Reading Time: 3 minutes Financial psychologist Bradley Klontz and his partner Sonya Britt believe the answer to that question is as complicated as we are....

Healthy Food

3 Healthy Alternatives

Carlie Parkinson

Reading Time: 4 minutes In light of the current environment i.e. dare I say it, the new “C” – COVID,...

Activities

Spring Break is coming fast!

Carlie Parkinson

We are now just over 5 weeks from Spring Break 2021. The usual routines have probably changed for you, I...

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How to Instill a Positive Attitude Towards Money in Your Kids

3 Healthy Alternatives

Spring Break is coming fast!

Pear Tree Elementary expands to include middle school!

2020 Family Resource Guide

The New Year is in full swing. It's hard to believe it's already March and you're probably thinking about Spring...

Parenting

Crazy talk. Or, is it? SmartPhones, Cigarettes, and Our Children

Denise Roland

Reading Time: 8 minutes Smartphones are causing negative health effects. We even have a medical diagnosis for smartphone addiction (it’s Nomophobia, by the way). Look...

Parenting

An Inspiring Parent’s Story: Covid and family

Reading Time: 5 minutes When we first began hearing about Covid in early 2020, it barely registered. Like many parents, having my kids at home,...

Parenting

Please Don’t Worry So Much About Me

Reading Time: 4 minutes Excerpt from: “What Young Children Need You to Know: How to see them so you know what to do for them”...

Parenting

Learn the fundamentals of Digital Parenting

Reading Time: 2 minutes Join a free, introductory Digital Parenting webinar Thursday, June 25, at 1:30pm ET! It will focus on parents of children between...

6 Useful Tips On How To Promote Family Wellness During School Closures

Let’s begin with an acknowledgment - these are strange times. Schools have been closed since...

5 tips on how to be more Socratic with your children

The Socratic method is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking...

12 sanity survival tips for family time at home

When talking online with a 5th-grade boy recently, he said: “My friends and I thought that...

Health

Claire Williams

5 Tips to Treat Your Children’s Dry Hands This Winter

Reading Time: 5 minutes If your children are suffering from...

Health

Carlie Parkinson

Excellent update from VCH – Low COVID-19 transmission in schools

Reading Time: 4 minutes Since schools reopened in September, VCH...

Amusement

Carlie Parkinson

BC restrictions extended until Feb 5, 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes By order and direction of the...

Health

Carlie Parkinson

5 Helpful Steps and Tools to Care for Your Kids as They Navigate School During a Pandemic

Reading Time: 6 minutes The holidays are over, and we’re...

6 Reasons Your Child Might Need Physiotherapy That Is Commonly Missed

Reading Time: 8 minutes Physiotherapy for children, or pediatric physiotherapy, is not only for children...

9 Useful Back-to-School COVID Sleep Tips

All those fun summer days filled with sunshine, family activities, and late nights are quickly...

5 Helpful tips to Manage Nighttime Anxiety

“But I’m not tired!” “What about the monsters in the closet?” “I heard a noise...

Education

Carlie Parkinson

Pear Tree Elementary expands to include middle school!

Reading Time: 4 minutes In...

Education

Matthew Etherington

10 Home Learning Success Tips for Parents and Caregivers

For many different reasons, parents...

Education

Rashinda Suleman

Preparing your kids for back to school during COVID

Come September, families are expected...

Education

Shimi Kang

The Tech Solution – how to manage screen-time

Technology use carries with it...

4 Useful Tips to Prepare Children for this Unprecedented School Year

After months of uncertainty, it’s now official: most B.C. students will be going back to...

Worried about the “COVID Slide”? 5 ways to keep your kids learning this summer

Parents across the country have been faced with the reality of school closures interrupting their...

5 tips on how to be more Socratic with your children

The Socratic method is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

Spring Break is coming fast!

We are now just over...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

2021 Spring Break Camps

Spring Break is creeping up,...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

Physical Activity for Children and Youth this Winter

Reading Time: 3 minutes Children...

Activities

Nicole McCray

Virtual Music Opportunities to Keep Your Child Learning

Reading Time: 7 minutes Music...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

Fall Activities Now Available

With Back-to-School comes Fall activities....

These Tiny Boots were made for Walking or Hiking – 5 useful tips

Only a few steps into my hike up to Quarry Rock I began to notice...

Dig This: 10 Big Benefits of Gardening with Kids

Most parents want their children to get outside away from phones, TV, and video games,...

A new future for swim lessons

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you are a new mom or have a new baby,...

Events

Amusement

Carlie Parkinson

3 exciting ways to connect with Santa

Reading Time: 4 minutes An...

Amusement

Carlie Parkinson

Canceled: Experience the Magic of Heritage Christmas at Burnaby Village Museum

Reading Time: 3 minutes The...

Entertainment

Margot Tache

Halloween Candy – what to do with it!!!!

Reading Time: 2 minutes As...

Events

Carlie Parkinson

Accessible, inclusive trick-or-treating for kids of all abilities

It’s been a tough year...

Events

Carlie Parkinson

2 Exciting Events at the PNE: Drive-Thru Tricks-and-Treats Edition and Slayland!

What have you got planned...

Halloween with a few changes

The BC CDC has released advice on how to approach Halloween this year. It is...

A Taste of the PNE: Drive-Thru Fair Experience

Around this time of year, we would begin planning our annual visit to The PNE...

Phase 3 is a go – 4 exciting plans for Summer!

It's been a long 4 months and many people are feeling exhausted with the social...