"At times, the penny drops, and we note that the behaviours we do not like in our children are really behaviours that we do not like in ourselves. Being kinder to ourselves will allow us to be kinder with our children."
How can we instill a sense of community in the younger generation, and ensure they have a good sense of value? Virginia Robinson gives us her opinion in this month's column.
Clearly, in order to protect my children from a financial crisis of their own making, something needs to be done. So how, and when, do you go about teaching your children the value of money?
A group of Fernie residents decided to head out this winter and try all the nachos on offer in Fernie to discover who has the best nachos! Using the same criteria to judge each plate, El Guapo is the second establishment they hit up.
Just a week ago I was running in a T-shirt in Port Alberni, BC, taking in the sun-filled day, stunningly green landscape and sparkling water of Sproat Lake. And then it hit me - I was coming back to Fernie and back to two months of winter.
Not a recant ... but a new reflection.
