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This September I have two new-school-year goals: 1) walk my son to kindergarten (you can read that blog post at bchealthyliving.ca/starting-school/; and 2) encourage his passion for risky play. The first time I heard the term “risky play” was when I was struck by Dr. Mariana Brussoni’s closing presentation at last year’s Public Health Association…
OMGosh! What are the kids doing now?!!
I looked out the window and gasped – then closed my eyes, took a deep breath, counted to five and turned away. The kids were belly-flopping onto a stack of camping foamies beside the trampoline and I had to quell my initial impulse to shut it down with a holler. My first thought was, ‘somebody’s…
See Jane Thrive! Lessons for Healthier Early Childhood Development
It’s often said that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ and this is definitely true when we look at creating conditions for healthy early childhood development. On June 24th, BCAHL hosted a webinar to highlight some of the lessons from those who are working to give young children a healthy beginning. Joseph Dunn,…

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