Q: The sooner this COVID crisis is over, the better for me. I am a full-time mother and a part-time receptionist. I am not a teacher, or shall I say, I am a zero-time teacher. But with schools out of commission and likely to stay so for some time (who knows if they are going […] Read more
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Parents can manage forced home schooling during pandemic
Need for relevance can affect experience in care home
Q: About a year ago we talked my mother into accepting her need for support and she got accepted by a long-term care facility. My husband and I spent more time looking after my mom in her house than we did caring for both our children and grandchildren in our house. Getting Mom into long-term […] Read more
Father trying to regain access to children faces challenges
Q: I have been sober for about two years now. I enrolled in a treatment program way back then and with a lot of help from the counsellors and the support of my regular AA group, I have been able to break away from the old habits and that old crowd that got me into […] Read more
Happiness is a byproduct of challenges on life’s journey
Q: With that awful virus that is going around our Grade 12 graduates have chosen to leave their ceremonial celebration until the early fall. They are hoping that the pandemic will by then have subsided and that somehow they can have a normal graduation without running too much interference with the fall harvest. For me, […] Read more
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome a complicated disorder
Q:Dear Mr. Andrews. A few years ago, our niece and her husband adopted a young baby. The child has always been a bit slower than other children his age appear, but no one thought much about it until (recently, just before schools were closed up) when his Grade 1 teacher sent a note home to […] Read more
Helping an addict recover is discouraging but worthwhile
Q: I am not sure how we could have been so blind over the years but we were. When our son told us recently that he was addicted to cocaine, it was a complete surprise. He probably would not have said anything had not his wife packed up her bags and taken their baby to […] Read more
Step-parenting success depends on marital relationship
Q: My girlfriend and I bought a house together last week. The plan is to renovate it when we can find the time over the summer and to move into it later in the fall. Hopefully harvest will be finished earlier than it was last year and we will have time to settle into our […] Read more
Graduation will still happen this year — just differently
Q: After watching our son and his friends for the past year and a half planning their high school graduation, you can appreciate all of the disappointment we saw when the coronavirus ripped all of their plans to shreds and graduation had to be cancelled. It has been hard. Graduation from high school was something […] Read more
Arrival of second child will bring changes and rewards
Q: I guess it is a little too late to do much about it now, but I have to admit to moments of trepidation as I watch my wife carry through our second pregnancy. So far, everything is great. Mom is doing well as is the unborn baby. We expect the baby sometime after the […] Read more
Uncertain adjustment factor makes pandemic confusing
Q: I think most of us are somewhat puzzled by everything going on with the coronavirus these days. With so many opinions, many contradictory, it really is confusing. To my mind, the most confusing part of it is the proclamation made by so many people that we have, as they say, flattened our curve, that […] Read more
