4 Christmas Activities for Children to Help with at Home

Photo by Any Lane from Pexels As a child, I loved the weeks leading up to Christmas as much as Christmas day. This was because of all the Christmas activities for children that were fun and exciting. Firstly, I couldn’t wait for school to break because this meant going to the country to see my grandmother. Equally, it meant…

ByMargo MorrisonDecember 22, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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3 Things to Teach Children about Giving

Photo by Kampus Production from Pexels Christmas is a great time to teach children about giving. The act of giving is to present someone with something so that they can enjoy it, look at it or care for it. What better time to teach children about giving than during the festive season? Christmas is a wonderful time of year,…

ByMargo MorrisonDecember 15, 20211CommentShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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What is Magical Thinking and Should You Encourage it?

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Is it magical thinking to realise that Christmas will soon be upon us? Over the next four weeks, our airwaves and TVs will be flooded with Christmas songs and movies. The main feature of these is the gift-giving, jolly man called Santa Claus. Although different in many ways from the European and…

ByMargo MorrisonDecember 8, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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What are the Benefits of Positive Parenting? 6 Incredible Advantages

Photo by Orione Conceição from Pexels The benefits of positive parenting are enormous for child development. Positive parenting is parental practices that are directed to the full development of children through non-violence, care, recognition, guidance and the establishment of limits (Consejo de Europa, 2006 in Pastor et al., 2015). Research has consistently shown that positive parenting benefits children…

ByMargo MorrisonNovember 30, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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World Children’s Day: A Better Future for Every Child

pexels.com A better future for every child is not hard to imagine and with World's Children's Day let's realise its possibility. COVID-19 has laid bare the inequalities in our world that exist for our children and have put some of the world’s most vulnerable children at greater risk for poor outcomes, violence and abuse, poor mental…

ByMargo MorrisonNovember 20, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Strengths-Based Parenting: Positive Parenting Skills that Foster Child Development

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels In this article, you'll learn about strengths-based parenting. In my last article, I defined positive parenting as a continuation of the celebration of Parents Month. I highlighted six characteristics of positive parenting, including working with children’s strengths instead of picking at their weaknesses. For this article, I will focus more on the…

ByMargo MorrisonNovember 16, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Parent Month 2021

November kicks off the start of the celebration for Parent Month. Parent Month 2021 is celebrated under the theme, “Positive Parenting: Impacting Generations.” Photo: Margo Morrison download the free poster here As we enter November, in celebration of Parent Month, I would like to salute our parents and say thank you for doing your best! It…

ByMargo MorrisonNovember 1, 20211CommentShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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What is Resilience?

pexels.com The recent celebration of World Mental Health Day brought discussions around mental health and well-being which are particularly important as the world grapples with COVID-19. Many of us would have had and continue to have significant challenges due in part to the pandemic. Additionally, COVID-19 exacerbated existing stressors in our lives. No one…

ByMargo MorrisonOctober 18, 20212CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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World Mental Health Day: Mental Health in an Unequal World

This year’s World Mental Health Day is being observed at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequalities in our world. One of the major consequences of the pandemic has been its negative impact on mental health. While the unequal nature of our societies has always been a cause for concern,…

ByMargo MorrisonOctober 10, 20212CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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The Status of Child Mental Health in Jamaica

Photo: Margo Morrison Child mental health is a hot topic now, and rightly so. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges that have affected adults and children equally. Although COVID-19 is not responsible for mental ill-health in some of our children, COVID-19 has exacerbated an already dire situation for many. This article is an overview…

ByMargo MorrisonOctober 4, 20213CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link