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Youth & Family Dispatch
Bullying in perspective
The older I get, and the more years I spend helping kids and teens struggling in the school system, the more enlightened I have become about many aspects of...
I don't want to go to school!
It is completely normal for any child (or teen, for that matter) to be nervous about returning to school, as I went into detail about in my last column. If you...
Back-to-school anxiety
We are only a few short days from school starting up again, and those long, hot days of summer 2015 becoming a memory, rather than a present reality. I am sure...
Making your teen disappear
There is a question to which everyone has an answer, whether they realize it or not. Here is the question: who are the people in your life with whom you feel...
Screens in the summer
As a counsellor for kids and families, but also a parent, I am aware as many of you are about the power of screens. Whether it be cellphones, tablets,...
Dairy Queen therapy
I am continually amazed at how difficult and complex we often categorize problems that youth and children face. We are in the era where any perceived symptom or...
Should children play sports?
One of the issues that comes up often in my practice has to do with boys and girls participating in organized sports. This can occur at a school level of...
Dads matter!
It is a huge privilege to be a father, and one that entails a large number of joys and responsibilities that go with it. In particular, it is a true gift and...
Addiction to gaming
One of the benefits of spending each day working with children, youth and families is, I have to be honest, the many different ways I am reminded of my own...
The Mini-Me syndrome
Signing my seven-year-old son up for soccer this season was a decision my wife and I made without hesitation. He loved hockey after all, and soccer involved far...
A hidden danger of ADHD
Last week I wrote about the increasingly common challenge of dealing with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and one of the biggest factors in...
A secret behind ADHD
For much of my professional life I have been involved in work within several different school districts, as well as a large private school, both in teaching and...
Brace for panic attack
A newly emerging challenge that many young people and parents alike are either experiencing themselves, or very likely know someone else struggling with at...
Adjust your attitude
Without much doubt, you have probably at some point heard that statistic, the one that suggests very little (20-30%) of the message others receive from you...
It takes a community
Previously in this column, I have often discussed the shrinking ability of our culture to support authentic connection and its value for young people and...
Helicopter parenting
Several years ago a new term became part of modern lingo in our culture - Helicopter Parent. It was a term that perhaps was not around before the 21st century...
Castlegar students' video
Most of us heard last week, and were quite shocked by the video of two boys in Castlegar making a video entitled "How to Kill Your Teacher". It caught...
Don't rescue, empower
One of the toughest situations to deal with as a parent can be when one of our children or teenagers feels excluded by one or more peers at school. It can bring...
Dictate the tone in your family
I have to admit, I am a big hockey fan. Ever since I was small, nothing has been able to top going to an intense, exciting game with the local team. Having...
What kids should know about Ferguson
After this past week of protests and violence in Ferguson, Missouri, I struggled with both wanting to acknowledge this event which was noted and discussed by...
