…the day when he will meet Schnurr in a dream. Thomas’ elder brother has produced a wonderful video with hundreds of photographs and many video clips with our cat. We…
…were about to stretch before them. When we respond to “I’m bored” by filling our children’s time with activities, we miss an important point. Children need times in their lives…
As parents are pondering the best path forward for their children and families during this pandemic, a number of pundits have been featured on Canadian news channels urgently stating that…
…who picks up the paper and runs away. Boy runs after her and stops as he sees her bedroom walls filled with his crumpled drawings. Sister points to her favourite…
…phone to ensure that the telephone fit into the rest of our lives, and not that our lives try to work around use of the telephone! Friends were not allowed…
…We make resolutions to eat better, to live better, to work out more. We create restrictions for ourselves and focus on outcomes. As a society, we are good at this….
…figure out what others wanted and meet those expectations. Maybe some of you can relate. It’s rather an exhausting way to live, with little room for mistakes, and not a…
…I lived for the last few years on a little island known for the artists that inhabit it. One of them lived down the street and I got to know…
…of warmer days ahead. But those days were not yet, and the rain was unrelenting. We live in a rainforest on the West Coast of British Columbia, so it was…
…to begin studying Neufeld’s concept of counterwill. As a parent and professional, I have found the concept of counterwill to be absolutely pivotal and groundbreaking. Counterwill was first discussed by…