Children’s Wellbeing Manifesto
CHILDREN'S WELLBEING MANIFESTO
Policy initiatives promoting healthy emotional development in children
PREAMBLE
All societies are profoundly shaped - for…
Christmas holiday activities
Hands Make the Holidays The holiday season is much more than a single day or event. It is a season of rites, traditions, and of anticipation. The…
A Handmade Holiday: Slow Down and Live!
A wise mother once told me in order to make the holidays more meaningful for her family, she was going to limit her multi-tasking, beginning with…
What is the right education?
It is a winter evening in Edmonton, Canada, deeply below freezing. I have two more days to write for byronchild and no readers’ questions to…
To Pierce or Not to Pierce
Q My 13-year-old daughter wants me to sign an authorisation to have body piercings done. She wants nose-, lip-, tongue-, nipple-piercings, well you…
The Perfect Mother
If there was to be a perfect mother on this planet and by some fluke of the universe I was chosen to be it, how would I be different?
I…
How do I talk with my children about war?
Before you question how to talk with your children about war, I suggest you ask yourself how you deal and cope with it yourself. I feel that we need…
How do I set the right boundaries?
How do I set the right boundaries? My daughter Kayle is almost three years old and practically running my life. I don’t want to give in to…
How do I meet my fear?
Sometimes I think I am a good mother and sometimes I strongly doubt it. If I look closely I can see that so many of my ‘educational’…
Emotional reactions
Q: I have two daughters aged four and 21 months. My four year old is quite an emotional child. She has great difficulty coping with frustration and…