Monthly Blog – Information Children

Isolated, confused, need to connect…

Parenting in the time of COVID-19? Consider these 6 tips from the WHO Millions of families around the world are isolating together or social distancing The World Health Organization has six tips to help make it a positive experience. It recommends spending quality time together and keeping things positive. A

The Giving Season

Tuesday, December 3rd, was “Giving Tuesday”, and

Summer Time, Summer Fun

Are you looking for fun and free events
in Burnaby?

Kids do Well if they Can

Ross W. Greene, Ph.D., is an American
clinical child psychologist and author
who encourages us to shift our way of
thinking and change our philosophy from
‘kids do well if they want to’,
to ‘kids do well if they can’…..

Your Child’s Speech

By 10 months: Babbling (ba ba ba; na na)
By 1 year: Single words (Mama; Dada)
By 2 years: 2 word combinations ………..

Teaching Resiliency

Resiliency refers to the capacity of
human beings to survive and thrive
in the face of adversity. Resiliency
research has taught us how to
help children…

Too Much

At Information Children we frequently hear
from parents who are wistful for the day when
their child can talk, or their child can walk,
or from parents who can’t wait for the day
when their child is toilet-trained or when
their child can read to themself.
Raising a young family today can be busy.

June 23rd Fundraiser Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who supported Information
Children and attended our Summer Fundraiser.
And special thanks to those who donated their
talents, their time and special gifts to the Silent
Auctions:
The Speakeasy Bar & Grill for use of their venue,
Marlee Eheler for her time and organizational
skills, James Alexander, John Docherty and the
Contra-band for their great music,
Tengo dancers, Deborah Lynn &
Santiago Yanez for their passionate dance
and donation of beginners tango workshop.
Glenn Knowles of GEM Chocolates,
Antonella Beifini of Citrus Hair Salon,
Haley Automotive Group,
the Vancouver Aquarium, Ron Gerhards,
Starbucks Coffee, Ethical Bean Coffee,
Louise Salvino, Kitsilano Liquor Store,
Diane Van Dyke & Leonora Weishaupt,
Selma Sailor, Jean Koepke,
Miguelina Lopez, Lynda Lougheed,
and Don Whitney, Sewell’s Safari.

Research on Sharing

Although preschoolers can appreciate
sharing as a social norm, they don’t
really embrace the principle until they’re
at least 7, according to the study,
published in the journal PLOS One.

The Myth of the Only Child

As couples are starting families later
in life and they are facing increasing
economic pressures, more and more
parents are wondering whether or not
they will have that second child.