Island Parent Magazine April-May 2022
Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 34 Years • Bringing Home Twins • Learning the Love Languages • The ‘Pandemic Effect’ • Go Outside! A Breath of Fresh Air for Families
Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 34 Years
• Bringing Home Twins
• Learning the Love Languages
• The ‘Pandemic Effect’
• Go Outside! A Breath of Fresh Air for Families
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Vancouver <strong>Island</strong>’s <strong>Parent</strong>ing Resource for 34 Years<br />
TABLEOFCONTENTS<br />
Features<br />
In Every<br />
Issue<br />
5<br />
Fast Forward<br />
SUE FAST<br />
6<br />
Need to Know<br />
16<br />
Moms’ POV<br />
SERENA BECK<br />
18<br />
Nature Notes<br />
LAUREN SHERWOOD<br />
10<br />
Bringing Home<br />
Twins<br />
From the first night<br />
to the first month.<br />
NATASHA MILLS<br />
20<br />
The ‘Pandemic<br />
Effect’<br />
Has being born<br />
during a pandemic<br />
affected babies?<br />
ANYA DUNHAM<br />
34<br />
Befriend<br />
the Birds<br />
Being a good<br />
neighbour to<br />
backyard birds.<br />
LINDSAY COULTER<br />
12<br />
Learning the<br />
Love Languages<br />
How to create<br />
deep connections.<br />
SARAH SEITZ<br />
14<br />
When ‘Good Enough’<br />
Is Just Fine<br />
Haunted by another mother.<br />
JULIA MAIS<br />
32<br />
Alexa, How Do<br />
I Teach My Kids<br />
About Money?<br />
The ABCs and 123s<br />
of how to talk about<br />
money with your kids.<br />
VIVIAN LEUNG<br />
36<br />
Scavenger Hunt<br />
In the City<br />
Find the items, sing<br />
a song, read some<br />
books and have fun<br />
learning together.<br />
GREATER VICTORIA<br />
PUBLIC LIBRARY<br />
22<br />
Dadspeak<br />
GREG PRATT<br />
24<br />
What’s for Dinner<br />
EMILLIE PARRISH<br />
26<br />
Family Calendar<br />
28<br />
Kids’ Reads<br />
CHRISTINE VAN STARKENBURG<br />
30<br />
Preschool &<br />
Child Care Directory<br />
38<br />
Cut It Out!<br />
ALLISON REES<br />
38<br />
Businesses You<br />
Need to Know<br />
On the<br />
Cover<br />
Matteo (3 months)<br />
Photo by<br />
Chris Higginbottom<br />
Photography<br />
chrishigginbottom.ca<br />
Bringing Home Twins<br />
Learning<br />
the Love<br />
Languages<br />
The<br />
‘Pandemic<br />
Effect’<br />
Go Outside!<br />
A Breath of Fresh<br />
Air for Families<br />
Jim Schneider Publisher publisher@islandparent.ca<br />
Sue Fast Editor editor@islandparent.ca<br />
Kristine Wickheim Account Manager kristine@islandparent.ca<br />
RaeLeigh Buchanan Account Manager raeleigh@islandparent.ca<br />
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