Halifax's Family Magazine
Prepare yourself and your children for the difficult conversations By Fawn Logan-Young We hear the term “cyberviolence” more in this age of intensified social media. It refers to online behaviour that can lead to physical, emotional, or psychological harm to the victim’s well-being. Examples include online bullying, threats, blackmail, hate speech, luring,and non-consensual image sharing. […]
Reconnecting kids and communication—back to the basics with writing and phone skills By Sara Ericsson Header image: Love Struck Lettering calligrapher Lyndsay Hubley has published a workbook to help kids learn to write in cursive. Communicating used to take one of three forms: talking in person, chatting over the phone or corresponding through hand-written notes […]
They say the key to enjoying winter is to embrace the outdoors—for many Nova Scotian families, that’s an unaffordable luxury by Fawn Logan-Young Picture a snowy Saturday morning. You and your family just finished breakfast. In your hands, you have that second cup of coffee you told yourself you would not have. You are brainstorming […]
Simple tips to create a home nook that fosters learning and minimizes distractions By Heather Laura Clarke When Virginia Ward designed an office in her Fall River home, she never imagined she’d be sharing it with a six-year-old. Her oldest daughter was in Grade 1 when she was suddenly shifted to at-home learning in March. […]
WE Schools @ Home complements curriculum and helps parents,teachers, and kids connect and stay socially engaged By Crystal Murray Open almost any publication or news site and you’ll see the physical impacts of COVID-19 quantified into understandable units. Infection rates, cases resolved and death toll. The numbers and the evidence are updated hourly but other […]
As the pandemic has forced us to embrace at-home education, many look forward to the simple joys of walking to school again By Chris Benjamin When school returns one of my family’s favourite things will be resuming our daily walks. I can already hear the lilting “Welcome Baack” from the Welcome Back, Kotter theme song, […]
A mother’s harrowing tale
When children become the teachers
Understanding how your child asks for love Abby Cameron For 16-year-old Lily Reid, changing her family’s Christmas traditions gave her the chance to truly express how she feels love. Her mother Maureen recalls a discussion with Lily and husband Doug about whether it was time to change things up, with just the three of them […]