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Routines: why they’re good

Routines: why they’re good

From the desk of Miss Chrissy... Daily routines help family life run smoothly. With a routine, everyone in the family knows who should do what, when, in what order and how often. Routines are also good for children’s health, development and wellbeing. That’s because...

Growing Emotionally Intelligent Children

Growing Emotionally Intelligent Children

by Simone Herring (chaplain, counsellor, pastor) Emotions are the first language we learn. Long before a baby can talk, it can express and communicate its feelings of pain, frustration and contentment. But not all people grow up to be emotionally intelligent and some...

Emotional Regulation

Babies cry and toddlers throw tantrums. These children in our care provide such joy, but parenting is so stressful too. Teaching our children to deal with their emotions in a healthy way is key to helping them learn to cope with the challenges in life. The problem is...

Parenting with the End in View

Parenting can often be overwhelming. Each child is a unique mystery that we unwrap one surprise after another. With each stage of our child’s development we are presented with a new parenting challenge to navigate. In the day-to-day busyness of feeding, cleaning,...