Using cell phones around your kids
, about parents using their cell phones when they’re around their kids.
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How to Raise a Financially Literate Family
In this podcast Sara Dimerman chats with Laura Plant. Over the course of this episode, you will learn more about:
- What financial literacy means and why it’s so important
- The steps that parents can take, at various ages and stages of their children’s lives, to model becoming and being financially literate
- The value of giving your child an allowance
- The ways in which parents can prepare their teenagers and young adults towards becoming more financially independent
- Resources to help families on their journey
Maintaining family sanity around the holidays
. AM740 Zoomer radio – Sara is Libby Znaimer’s guest, talking about how to maintain family sanity around the holidays. Segment begins at 9:20
What to expect when transitioning from high school to University or College
In this podcast Sara Dimerman chats with Brenda Whiteside. Over the course of this episode, you will learn more about:
- The biggest changes or challenges students face when transitioning from high school to a post secondary school program
- How living away from home – on residence, for example – affects the way in which a teen manages the transition to a post secondary program
- How students and parents can expect to feel at first
- How long the transitional phase typically lasts
- Resources and programs most Universities and Colleges have in place to assist the student
- What students can look forward to once he or she is more settled into residence or in their program of choice
- Do’s and don’ts for parents to consider – prior to, during and following the adjustment phase
"It's a date" - Why making time for one another is so important
In this podcast Sara Dimerman chats with Endre Gabori. Over the course of this episode, you will learn more about:
- How going on a date once you have been living together or a married couple for a while, is different to single life dating
- The roadblocks to organizing a date with your living together or married partner
- Why its so important for living together or married couples to go on dates with one another
- What may happen to their relationship if they don’t
- Some points to keep in mind when planning a date with ones partner
- What else it might mean when married couples don’t find the time to go out on dates with one another
Learning through play: how to keep kids brains active during long breaks from school
In this podcast Sara Dimerman chats with Michael Gibben. Over the course of this episode you will learn more about: Whether parents’ concern about their kids’ brains going to mush during long breaks from school is a valid concern Ways for kids’ brains to remain…