There is more going on in a baby brain than in yours. At 2-million synapses a second, the brain is going faster than it ever will again. It's creating billions of connections as the baby experiences the world and you. Here's what you need to know as they grow.
The stats say one in five kids under 19 suffers from a mental illness. The stats also say up to 80% of those kids never get diagnosed or treated. And over half of those mental illnesses started before the age of 14. What is it going to take to help these kids?
We've pulled together our resources for parents on how your child is growing and learning and developing. From the brain to the body to the mind, TVOParents has interviews, articles and blogs that share the joys and challenges of raising healthy, happy children.
There is more going on in a baby brain than in yours. At 2-million synapses a second, the brain is going faster than it ever will again. It's creating billions of connections as the baby experiences the world and you. Here's what you need to know as they grow.
The stats say one in five kids under 19 suffers from a mental illness. The stats also say up to 80% of those kids never get diagnosed or treated. And over half of those mental illnesses started before the age of 14. What is it going to take to help these kids?
We've pulled together our resources for parents on how your child is growing and learning and developing. From the brain to the body to the mind, TVOParents has interviews, articles and blogs that share the joys and challenges of raising healthy, happy children.
We have a number of resources we've collected on First Nations children and schooling - here and up north. Hear from the people who are trying to make a difference to the kids.
We've dissected every angle of bullying, will anything really work to prevent it? Here are perspectives from parents to psychologists to researchers...
The 2011 People for Education conference set its sights on success - what it means and how it's measured. We have the speeches, the discussions, interviews with the experts, articles, blogs, and slideshows to give you a flavour of the 2 days.
Warning - understatement directly ahead: Parents of special needs kids have so much to handle - from the diagnosis and treatment, to the emotional roller coaster of guilt, blame and acceptance, to navigating the school system. We hope our resources parents feel less alone.
TVOParents is built to help parents help their kids succeed in school and life. And school means homework. So here are our resources to help you survive homework. Yes, you, the parent. From Homework Zone to finding other parents to commiserate with, we hope this fills part of our mission.