child development

Healthy eating is a key component of family wellness, which is why there’s been such a public outcry over the negative impacts of junk food marketing to children in recent years. By the looks of things, food companies are starting to take…

Several times a week, Annikki Egolf, a Child & Youth Care worker with the Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre Association (CDC) in Canada, goes outside with different groups of children, planting vegetables and flowers in their…

By Karleia Steiner  While it is adorable to watch children play with pets, there is something deeper happening during those interactions. Most adults who grew up with a household pet will testify to the fact…

Since same sex marriage has been approved in the house of commons, attention has turned to the wellness of any potential children that same sex couples have. Based on various studies measuring ‘academic performance, cognitive development,…

Family wellness is more than just a matter of eating well, exercising and spending time together; moral wellness, and a strong sense of emotional wellbeing, are also important to pass on to your child, especially when disaster hits. But…

Fertility treatments are widely thought of as a great scientific breakthrough. And rightly so, now thousands of couples who were not previously able to conceive can have children thanks to this technology. Unfortunately, though, there now…