News/Canada (Page 22)

First came the “helicopter parents.” But we worried the constant hovering made our children insecure. Then came the bulldozer parents seeking to remove any and all obstacles out of our child’s path. Turns out that wasn’t so great, either. Then tiger parents pushed their children to be highly successful, while jellyfish parents were lenient and flexible.Continue Reading

Cash-strapped Millennials and Gen Zers have been grappling with soaring rents and rising costs of living, which means that to make ends meet, things like therapy are being treated as luxuries, mental health experts say. “If I had to spend $80 a week on therapy, I would not. I haveContinue Reading

If you’ve ever: Watched an Instagram tutorial on blending seasonal gourds into pasta sauce to get more veggies into your child’s diet and thought, “Wait, kids eat sauce?” Asked your pediatrician how long your child can survive solely on blueberries. (“No, I mean literally just blueberries.”) Begged your child to at least lickContinue Reading

It’s highly likely that, at every point in time, in some corner of the world, a child has lost his ever-loving mind in the cereal aisle of a grocery store. But how a parent reacts to that tantruming child is more likely to differ by generation. In the 1950s and ’60s, for instance, aContinue Reading

Canada·First Person Sophie Chen was two years old when her parents made the difficult decision to send her to live with her grandparents in China. This is the story of how they went from strangers to best friends. As new immigrants, they made the difficult decision because they couldn’t affordContinue Reading

Canada A fresh wave of tighter restrictions on international students has some worried that continuing uncertainty in the sector will damage Canada’s reputation as an attractive place to study and settle down.   ‘Canada’s international reputation has taken a huge hit’: Universities Canada presidentJessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: SepContinue Reading

British Columbia “The racism and discrimination that Indigenous patients and health-care providers face is deplorable,” said CMA president Dr. Joss Reimer. ‘Indian Hospital’ system and forced sterilizations cited as specific examples of racism and maltreatment Karin Larsen · CBC News · Posted: Sep 18, 2024 7:00 AM EDT | LastContinue Reading

Canada·First Person Noah Yang’s identity as a transgender man is now a quiet detail in his life. He shares his journey of gradual self-discovery. I came to realize I’m transgender — not through a sudden epiphany, but through gradual self-discovery Noah Yang · for CBC First Person · Posted: SepContinue Reading

Raise your hand if you’ve ever fallen off the monkey bars and hurt more than your pride. It’s practically a childhood rite of passage. You climb, you swing, you push the limit, you miss, you cry. Maybe you dusted yourself off and limped back onto the playground. Or maybe you neededContinue Reading