Category Archives: Editorials

There’s No Place Like Home

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Deborah MacNamara

Cats are the promise of domesticity without the intimacy. (Patricia Wilensky) As a noun I think ‘home’ must annoy newcomers to the English language because of its multiple meanings – we use it interchangeably to refer to personal feelings towards … Continue reading →

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Separation can be Scary

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Patti Drobot

Lately, I have had a number of parents coming to see me because their child is having difficulties separating for the school day. These kids are generally 5 or 6 years old and the parents are distraught. “It doesn’t feel … Continue reading →

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Coming Along Side our Children

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Eva de Gosztonyi

“Miss! Miss! He called me a wienie!” And so could start a round of “who did what to whom”. While I observed this common playground scenario, it occurred to me that this child was not asking the adult to immediately … Continue reading →

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The First Week of School: Creating Connections and Emotional Safety

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Colleen Drobot

Last night my children couldn’t sleep.  Today was their first day of school and their bodies and minds were not quite ready for the transition.  As my husband and I turned out our light to go to sleep, I heard … Continue reading →

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Blame

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Gail Carney

I have talked about guilt and shame.      Now it is time for blame, the third sibling. Sometimes it is clear who is at fault.    However, often it is not clear, especially with children and adolescents.    One of the ways of … Continue reading →

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Uncovering the Roots of Delinquency

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Gordon Neufeld

In the wake of the Vancouver riots following the Canucks loss in the Stanley Cup finals, many are struggling to make sense of this senselessness (see also Dr. Deborah McNamara’s editorial on this website). Ironically I was – and still … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of the Senseless

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Deborah MacNamara

In the aftermath of the Vancouver riot following the Stanley Cup finals there has been an unleashing of emotion from anger to despair – but at the heart of it there is profound confusion as to how to make sense … Continue reading →

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Children in the Lead with Nowhere to Go

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Deborah MacNamara

There is a growing problem among children that does not have a name. It is insidious and far-reaching, serving to make parenting and sometimes teaching challenging, if not a nightmare. The problem is that of dominance, when the natural attachment … Continue reading →

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First Big Grief

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dagmar Neubronner

My younger son Thomas has just become 12, but his childhood innocence ended a few days earlier because he experienced the biggest sorrow of his life – our tom-cat “Schnurr” had been killed by a car. Schnurr had been Thomas’s … Continue reading →

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Behaviour Principles-Choosing intervention programs in schools

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Eva de Gosztonyi

I was recently asked to give the Keynote address for a Behaviour Summit organized by the Eastern Townships School Board in Quebec. They called together all of their stakeholders: directors, principals, teachers, consultants, aides, lunch monitors, bus drivers, secretaries, trustees … Continue reading →

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