Hockey is back (sort of) This season has been a moving target for hockey fans. Not long after the last issue of Our Children published, the second wave of COVID-19 hit Nova Scotia, forcing the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the hometown Halifax Mooseheads to suspend play. In late January, play was resuming for the Nova […]
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A lost art
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 […]
It’s the simple things
Sometimes getting back to the basics of a great book and storytelling can help our mental health