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How heavy is your kid’s backpack? Is it more than 10% of their body weight?!! Before our guest Sherlyn Pang Luedtke introduced this topic to me, I had never heard of Backpack Free Friday before. Imagine my delight when I found out that “The Back Pack Free Friday Campaign” is coordinated by Parenting 2.0, [...] Read more...
According to momstown.ca, “odds are that when you were growing up your mom knew all of your neighbours. Your street was full of kids you knew and your mom invited the neighbourhood over to run through the sprinkler while the other moms had coffee and chatted. If a neighbour had a new baby, you were [...] Read more...
Attachment is an essential human need, perhaps more important than food. You’ve likely heard of Attachment Parenting. According to Attachment Parenting International, “Attachment Parenting is an approach to child rearing that promotes a secure attachment bond between parents and their children. Attachment is a scientific term for the emotional bond in a relationship. The [...] Read more...
Food and shelter insecurity as a result of situational poverty, generational poverty, hunger, homelessness in our community… Our guest this morning is Peter Gill, the current Chair of the Board at Chalmers Community Services Centre. He has lived in Guelph for the past 35 years. He and his wife have two daughters and a [...] Read more...
Kathy Sullivan, Davina Koerner and Paola Hohenadel are moms with triplets! They are my experts this morning on CFRU’s Family Matters because we’re talking about parenting multiples. Kathy has four girls. Her triplets are 14 years old and her youngest is 11 years old. Davina’s three kids, two girls and a boy, are a year [...] Read more...
How do you show your love and connection? Do you share your love with touch, hugs, closeness, gifts, words, acts of service, or spending time together? How do you make-up after a fight? Where do you go on dates? How do you play with your kids? What’s your favourite way to give and receive love? [...] Read more...
Are expecting a baby? Are you a new parent, trying to keep your head above water these days? Then, you’re in luck! Victoria Coates, a local Registered Nurse with over 3 decades of experience including 13 years as a birth doula joins us in the studio to talk about “New Moms, New Babies: Adjusting [...] Read more...
Do you shrink when you child has a temper tantrum in public? Has your child ever hit you? Do you find your child’s crying worrisome and over-indulgent? Like so many parents, have you reacted with annoyance, exploded, ramped up your authority, or used words that just don’t work? Sarah MacLaughlin, parenting educator, author, [...] Read more...
Are you struggling to juggle family, home, work, and health and wondering how to strike a balance for you and your family in the New Year? Tina O’Connor, Canadian author of “Be That Girl: ignite your passion, organize your life and embrace freedom!” is here to talk about that. A few years ago, Tina [...] Read more...
On October 7th, 2012, CFRU 93.3 FM is hosting it’s annual Thanksgiving weekend, 24-hours-of-Spanish-language programming. Therefore, Family Matters is pre-empted. No worries. We have lots of shows to choose from so you don’t have to miss out. Listen to Teens and Family Relationships on Show #11 from January 3, 2010. —– [...] Read more...
Wendy McDonnell helps parents create trusting, open relationships with their kids and their partners through her weekly radio show Family Matters, workshops, and coaching. She participates in and assists Family Camps and Leadership Programs to live and share parenting practices that encourage families to live with compassion, connection and peace. Wendy and her husband homeschool their four spirited children ages 6-13 years. You can also find her spinning tricks with her hula hoop, walking in the woods, and curled up in bed reading a good book with her family. Read more »
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