Canadian parenting experts suggest reinforcing family values, keeping the conversations simple and listening to a child’s concerns are the best ways to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with children
He said that he actually didn’t like our area and wished we’d purchased elsewhere, despite his saying the opposite when house-hunting. His son didn’t like the house either “too fancy” and big. My husband quickly reminded me of his desire to plan for retirement (despite our having three kids under age 14) and was frustrated that I wasn’t interested. We separated almost a year ago, sold the house and moved quickly to divorce. My ex knew I was hell-bent to stay in the neighbourhood for my daughter’s schooling. He said he wanted to move into a condo.
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Travis Price was bullied relentlessly as a child. It started in grade one, with kids calling him “toilet paper” because his initials are TP. By grade three, he was getting beaten up on the playground, and he ended up in the hospital after some particularly vicious attacks. When he reached high school, which coincided with the
advent of social media, he was cyberbullied. “It was very difficult on me and my family,” says Price, now a 29-year-old bullying prevention and mental health advocate based in Coldbrook, NS. “I was forced to grow up very quickly to protect myself, avoid these situations and try to come to terms with why this was happening to me.”