Let your curiosity take you on a journey where you try something new:

• Let Them Lead
• When the Holidays Don’t Feel Merry
• Winter Adventures, Rain or Shine
• Surviving the Season
• Beyond Behaviours
• Skiing 101
• Strategies for Separated Parents
• How Not to Compare Your Children

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Imagination

• No Toddler Instruction Manual? Try Playing
• Affordable Fall Family Fun
• Low-Tech Ways to Boost Creativity
• Let Them Be Bored: Give the Gift of Wonder

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Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 37 Years

• Back-to-School Wellness:
• Books to Calm Back-to-School Nerves
• From Control to Confidence
• Podcasting with Your Child
• Mental Wellness Before Math
• Finding Connection
• Life Lessons the Pandemic Taught Us
• Tween & Teen Birthdays
• Grandparenting from a Distance
• Trimester 3: Getting Ready for the Birth
• Ec-Anxiety in Youth

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CHOOSING ADVENTURE

• Reclaiming the Joy of Parenthood
• Summer Festivals
• Pregnancy Progress
• Exploring Creativity
• Sass & Small Talk
• Freshly Harvested Flavours
• Grandparenting Differently
• Teen Summer Job

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Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 37 Years

HOW WE GROW

• Helping Children Navigate Friendships & Social Challenges
• No Wrong Decisions: Letting them make their own choices
• You’re Pregnant! Now What?
• Learning Adventures at Local Farmers’ Markets
• Getting Girls in the Game, Safely
• Camp Is Great … for Parents
• Protecting Wildflowers
• STOP the Food Fight
• Is Your Child Ready to Be Left Home Alone?
• Overcoming the Teen Consumer Craze

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Playing with our children of all ages creates a bond between family members. Family playtime is a powerful way to nurture emotional, social, cognitive and physical development while strengthening relationships. The time spent having fun together can also provide a foundation for positive communication and a supportive home environment that benefits everyone in the family. So let’s play!

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The way we define creativity has changed a lot over the years! Today’s generation is redefining what it means to be creative. Armed with tools like tablets, smart phones and computers, children and youth are making the switch from content consumers to content creators at surprisingly young ages. As contemporary as many of the emerging forms of creativity are, they are still composed of the same underlying element: the desire and ability to “make something new and valuable.”

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Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 36 Years
What springs to mind when you think of the word “grow?” Whether you are adding a new member to your family, growing a garden, building confidence with a new sport, expanding your skills by learning to play an instrument or taking steps to eat healthier, you develop with your kids. You can’t help it and you wouldn’t want to. 

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Going on adventures and experiencing new things for the first time is one of the most rewarding parts of parenting whether you going on a family road trip, camping, hiking, thrift store shopping or birdwatching. Come explore with us!

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Your guide to fun family activities and attractions on Vancouver Island: Victoria, Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Comox Valley, Tofino and Ucluelet.

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