October 2012 Archives

How to Unlock the Best in our Children and Ourselves. Workshop for University of Toronto students, faculty and staff. We all want to help our kids become caring, courageous, positive and principled people. But in today’s hectic, information-overdosed world there seem to be a thousand…

Large age gaps in couples

October 15, 2012

Newstalk 1010, Radio

. Listen every Monday to Sara chatting with host John Tory on Newstalk 1010.

Creative IQ

October 13, 2012

Books

I know about IQ and EQ, but now there’s also Creative IQ. In their new book by the same name, authors Jo-Anne Schneeweiss and Shelley Sefton, write about “giving young learners the creative edge in a competitive world.” Written for parents and teachers, this book…

Gratitude can't be imposed

October 12, 2012

Articles

Thanks + giving = Thanksgiving. Time to reflect on what you’ve been given and to give thanks back. That’s the idea anyway but gratitude isn’t something that can be imposed. Children are born not wanting more than to be loved, given nourishment, kept safe and…