Is your child being bullied at school or over social media at home? This is a very serious matter, and it must be directly supported and solved by adults. Even if you have a teenager, you must step up and step in to protect your child. Kids can never solve a bullying issue alone!

Nobody can deny that getting through these shorter, colder days is requiring more emotional and sometimes physical energy. Our collective souls have endured countless hours of adaptation; highs, lows, fears, sorrows, heartbreaks and joys.

From dealing with peer pressure to how to handle dating, here's what safe in-person school could look like, plus strategic tips for getting teens on board.

Whether your child is 5 or 15, parents are concerned about the use of WiFi at home, especially during family or homework times. Most adolescents I work with comment that it is hard for them to have the self-control to know when to turn off WiFi.

Some students are quite anxious about the return to school next week. Many students, in grade 7-12 struggle with study skills. In my practice, I often help students "recover" from feelings of failure and generally feeling overwhelmed with independent study requirements.

There has been a lot of information written about the importance of character development and it's role in school curriculum. Once thought to be considered solely a parental responsibility, character development plays an important role in teaching across public, parochial and private education.

This article clearly describes the often different temperaments parents and teachers observe in preschool and kindergarten children. It is common for your child to be focused and well-socialized at school, then "fall apart" when they get home. Adversely, many children have difficulty for various reasons sustaining their behaviour and focus during the school day.

This is the time of year when many parents are filled with angst as they have to make the final decisions about where their child will attend school in the fall. It is not surprising that for some parents, there is as much stress when choosing a kindergarten as there is for selecting a college or university for your adolescent.

Many parents have been paying close attention to the Fraser Institute School Ranking. The Fraser Institute is an independent, research and educational organization based in Canada. They publish peer-reviewed research into economic and public policy, including taxation, government spending, health care, school performance and trade. They use a variety of methodologies to measure data.

While awareness of cognitive Executive Functioning is not new, it is a fairly new term to many parents and educators. Many children, adolescents and adults are diagnosed with problems in Executive Functioning by a psychologist or psychiatrist. There are many other learning and/or cognitive issues that often interfere with a person's Executive Functioning, such as Learning Disabilities, ADHD, ASD, OCD and others. The following checklist defines several key areas of Executive Functioning.

Sex education has always been an educational "hot potato!" The Ontario Ministry of Education plans to launch an updated sex ed curriculum in the fall of this year. Yesterday, Premier Wynne announced that teaching important issues of consent and healthy relationships will be an integral part of the curriculum.

Across the country, the starting age for kindergarten varies. In the public education system in Ontario, a child must be 4 years of age before December 31 of the starting school year. Many parents are questioning whether their children are ready to start school, especially those children with a December birthday.

There isn't anyone who hasn't been profoundly touched by the recent terrorism in Paris. This situation is unfortunately, only one example of how violence touches our lives, globally. As much as adults struggle to make sense of the chaos, our children and teens are even more vulnerable to these events.

The Ministry of Education has recently released an important policy, ( #158), which outlines the expectations that every school board establish the development and implementation of this policy.

It is the time of year when parents will be receiving report cards from their child's school. It is often a time of anxiety and worry for many families. Children and teens can be reluctant to talk about problems identified on a report card for fear of disappointing their parents.