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As soon as school is back and hockey season starts the focus for your child may turn to hockey, over their schooling. My guess is they enjoy school, at least playing, while they are at school, and the focus on conversation, even in their friends group is about hockey. Hockey is far more fun than school. Of course it is, and that creates a problem when you need them to be focused on their school work. Getting that education is important. They may not realize that yet though. Here are five tips to try to get them to focus on...

Life just got ten times busier than it was because hockey season has started up again. Do you love watching your child play hockey? Absolutely. Do you look forward to hockey season being over, at least for a little while? Absolutely. We all know that once the season starts up again life gets filled up with so many extra things to do that it’s hard to feel like you have time available for you. The family always seems to come first. Here are some ways you can use hockey season to have Mom time. There is no reason why you...

When others cheer on a team that is winning by a lot you might be angry and wish the people would stop. What if there was a way to support your child's losing team in such a way that they feel good about the loss?

The straight up answer to this question is NO! Not only will you harm your relationship with your child you will also harm their self-esteem level. And I'm sure that is not what you want to do, is it?

It is not okay when locker room bullying occurs. Especially when your child may not feel comfortable speaking up about it due to feeling as though they will be belittled even more if they do. There are resources available to them.