Suicide Prevention Month: Creating Action Through Hope

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash As the month of September comes to a close, let us endeavour to be active in our suicide prevention efforts by "Creating Action through Hope”. We are all facing unprecedented times with COVID-19 and its impact on our mental health. Our children are not exempt from these challenges. Research…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 28, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Parenting Infant

Breastfeeding Awareness: What are the Benefits of Breastfeeding?

Photo by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz from Pexels It is breastfeeding awareness month! Promoting the benefits of breastfeeding is a shared responsibility as in doing so, we not only benefit babies and mothers, but we also benefit our society. Like everything else in modern culture, breastfeeding is a hot topic for debate; whether it is about when and where…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 23, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Parenting

Going Back to School: 5 Success Strategies for Parents

Photo: Margo Morrison Summer is over and that means going back to school. Parents, are you ready for success this school year? Many parents would have been settled now with the going back-to-school routine. Of course, the back-to-school preparations for parents started months ago and culminated in “September Morning”. “September Morning” is the day that schools…

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

Blogs

Welcome Back to School: 6 Strategies for Teachers this School Term

photo: unsplash.com Welcome back to school! It has been challenging teaching during the pandemic. Back to school means more challenges of online teaching for another year. What strategies can you use this term for success? The rising cases of COVID-19 have shattered hopes for face-to-face schooling this academic term, and there is no guarantee that the…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 13, 20212CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Resources

Support Services for Children and Families

Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies to Support Children and Families Child Protection and Family Services Agency The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), formed out of a merger of the Child Development Agency and the Office of Children’s Registry, is a leader in Jamaica’s child protection system, with a combined…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 11, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Childhood Shorts

World Suicide Prevention Day 2021

Photo: unplash.com Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. This year’s theme is “Creating Hope Through Action”. Have you checked in with a child today? How to help a child with suicidal thoughts Listen to the child without judgement and offer support Show him/her love, compassion and kindness Stay with the child if you believe he or…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 10, 20211CommentShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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Kindness is What our Children Need Right Now

Photo: Margo Morrison Kindness is a language of love. With schools now back in session, our children are back online and looking down a path of uncertainty, isolation from friends and possible frustrations. Schools must continue teaching, and remote learning is the solution for keeping children safe, learning and academically engaged during this crisis. While…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 8, 20213CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

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5 Back to School Strategies for Children

Photo: unplash.com School is now back in session; however, due to the third wave of COVID-19 schools are to continue online teaching until further notice. It was hoped that schools would have reopened face-to-face, but the Delta variant has changed that with COVID-19-positive cases increasing daily. Hopes that vaccine take-up would result in face-to-face schooling have…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 6, 20215CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Child Mental Health

How to Protect Children’s Emotions during COVID-19

Photo by Good Good Good on Unsplash This article gives a practical tip on how to protect children's emotions during COVID-19. The rising number of COVID-19 cases on the island is cause for concern. Just like adults, children sometimes get anxious about things in their environment that they cannot control. Although children may manifest these…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 2, 20210CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link

Childhood Shorts

There is No Such Thing as A Baby

Photo by William Fortunato from Pexels Ther is no such thing as a baby" Donald Winnocott Winnicott was saying is that a baby cannot exist on his or her own. A baby needs the care of a mother (caregiver) and without the mother (caregiver), the baby cannot exist. Winnicott saw the infant and the mother as a unit (Winnicott, 1960).…

ByMargo MorrisonSeptember 1, 20213CommentsShare PostShare on Facebook Share on TwitterShare by EmailSend Link