Calgary's Child - Ages and Stages

The Anatomy of Parent Guilt

Why do many parents, mothers in particular, feel guilty when they take time for themselves?First let's examine the feeling of guilt. There is healthy and unhealthy guilt. Healthy guilt has sadness underlying it, a sense of true regret for a chosen behavior that created harm or some problem, often for others. Unhealthy guilt is a feeling of shame, that we aren't OK as we are, that we should be different than we are and should make different choices.

Soothing A Crying Baby

It's 8 pm and your baby won't stop crying. You've checked for signs of illness, and she seems healthy. She's just not happy and you are desperate to soothe her. What can you do? Infants cry because it's the only way they can communicate their needs.
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Can Peer Pressure Ever Be Positive?

My eight-year-old son was excitedly telling me about a birthday party trip to a popular play place. He casually mentioned that he had a fun and bumpy ride in the back of the parent's van. Upon further inquiries, I discovered that several boys rode in the back of the van with no seat belts.
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Stepfamilies...How do the Children Feel?

Children often enter a stepfamily situation still processing the loss and grief of their first family. Parents may view the process as a merger, but to children it’s more like a hostile takeover where they have little choice. For this new family to work, an understanding of and compassion for the kinds of feelings children experience is a crucial starting point.
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