Grey-Bruce Kids Spring 2021

Get help paying for Child Care
Child care costs add up. Fortunately, families in Grey County may
be eligible for a fee subsidy for children in licensed child care.
Net Family Income
Monthly Cost for
Families*
$20,000 $0.00
$30,000 $83
$40,000 $167
$50,000 $417
$60,000 $667
$70,000 $917
You may be eligible if:
• You are a Grey County resident
• You are are working, attending school or training
• You have a referral from another agency
• You are the child’s legal guardian
• Your child is living with you
• You have filed your taxes
• You are a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
*Monthly Costs are on a per-family basis and not per child. Families may have multiple children
in licensed care. The above table is only an estimate. An income test will be completed upon
application to confirm eligibility.
Learn more and apply at www.Grey.ca/Childrens-Services
PLAY • LEARN • GROW
Find program calendars for
EarlyON locations across Grey County at:
Grey.ca/Childrens-Services
FROM THE PUBLISHER
One year with COVID
Well, we are about to surpass one year of living with COVID.
Everyone’s lives have changed in some way, and even for the better, with many of us
becoming more cognizant of living life more deliberately and less frantically than we
did before. We’re playing board games, doing puzzles, and getting outside like most of
us never have before!
Of course, we have all struggled with stressful the state of the world, and our own
mental and physical health, while many businesses have either been forced to close or
completely alter the way they do business. In fact, many people have asked me why we
haven’t returned to printing our magazine, and I thought now was a good time to share
with you, our readers, a few reasons why we remain online only.
First and foremost is safety – many of our current pick-up locations are closed, at
reduced hours/capacity, or unable to host free publications in order to help stop
the spread of COVID. We are reluctant to put any distributor or readers at risk by
encouraging more touch-points than necessary in public spaces.
Secondly – economics. We are part of a huge trickle-down effect of the pandemic.
Since our publication is free, we rely on the support of our advertisers to fund it.
Many of our advertisers have been greatly affected by COVID restrictions and are
struggling with their own business and can’t advertise with us. Therefore, as much as
we would like to, being a very small, family-owned business, we simply cannot print
our publication in a sustainable manner as a corporate-owned magazine can.
Now the good news! Our Spring 2021 issue marks a year since we pivoted to online
only, and what hasn’t changed is the entertaining and insightful local content we
continue to provide our readers. A lot of our advertisers have also pivoted their
businesses and are able to continue supporting us, and we cannot thank them enough
either. In the past year, our online readership has increased exponentially, and our
readers are accessing us safely and easily from the comfort of their home. Thanks to
social media, our content is also easily shared, linked to, and available 24-7.
I appreciate you sticking with us through
these uncertain times, and I do hope you’ll
share the link to the magazine on your social
media channels to help spread the word!
Stay safe and stay healthy, as we approach
the return to more normal times.
Amy Irwin, Publisher
CONTENTS
4 Mediterranean diet
10 Raising teenagers
14 Digital history
18 Sensory integration
22 Work-from-home taxes
26 Resources
30 Recipes
SPRING 2021
Publisher
Amy Irwin
amy@greybrucekids.com
Magazine Design
Becky Grebenjak
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Grey-Bruce Kids welcomes your feedback.
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