Summer is here in Ottawa, and soon our high-schooler’s will be out of school! Summer vacation is a yearly occasion...
June 5, 2017June 5, 2017
4 Do’s and Don’ts for Monitoring Teen’s Internet Use
In 2017, parents need to teach their children how to responsibly use the internet. Problematically, many parents don’t even have the...
May 16, 2017May 16, 2017
How to Maximze Your Teen’s Ability To Learn
The adolescent mind is a chaotic one. Not only is the brain going through a critical period of growth and...
May 2, 2017May 2, 2017
How Kids Learn to Be Helpless
Many kids who struggle at school do so not because they are incapable of success, but because they have learned to believe that...
April 28, 2017May 2, 2017
Who Are You, and What Have You Done With My Kid?! Understanding Adolescence: Part 2 of 2
So we’ve gone over the neurological, psychological, and social changes that characterize adolescence in Part 1 of this 2 part...
April 7, 2017April 7, 2017
Who Are You, and What Have You Done With My Kid?! Understanding Adolescence: Part 1 of 2
Parents with young teens understand better than anyone that adolescence is a period of substantial change for their children, but...
March 16, 2017March 16, 2017
Fentanyl and Youth Drug Use in Ottawa – Education and Resources
All throughout the news in Ottawa, parents are made aware of the rising presence and danger of Fentanyl in the illicit...
February 13, 2017February 13, 2017
Finding a Part-Time Job That Doesn’t Suck
Finding and working a part-time job, for many, is a simple rite of passage through the teenage years. With no...
February 1, 2017February 8, 2017
5 Red Flags of Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional Defiant Disorder is a term that is used to describe children who engage in a consistent pattern of angry, argumentative,...
January 23, 2017February 8, 2017
Understanding Social Media Addiction
It is a simple fact that human beings seek dopamine release. The ‘pleasure chemical’ in our brains, dopamine is associated...
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