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...

There’s a word we carry quietly, locked behind the armour we build to survive, lonely. For men, especially those stumbling through the long shadow of childhood trauma, loneliness is not just a passing mood. It’s an epidemic, gnawing at self-worth, sabotaging connection, and deepening wounds that never seem to heal.

When your child is anxious, every instinct tells you to fix it, soothe it, or make it disappear. But what if real, lasting change doesn’t come from eliminating anxiety, but from helping your child learn they can...

Every year on 30 January, Parent Mental Health Day invites us to pause and reflect on a truth that is both simple and profound, when parents are well, families flourish. Founded by the UK-based youth...

Motherhood is one of the most profound transformations a woman can experience. Beyond the visible changes to daily life, it initiates a deep internal shift. One that reshapes identity, priorities...

In today’s world, we have access to so much information about parenting, as well as everything else. It’s wonderful and, at times, overwhelming. Do you ever wish you didn’t have so many conflicting...

Liz Lindenbauer is a talented writer and producer, and above all, a devoted mother to Eva. With pride and warmth, she introduces her remarkable daughter, whose strength, spirit and individuality...