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On Being a Woke Parent
You have probably heard parents admit that parenting is the most demanding work they have ever done, and that nothing in the whole world is as important to them as their young ones. I hear these statements everywhere I go. But it’s easy to tell what actually matters...
Underage Drinking
This piece originally appeared in the December 2018 ‘Nostalgia’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. Some of us look back on our teenage years with fondness as we recall the freedom, friends, and fun we had. Wasn’t it great to have so few responsibilities? We sure got away...
Keep Calm and Parent On
This piece originally appeared in the November 2018 ‘Calm’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. Keep Calm and Parent On Life with young people is rarely calm. From wake up until bedtime, children of all ages require attention and energy from their grown up caregivers....
Teenagers, Parents, and Leadership
This piece originally appeared in the October 2018 'Choice' issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. Adults (in British Columbia) get to declare their choices for local government elected officials on October 20th. Although young people cannot yet participate in this democratic...
Back to School Dread & Excitement
This piece originally appeared in the September 2018 ‘Knowledge is Power’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. 'Back to school' is emotionally loaded for many of us. As a phrase, those three words can represent many different feelings all tangled together. I interviewed a...
Music Makes the Parenting Mark
This piece originally appeared in the August 2018 ‘Music’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. When your kids were small you barely needed to do anything beyond breathing to win their adoration. With teenagers, however, it sometimes seems the mere act of breathing itself can...
Curiosity is a Keeper
This piece originally appeared in the July 2018 ‘Curiosity’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. Young people value play, discovery, and connection – those are the things that are important to all of us when we are little. Do you remember how easy it was to laugh and make...
A Few of the Most Important Things
This piece originally appeared in the June 2018 ‘Bucket List' issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. What are all the things I want to do/see/experience before I die? This is the proverbial bucket list. Making such a list is an opportunity to reflect on what would feel like ‘a...
It Really Does Take a Village
This piece originally appeared in the May 2018 ‘Community’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. When your kid is a teenager, you don’t see as much of them as you used to. More and more they have a life of their own and you are less connected to their school activities, their...
Resilience
This piece originally appeared in the April 2018 ‘Green’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. It’s important to think about sustainability and resilience for both the world outside and the world within us. Resilience is a key area of exploration when it comes to teenagers...
Women’s Leadership Retreat #2 April 21 & 22 2018
We all lead our lives yet many of us are reluctant to call ourselves leaders. There are myths about what makes a leader and women unconsciously buy into a lot of those myths. We might think leadership is only something we could claim for ourselves if we: have a job...
Parenting From the Passenger Seat
This piece originally appeared in the March 2018 'Feminism' issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. Last month’s column advised this is not the time for parents to check out even if we feel burned out, because teen years are often when the wheels fall off the wagon. Teenagers...
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