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FAMILY FUN GUIDE SUBMISSIONS: GENERAL MANAGER: Bob Thwaites

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ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: Shelley Oswald, John Lachance EDITOR: Bill England CONTRIBUTORS: Stephanie Renaud, Matt Weingarden, Windsor-Essex County Health Unit Scouts Canada, Hydro One

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4. Stop, Drop, and Breathe 10. Animal Encounters 101 Parenthood is as much about us as it is about our kids.

6. E-Cigarettes What parents need to know about this rising trend among youth.

Scouts Canada has a few tips for you before heading for ‘The Great Outdoors’.

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Stop, Drop, and Breathe By Stephanie Renaud B.A., B.Ed.

Dr. Markham recommends setting a timer on your phone, or your watch to go off at regular intervals throughout the day. When you hear that timer, arenting in our noisy world can be a huge challenge. So many parents pause in whatever you are doing, and take three deep, mindful breaths. This are plagued with stress, anxiety and feelings of failure every day. will begin to train your brain to centre and calm when you focus on your With the conflicting cacophony of messages parents are bombarded breathing. A powerful tool in our stressful world. with from all sides, it’s no wonder. We have forgotten that parenthood is as much about us as it is about our kids. 4. Train Your Brain We want the best for our children, and when we are working from a place There is an incredible amount of scientific evidence to support developing of panic and reactivity, the best is almost never going to be the outcome. a daily mediation practice. Just like learning anything else, your brain learns Take heart. how to centre and calm through daily practice. Even five minutes a day can A better story is possible. be a game changer. The life you crave is possible. Having a beautiful relationship with your children is possible. 6. How Do You Want To Feel? Feeling calm, cool, collected and confident in your parenting is possible. So often our emotional response to life is habitual, deeply rooted in our Find a comfy place to sit, grab yourself a tea and let’s go through some past. Have you ever considered that you can design your life based on how principles and practices that will bring you closer to the life you know in your you want to feel? heart is possible. Heather Chauvin recommends grabbing your journal and doing some writing. Imagine you are a year in your future. Write the story of what your 1. Conflict Cannot Survive Without Your Participation life looks like down to the tiniest detail, and look for the common themes. Dr. Ross Greene, in his book The Explosive Child, points to a common These are what she calls your “Core Desired Feelings”. belief among parents that we must deal with nefarious behaviours immediArmed with these, you can begin to identify specific actions that you can ately in order for the consequences we apply to have meaning for the child in take everyday to move yourself in the direction of how you want to feel in question. your work, your play and your parenting. The problem with that approach is that the child in question is in a state of what he calls “fight, flight or freeze” when any further confrontation will These principles and practices only scratch the surface of the resources that escalate the situation, and deepen that child’s habit of reactivity. are available to you in your parenthood journey. Instead, he suggests allowing everyone to cool off and discussing the situaLocal girl boss Heather Chauvin has gathered together an impressive array tion when everyone is calm. As the parent, you end the conflict by not partic- of “experts” and change makers in her free Teach Your Kid To Meditate ipating in it in the first place. online conference. The 30 day program is well worth the time to participate for the wisdom 2. It’s Not An Emergency bombs, the practical resources and the powerful, paradigm shifting ideas that Our kids are not the only ones who go in to “fight, flight or freeze” mode. are shared. It happens to us parents too, often when we are called to respond to a situaTo register or for more information, tion with our children that requires discipline. please visit TeachYourKidToMeditate.com Dr. Laura Markham recommends reminding yourself that “It’s not an emergency” as you prepare to approach the situation. This pulls you out of “fight, flight or freeze” mode. With a calm head, you are much more likely to make productive, proactive choices about how you are going to respond to whatever has arisen that is requiring your involvement.

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s a parent or caregiver, it can be hard enough to keep up with trending phone apps, superhero films, or fashions, let alone the countless emerging trends that could actually harm your child’s health and warrant special attention. One such trend on the rise for youth is electronic-cigarettes. Smoking e-cigarettes, or “vaping” is being promoted as the next big thing for tobacco smokers and for those who have never smoked. Without proper market regulation and testing on the longterm effects of use, it is especially important to talk about these products with your child(ren). Electronic cigarettes may or may not resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes. They consist of a battery, a heating element, and a cartridge that holds “e-liquid” or “e-juice,” a solution usually made of propylene glycol, glycerin, flavouring agents, and in many cases, nicotine. When a user “puffs” on the device, the solution is heated and the resulting vapour is inhaled into the lungs and exhaled in the same manner as a tobacco cigarette. The e-liquid often comes in attractive, colourful packaging and in flavours that would appeal to youth, for example bubblegum, cotton candy, and chocolate. A Canadian study found that e-cigarette use increased between 2013-2015, with rates highest among young people: 10.1 per cent of students in Grades 6-9 reported having tried an e-cigarette, while over 25 per cent of youth aged 15-19, and 30 per cent of young adults aged 20-24 reported trying an e-cigarette (Reid, Hammond, Rynard, Madill & Burkhalter, 2017). When asked, “Which did you try first: smoking a tobacco cigarette or an e-cigarette?”, over one in three students who used both reported using e-cigarettes first, which may provide some evidence that e-cigarettes are a gateway into tobacco use. The safety of e-cigarettes to users and bystanders is still unknown as short and long-term health effects have not been thoroughly studied.

