidance, responsibility, awareness, listening, understanding, respect, anticipation, boundaries, and patience. You get the...

There is a moment most parents know well. Your child is melting down over something small. You’ve already had a long day. You try to stay calm, but then your voice gets sharper. Your patience runs...

Every morning, I find myself constantly running back into the house to retrieve something I have forgotten after the kids are all buckled up and ready to go. Sometimes, I make this trip 2 to 4 times.

What if the secret to surviving modern parenthood isn’t in the latest parenting hack or self-help trend, but in ideas that are over 2,000 years old? From Aristotle’s concept of human flourishing to the Stoic...

Parenting is often described as joyful, meaningful, and deeply rewarding. It is all of those things. But it is also exhausting, overwhelming, and at times, completely dysregulating for both parent and child...

To me, one of the hardest parts of parenting is the contrast between being patient, positive, and supportive (and all the other things we are expected to be these days) and sometimes being “the bad guy.” You know...

Parenting is a very serious job. How we raise our children will determine so much of their health, self-esteem, curiosity, productivity, values, beliefs, confidence, empathy, relationships, and how they love...

Vancouver is a paradox of fancy hotels, chic restaurants, and unaffordable real estate within walking distance of the Downtown Eastside. This neighborhood is known for its human misery, where sidewalk...

Let me paint you a picture. Your child has just melted down in the middle of a grocery store or at the dinner table, or in the car, or really anywhere that is not convenient, which is to say, everywhere...

As a parent, seeing your child anxious can be heartbreaking, and your instinct is often to make it better by reassuring or avoiding triggers. However, this well-intentioned approach can inadvertently reinforce...

When parents hear the words “sleep apnea,” it can feel alarming. Images of sleep studies, medical equipment, and restless nights often come to mind. But for most children, airway concerns do not appear...

One of the most common patterns I observe when working with young athletes and their families has very little to do with soccer. It has to do with discomfort. More specifically, how quickly adults move to remove it...

There is a narrative we often hear about the empty nest. It is a story of loss, silence, and identity fading when children grow up and move forward into their own lives. It paints a picture of a house...

Picture this. A child sits at a small desk, juggling a flurry of notifications from multiple devices while trying to focus on math homework that requires a calculator and a stack of reference books...

After a childhood fraught with her parents’ mental and physical illness, abandonment, and profound loss, Tina Feigal is grateful to use her experiences as powerful "fuel". What she went through as a kid...