Profile of Lila Hope-Simpson

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• POSITIVE PARENTING: A new level of bullying
  By Lila Hope-Simpson Sadly, a young 17-year-old teen I know in Quebec has been brutally beaten. The incident happened at his high school. As a ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Active babies, healthy babies
  By Lila Hope-Simpson Kings County Advertiser/Register We don' t often think of infants as requiring much physical activity, but the new Canadian ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Fight for Katimavik
  By Lila Hope-Simpson Kings County Advertiser/Register It is challenging for teens to decide on a career or post-secondary education path right ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Fight for Katimavik
  By Lila Hope-SimpsonKings County Advertiser/Register It is challenging for teens to decide on a career or post-secondary education path right ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Plan ahead for summer camp
  BY Lila Hope-Simpson Although summer may still seem like a long way off, it’s not too early to begin planning. Summer camp is a great option for ...
• LILA HOPE-SIMPSON: Travels with Max
  I’ve done my share of travelling but it’s been awhile since I vacationed with a six-month-old baby in tow. During March Break, my husband and I ...
• LILA HOPE-SIMPSON: Helping children through grieving...
  Experiencing grief and loss is a part of life. Children experience these feelings too and we can help them cope and understand.When a child loses ...
• LILA HOPE-SIMPSON: Wearing your baby
  There are some very good reasons to wear your baby. In a wrap, that is. Although it is convenient to use the stroller for your baby, there are ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Lullabye and goodnight
  By Lila Hope-Simpson Sleeps like baby? Who are you kidding? Turns night into day? That's more like it. Infants tend to move around in ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Child development
  By Lila Hope-Simpson The best strategy for being an effective parent is to educate yourself in basic child development. Understanding ages and ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Music to my ears
  From Christmas music to symphonies, music enriches our lives and makes us sing.It’s never too early to introduce music to our kids. Even the ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Quick and easy parenting tips
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Nobody ever promised parenting would be easy and it's not. But sometimes, all it takes is a few simple tools to keep in ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Plenty of ideas for those...
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON If anyone invites me to a potluck any time this fall, I can tell you right now what you'll be getting: apple crisp, apple ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Toilet training
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Is it my imagination or are toddlers getting toilet trained later? It seems to me that I am seeing more and more three and ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Please bring daddy home
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Juan Pablo is a charming little boy who was one of my nursery school students for several years, until he had to move ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Ready for the big day
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON What greater joy is there than helping your daughter prepare for the birth of her first baby, your first grandchild? The ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Stay hydrated
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Drinking enough fluids is crucial for children in the summer heat. The best drink? Water. Not only is water the most thirst ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: A mother's legacy
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON When a mother dies, what legacy does she leave for her children? She may leave a bank account, a house, photos, ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Fairy Tale Lessons Learned
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON This year for our nursery school closing and graduation we decided to do something a little different. Usually we ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: A perfect Storm
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Kathy Witterick and David Stocker of Toronto have chosen to keep the gender of their baby, Storm, now four months old, a ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Goats, bunnies and ice cream cones
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON You don’t have to go far to have fun. Or spend a lot of money, for that matter. Our last nursery school field trip was a ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Exploring the brains of boys and...
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON How is the atmosphere of my preschool class influenced by the gender of the children? There is a marked difference in ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: The Behavior Contract
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Signing a contract with your own kids? Isn’t that absurd? Maybe not. Working with international students, mostly teenagers, ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Spring in the Maritimes
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON As I sit at my computer to write about spring in the Maritimes, the snow is blowing across my window, occasionally mixed ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Why do we say these things?
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Kids are notorious for asking questions. Sometimes we know the answers, sometimes we don’t. I came across a great book in ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Odds 'n' ends
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Once in awhile, columnists come up with a few tidbits that warrant sharing, but don’t necessarily deserve an entire column, ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Preventing premature birth with...
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON An intriguing study on CTV News caught my attention recently, associating mouthwash with the prevention of premature ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Kings-Kikima Grannies
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON What do grandmothers in Kings County, Nova Scotia and grandmothers in Kikima, Kenya have in common? Of course, they share a ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Growing up on me
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON When you’ve been teaching nursery school as long as I have, you are bound to bump into some of your old students, who seem ...
• POSITIVE PARENTING: Expecting a baby?
  BY LILA HOPE-SIMPSON Finding out you are pregnant is usually a high point in a woman’s life. It is nine months of change, preparation and growth. ...