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December 10, 2025

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The Parents’ Voice

Earth Day at home

On April 22, the hope is that people from around the globe will be making changes to their daily routines to lessen environmental impact as

Celebrating in isolation

New words in our lives and our children lives are “isolation,” “social distancing” and “quarantine” not to mention “Covid-19” and “Coronavirus.” Not the words I’ve

Puddles and mud

Right now, in these times when our children are confined to their homes we are always searching for ways to keep them busy. Even though

Toilet training tips

With all this time stuck at home and unable to go anywhere, this is the perfect time to toilet train any kiddos approaching this developmental

You are enough

What a refreshing thing to hear or read, “You’re enough!” This needs to be said to parents around you more often. I saw a wonderful

Teething tips

There comes a time in each baby’s life when they are totally unhappy, even if they’re the happiest of babies who rarely cry – teething

Screen time

Anyone born into this world will grow up very familiar with screens in all sizes and shapes. They will most likely be holding one from

Reading is all around you

This week’s article is filled with tips and tricks to help increase reading and literacy with your children. Even though you probably know a lot

Earth Day at home

On April 22, the hope is that people from around the globe will be making changes to their daily routines to lessen environmental impact as a way to celebrate Earth Day. This year with so much of the world spending

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Celebrating in isolation

New words in our lives and our children lives are “isolation,” “social distancing” and “quarantine” not to mention “Covid-19” and “Coronavirus.” Not the words I’ve been wanting to explain or teach my children about but this is what life is

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Puddles and mud

Right now, in these times when our children are confined to their homes we are always searching for ways to keep them busy. Even though crazy things are happening in our world right now, the seasons are changing right before

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Toilet training tips

With all this time stuck at home and unable to go anywhere, this is the perfect time to toilet train any kiddos approaching this developmental stage. When toilet training kids it’s best to let them go around the house with

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Surviving isolation and COVID-19

Well, to say this is a new experience for all of us would be pretty accurate I think. I can not get over how quickly things have escalated. I am so happy we, as a province, are doing so much

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You are enough

What a refreshing thing to hear or read, “You’re enough!” This needs to be said to parents around you more often. I saw a wonderful post online about how mothers are thinking “Did I do enough, am I good enough?”

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Teething tips

There comes a time in each baby’s life when they are totally unhappy, even if they’re the happiest of babies who rarely cry – teething really can have that effect on a baby – it hurts. I can remember with

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Screen time

Anyone born into this world will grow up very familiar with screens in all sizes and shapes. They will most likely be holding one from infancy and will become very aware of all its functions amazingly quickly. They will not

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Reading is all around you

This week’s article is filled with tips and tricks to help increase reading and literacy with your children. Even though you probably know a lot of these tips and tricks, life gets busy and we . . .

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