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Activités intergénérationnelles pour les grands-parents et les enfants pendant la COVID-19

Activités intergénérationnelles pour les grands-parents et les enfants pendant la COVID-19 English | Français Les familles dont plusieurs générations vivent sous un même toit forment une unité de soutien salutaire en cette période difficile, qui procure à chacun l’amour, la force et la présence rassurante de ses proches. Bien que la cohabitation de plusieurs personnes …

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Intergenerational Activities for Grandparents and Children During COVID-19

COVID-19 / By Families Canada

Intergenerational Activities for Grandparents and Children During COVID-19 English | Français Families who are fortunate enough to have multiple generations residing under one roof during these challenging times can take comfort knowing they have a built-in support system that can provide love, strength and companionship. While cohabitating with multiple family members that range in age …

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Les organismes membres de Familles Canada redoublent d’effort : Comment le Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre répond aux besoins des collectivités à Halifax

COVID-19, French / By Families Canada

Les organismes membres de Familles Canada redoublent d’effort : Comment le Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre répond aux besoins des collectivités à Halifax English | Français La branche néo-écossaise de notre grande famille canadienne a été durement touchée par la COVID-19, bien sûr, mais encore davantage par une tragédie d’une tristesse sans nom. À travers …

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Families Canada Members are stepping up: How Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre is meeting the needs of their Halifax community

COVID-19 / By Families Canada

Families Canada Members stepping up Bayers Westwood Family Resource Centre meeting needs of Halifax community English | Français The Nova Scotian part of our great Canadian family has been hit hard. First from COVID-19, of course, but more so through a loop of heart-breaking tragedies. But, through this, one of our Families Canada members has …

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Disabled Latino teenager with Celebral Palsy and mother laughing.

Restons simple: Soutenir les familles d’enfants à besoins particuliers

COVID-19, French / By Families Canada

Restons simple: Soutenir les familles d’enfants à besoins particuliers English | Français Cette semaine, notre éditrice invitée Lyne Charlebois nous offre des façons pratiques de soutenir les familles d’enfants à besoins particuliers. Les familles d’enfants à besoins particuliers rencontrent les mêmes défis liés au COVID-19 que les autres: cette crise nous affecte tous. Avoir un …

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Keep it Simple: Supporting Families of Children with Special Needs

COVID-19 / By Families Canada

Keep it Simple: Supporting Families of Children with Special Needs English | Français This week, our guest editor Lyne Charlebois offers us practical ways to support families of children with special needs. Families of children with special needs are experiencing the same COVID-19 struggles as everyone else: this crisis is affecting us all. Having a …

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Loving Parents Playing With Newborn Baby At Home In Loft Apartment

Love Builds Brains

Uncategorized / By Families Canada

Love Builds Brains This week, I want to share with you excerpts from a 2019 interview with Dr. Jean Clinton, child psychiatrist at the McMaster Children’s Hospital and clinical professor in psychiatry and neurosciences at McMaster University: A young child’s brain is flexible; its structure is shaped by interaction between genes and experiences, including environment …

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‘Superhero Parent’ Exhaustion

COVID-19 / By Families Canada

‘Superhero Parent’ Exhaustion Are you feeling somewhat exhausted playing the role of ‘superhero parent’ for weeks now? For those of us who had 20th century stay-at-home moms, I don’t think they tried to play that role, although, no doubt some did. On a rainy day like today, I was kitted out in my gear and …

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Food Fight

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By Families Canada

Food Fight News flash—it’s OK to let your kids eat only mac & cheese! Really! I checked! I confess, my inner child yearns for comfort foods right now. That you-know-what boxed mac & cheese is high on my list. In the Vancouver neighbourhood where I grew up, moms creatively threw in hot dogs or a …

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Nurturing Your Kids Through COVID-19

Leave a Comment / COVID-19 / By Families Canada

Nurturing Your Kids Through COVID-19 I’m not a mental health professional, just a mom and a grandma but, like you, I see the impact of COVID-19 on every family member. For little ones, their daily routines are off – no play group or library visits, no trips to the playground, no friends over and family …

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