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While Health Canada has approved propylene glycol and glycerin as food additives, it is possible that they may be dangerous when vaporized and inhaled. The particles in e-cigarette vapour, including flavouring compounds, are particularly hazardous because they reach deep into lung tissue when used as intended. Some studies have shown e-cigarette vapour can also include heavy metals and other cancer-causing compounds such as formaldehyde. Although Health Canada has banned e-cigarettes containing nicotine, testing in 2014 found that almost half of products labelled “nicotine-free” contained nicotine (Czoli, Reid, Rynard & Hammond, 2015).

To protect our youth, Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ministry of Health and Long-term Care has banned the sale and supply of e-cigarettes to minors (under age 19), the same as tobacco cigarettes. City By-Law Locally, City of Windsor By-Law #113-2006 prohibits smoking and vaping in indoor public spaces as well as outdoors on City of Windsor owned properties, including parks, playgrounds and sport fields, conservation areas, marinas and recreation facilities. In addition to tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and hookah/ waterpipes are prohibited. The best thing we can do to protect our children from bad trends and potentially harmful products, like e-cigarettes, is to be informed and talk to our children about them. We may not be able to save our children from embarrassing fashion regrets, but we can educate and give them the tools to grow up happy and healthy. Windsor-Essex County residents can call, text, or email 311 if you notice a possible by-law violation. For more information, visit WECHU.org or follow @theWECHU on Facebook and Twitter for updates about health issues in your community

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Children First helps families to realize potential By Matt Weingarden

hildren First is a not-for-profit, free program, specializing in services for families with children from birth to age six who have developmental and/or mental health challenges. Together with a child’s family, the organization helps them to reach their full potential through early identification, education, and clinical intervention. “There are wide range of developmental challenges that we see and help to address,” explains program manager Imogen Hall. “Things like motor development, language development, social-emotional development, autism and ADHD are just a few challenges run across.” Hall encourages parents to contact them anytime they feel there is a worry or concern. ‘Trust your gut’ is her best advice. The staff at Children First can help determine if they are the best service available to the family or whether or not they would put you in touch with an appropriate agency. Essentially, the organization acts as a ‘gate-keeper’ or ‘first responder’ and helps parents and families set up and develop an appropriate plan. The organization partners up with many community resources across Windsor-Essex. A doctor’s referral is not required to use their services. There is no fee for services from Children First. They receive funding from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and the City of Windsor.

“One of the things we pride ourselves on is we work within the child’s natural environment,” says executive director Lori Kempe. “We visit children in home, child care centres and other community locations if needed – including the county.” The organization also receives referrals for school age children who have significant delay or behavioral challenges. “If only we could increase the recognition of the agency and ensure all caregivers have the information needed to access services, we could help reduce the number of children that have not accessed much needed services at an earlier age,” says Hall. She says that there is different many ways parents can help children to develop in a healthier way on a daily basis. “Essentially, you as a parent are incorporating our suggestions and recommendations into everyday activities like getting ready to go to school or even grocery shopping,”adds Hall. Children First offers a number of specialty programs for parents as well – including Triple P (positive parenting program), Toddler Behaviour, security parent training and management of emotions.

“Parents know their child better than anybody else, so we really take the lead from the parent – what are their priorities – they play a key role in our partnership as a team,” says Kempe. Services to families are supported by a skilled staff, who have expertise relevant to child development, behaviour and early intervention. The qualified and experienced staff include speech and language pathologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and social workers. “This is so much more to them than a job,” says Hall.” Our dedicated staff truly believes in early intervention for children, as well as developing the relationship between parents and the child. “Parents can rest assured that the staff is well educated and continue to learn using the most up to date research available in their fields of expertise.” CCA accreditation In 2015, Children First was awarded a four year accreditation by the Canadian Centre for Accreditation (CCA) in recognition of achieving established CCA standards for quality in governance, management, and child and youth mental health services. “We need to let the public know that we are here to offer our services,” says Hall. “Quite often we hear parents say, ‘I’d wish we had know that your organization existed earlier.’” For more information, please visit Children-First.ca

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SUMMER S’MORE SANDWICH Prep time: 5 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Serves: 4

Ingredients: • 4 D’Italiano brioche buns • 1 bag jumbo marshmallows • 2 large bars milk chocolate • 2 tbsp granulated sugar • 1 tbsp cinnamon

Directions: 1. Combine sugar and cinnamon until well mixed. 2. Roast 6 marshmallows per sandwich and place on fresh brioche bun while still hot. 3. Top with 6 to 8 pieces of chocolate and lightly press chocolate into marshmallows. 4. Dust with cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve immediately. Find more recipe inspiration online at Facebook.com/150bunsofsummer Source: NewsCanada.com

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