Parenting

Greater Victoria Public Library turns Literacy Day into a week of fun activities for children and parents

Last week, a dad asked how to prevent his son from turning into a sore loser. “My six-year-old son hates losing games — he has a tantrum if he loses,” he wrote.

I spent an hour last Saturday watching my three oldest kids fall down, over and over. Hey, they asked for it. They had cornered me last month when I was preparing to enrol them in their usual swimming classes for this term.

OK, so you’ve made it through the first four months of school, but your morning routine is hardly running like a well-oiled machine. There’s a lot of nagging, foot dragging and perhaps, from time to time, a little parental yelling.

The Celts and the Bible seem to inspire the names of British Columbia’s baby boys, but little girls are everything nice and culturally spliced.

TORONTO - When Elizabeth Allen was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, her first reaction was outrage that she had developed the progressive dementia.

TORONTO - Long before everyone else prepared to turn the page on 2012, trend forecasters have been on the fast track to 2013 with projections of the hot hues expected to make a colourful splash in the months ahead.

Education, not entertainment, was top of mind for most parents who bought a touchscreen device this holiday season for their children.

Turning schools into virtual prisons in the wake of Sandy Hook is pointless and bad for kids

Thank-you letters — in pen, pencil, crayon or even pictures — are essential for keeping children thankful during the holidays, Victoria religious leaders and childhood experts say.