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Monday, February 15, 2010

The Winnipeg-based Canadian Centre for Child Protection is launching a pilot program this month aimed at teaching children the potential dangers of texting, such as being vulnerable to sexually explicit messages and images, luring, invasion of privacy and harassment.

“The explosion of texting and cell phones is something teachers haven’t been well-equipped to address,” spokeswoman Signy Arnason told CanWest News Service. “That’s the purpose of this: to get in early and tackle these issues before we’re faced with a major problem.”

Monday, February 15, 2010

Let kids decide their after-school activities

Culture

Parents may hope that with the right training their children can become a world-class athlete or entertainer, but Montreal child psychologist Dr. Amir Georges Sabongui believes all they might actually be doing is causing burnout and depression.

As the National Post reported, Sabongui recommends that parents take the pressure off their children to be the best they can in an extracurricular activity they may not enjoy, and instead let them decide what activity they want to pursue.

Monday, November 16, 2009

No TV for toddlers, paediatricians urge

Culture

Canada’s paediatricians will soon be urging parents never to let children under two watch any amount of television, the Montreal Gazette reported.

The new policy, which the Canadian Paediatric Society is expected to unveil shortly, will amend the current policy that recommends children of all ages be limited to no more than two hours of TV-viewing a day.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Three-in-four teens have social network profile

Culture

Canada’s teenagers are dramatically outpacing their parents when it comes to developing and managing a social network profile, a new Ipsos-Reid study has discovered.

It found that in the 18 months since a similar survey was conducted, the proportion of “online teens” with a social network profile had jumped from 50 per cent to 76 per cent. The proportion of “online adults” also increased over that same period, but at a much lower pace, rising from 39 per cent to just 56 per cent.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Positive teen behaviour linked to church attendance, married parents

Culture

Written by Peter Jon Mitchell

As it turns out, going to church is good for kids. Despite atheist Richard Dawkins’ opinion that religion is akin to child abuse, the evidence suggests a foundation of faith may influence positive attitudes and behaviours among young people.

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Family Policy Conference, March 11

Join us in Ottawa on March 11 for the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada’s annual Family Policy Conference.

In addition to exploring ways in which families are beleaguered or bolstered by current public policy, the conference will feature presentations by special guests Miriam Grossman, MD, author of You’re Teaching My Child What?, Brian Lee Crowley, PhD, author of Fearful Symmetry: The Fall and Rise of Canada’s Founding Values, and Wade Horn, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Check Imfcanada.org for more information and registration.

Listing of Pregnancy Care Centres

Pregnancy centres provide loving counselling, practical assistance and a variety of resources to pregnant women. For more information about these services available across Canada, please click here.

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