Developing a Healthy Sleep Routine for Back to School
By Karla Fehr, PHEc Summer is winding down and, for many families, back-to-school preparations are in full swing. If this sounds like your household, there might be one thing you’re …
Empowering Mothers: 5 Strategies for Career Success
By Amanda Walker Calling all superhero moms! We understand that juggling the responsibilities of motherhood while pursuing a career can be challenging. But guess what? It’s time to prioritize your …
How to parent through a pandemic and work from home
By Diana Mager, PHEc Are your mini-coworkers challenging your work day schedule? Learning how to negotiate work time and space with your partner in a makeshift home office? Feeling like …
Creative writing to cope with COVID-19 distancing
By Debora Durnin-Richards, PHEc, M.Ed. Darn, physical distancing is hard. This business of not being able to gather for family or friendship dinners or celebrations takes a toll on our …
International Elder Abuse Awareness Day: What does it mean this June 15th?
Marina Cewick (B.H.Ecol.) & Kerstin Roger (PhD) Each year, personal care homes host community walks for International Elder Abuse Awareness Day (IEAAD). This year, that likelihood seems grim. Many personal …
Families Who Eat Together
Updated in July 2015 by the Manitoba Association of Home Economists Are family meals a thing of the past? Are we missing an important event as we rush out to …
Fall Routines for Parents
September is just one page-turn of the calendar away (how did that happen!), so many of us are thinking ahead to schedules, activities and sports. For some of us, summer …
Allow Your Children To Be Themselves
By Josh Lockhart, MC (Candidate) I think if we could let our children and youth frolic in the fields throughout their upbringing, we would see child and youth mental health …
Helping children feel secure while you are away
By Josh Lockhart One observation I am having when working with parents is that children who come from a two parent house seem to go to bed better when both …
Creating a safe haven and secure base
By Joshua Lockhart It’s been a few years since Brene Brown delivered her YouTube sensation TED talk about being vulnerable. She related how for humans, our core need and desire …
