Kids & Company Blog: Behaviour

Why Your Need for Control is Backfiring with Your Child

Posted on: Thursday November 2nd, 2023

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This blog is guest-written by Jenn Abbatiello, Certified Master Parent Coach & Founder of Your Transformed Family. Visit their website for more information and to get in touch with any questions. Or connect with Jenn on Instagram @yourtransformedfamily or Tiktok @jennabba. Before having children, did you feel you were calm, cool, and collected?  I certainly… [read more]

Embracing All the Feels: Practicing Emotional Regulation

Posted on: Thursday August 3rd, 2023

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This blog is written by our guest author Ulrica Jobe, a Parenting Coach with The Giving Tree Centre, a children’s mental health clinic comprised of an experienced team of mental health professionals (child psychologists & psychotherapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists and parent coaches) who help kids and families develop the awareness, skills and capacity… [read more]

Calm & Confident Parenting: 5 Proven Tips to Manage and Reduce Overwhelming Emotions

Posted on: Tuesday March 7th, 2023

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As a parent, it’s not uncommon to feel like you’re running on fumes. Between the demands of parenthood, work, and household responsibilities, it can feel like there’s no end in sight. And sometimes, all that stress and pressure can boil over into what’s commonly known as “parental rage.” Parental rage is when you feel an… [read more]

Emptying the Emotional Backpack: What to do when children get home from school

Posted on: Wednesday March 16th, 2022

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This blog post was exclusively created for Kids & Company by Jenn Abatiello. Jenn is a certified parent coach, and founder of Your Transformed Family specializing in guiding families around the world to end frustration, guilt and chaos and to find more peace, calm and connection in parenting. We all know the feeling of being… [read more]

Building Gross Motor Skills into Kindergarten

Posted on: Wednesday February 16th, 2022

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For most children, the transition into kindergarten is such an exciting milestone! As parents, it’s often a time to reflect on our child’s development and make sure they are set up for success for a new year ahead – both mentally and physically. Physiotherapists Jennifer Halfin and Kasha Pyka (from Toronto Kids Physio) work with… [read more]

5 Ways to Encourage Our Children to Say Please and Thank You

Posted on: Friday October 15th, 2021

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Teaching the basics of good manners can be a tricky and difficult job with children. It can feel like no matter how many times you encourage them, it just doesn’t stick. We believe teaching kids to say please and thank you is very important because it shows the people we are interacting with that we… [read more]

Tidy Up Time: The Importance of Cleaning Up Their Own Mess

Posted on: Thursday September 9th, 2021

Posted by: Victoria Sopik

  Written by Victoria Sopik, Kids & Company’s CEO Children love to play and make messes, but they rarely think about cleaning up after. As a mother of eight and now a grandmother of eleven, I have a lot of experience with children making a mess and just walking away without a care in the… [read more]

Socialization: What to expect at different ages

Posted on: Friday July 16th, 2021

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As Early Childhood Educators, we hear it all too often…I’m worried about my child. Why don’t they play with the other children? Are they having trouble making friends? I wonder if they don’t like the other children. How come my child plays all by themselves?  It’s not uncommon to have these concerns as socialization is… [read more]

Preschoolers and Screens

Posted on: Monday May 11th, 2020

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As you are likely spending more time at home with your children, you may be finding it hard to keep their screen time to the desired amount. Our friends at Parenting Power are sharing their advice on preschoolers and screens below!  “Excessive screen time linked to preschool learning delays.” As Heath McCoy mentions in UToday: “One… [read more]

How to Stop Toddlers from Biting

Posted on: Friday January 10th, 2020

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At Kids & Company, January is our Parenting Hacks month. Our goal is to use our wonderful community of parents and parenting experts to share their wealth of knowledge and experiences.  Today, Julie Freedman Smith and Gail Bell of Parenting Power™,  have given us some tools to deal with toddlers that are biting! Let’s get… [read more]