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The Parent Project Podcast: Less talking, more listening

Episode 6 of the Parent Project Podcast is all about communication. How can we overcome communication barriers to improve relationships within our family? Parents and grandparents share communication challenges and successes with their kids and grandkids. “Less...

Parent Project Podcast: Managing Big Emotions with Mindfulness

How do we practice mindfulness in the day-to-day of our busy family lives? In the fifth episode of the Parent Project podcast parents talk about personal experiences of practicing and fostering mindfulness in their kids. And they all agree: mindfulness, being in the...

35 years after Montreal Massacre, Stella Grand fights for safer environment for students

During the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, leading up to the December 6th Memorial, we speak with Stella Grand, a recent GISS graduate and passionate youth activist. 35 years after the massacre at École Polytechnique in Montreal, Stella’s work on...

The Parent Project Podcast: Home is the ideal place to learn respect for all people

In the third episode of the Parent Project Podcast, parents and grandparents talk about respect. How can we learn to respect each other within family? Podcast host Kate Nash dives into the personal successes and challenges of the participants in creating respectful...

The Parent Project Podcast: Why agreements often work better than rules

In the second episode of the Parent Project Podcast, Creating Agreements for Healthy Relationships, a group of parents and grandparents explores how we can use agreements as a tool to navigate the needs and desires of everyone in the family. Family rules are...

The Parent Project Podcast: Family Connections around the Dinner Table

In the first episode of the Parent Project Podcast a group of parents and grandparents share their experiences around building relationships with their children. How does it feel to be truly connected with our children? What are the personal successes and challenges...

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