Here we are again, planning another 8 weeks of Summer vacation! Fortunately, even with COVID-19 persisting, we have Summer Camp options. Summer Day Camps and...

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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC & YUKON ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL STEP UP FOR FAMILIES VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN

Ronald McDonald House BC Yukon

Reading Time: 4 minutes Since 1983, RMH BC has positively impacted countless families enduring the most difficult time of their...

Book Reviews

A woman with a mission to end childhood bullying

Carlie Parkinson

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kool to Be Kind – a picture book written to shine a powerful light as to...

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BC Parent’s Annual Summer Camp Roundup: Top 10 Exciting Camps for the 2021 Season

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC & YUKON ANNOUNCES SECOND ANNUAL STEP UP FOR FAMILIES VIRTUAL CAMPAIGN

A woman with a mission to end childhood bullying

Becoming a Neuro-Parent: 5 Ways to Shift Your Thinking to Help Your Child with Special Needs Thrive

Spring has officially sprung!

Reading Time: < 1 minute BCParent hopes you enjoy our digital issue to keep you and connected while distanced. In...

Parenting

Amazing Spring Cleaning – Ready, Set, Refresh

Martha Oschwald

Reading Time: 5 minutes As any parent can tell you, kids are the first to embrace bright colours and creative spaces. Their joie de vivre...

Parenting

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

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”...

Learn the fundamentals of Digital Parenting

Reading Time: 2 minutes Join a free, introductory Digital Parenting webinar Thursday, June 25, at...

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...

Health

Matthew and Carol Newell

Becoming a Neuro-Parent: 5 Ways to Shift Your Thinking to Help Your Child with Special Needs Thrive

Reading Time: 6 minutes What is a neuro-parent? It is...

Health

Theresa Lukjaniec

Avoid Villainizing Screen Time in Your Household

Reading Time: 4 minutes Technology is here to stay and...

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...

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 back to the usual routine....

Helpful ways to help your family deal with injuries

Reading Time: 3 minutes Virtual care is revolutionizing Canadian health care. Virtual care, or telehealth,...

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...

Education

Carlie Parkinson

Exciting Climate Change Education

Reading Time: 3 minutes This...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

Incredible program for high school students in Vancouver – Deadline: April 5

Reading Time: 3 minutes We...

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...

The Tech Solution – how to manage screen-time

Technology use carries with it myriad potential consequences—among them cyberbullying, sleep deprivation, poor posture, back...

12 helpful ways to reduce stress and prepare for back-to school during a pandemic

With the recent announcement of return-to-school plans, although with a minor delay, many children and...

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...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

BC Parent’s Annual Summer Camp Roundup: Top 10 Exciting Camps for the 2021 Season

Here we are again, planning...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

Arts Umbrella’s amazing new space unveiled

Reading Time: 3 minutes A...

Activities

Carlie Parkinson

Incredible program for high school students in Vancouver – Deadline: April 5

Reading Time: 3 minutes We...

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,...

Physical Activity for Children and Youth this Winter

Reading Time: 3 minutes Children are experiencing lower physical activity levels, less outside time, and...

Virtual Music Opportunities to Keep Your Child Learning

Reading Time: 7 minutes Music education has numerous benefits for students, including establishing stronger social...

Fall Activities Now Available

With Back-to-School comes Fall activities. What will those look like this year? Who is offering...

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...