The mid-winter weeks proved especially trying for John and Ginny W. (pseudonyms). Since their wedding in September, 1990, the young Manitoba couple has dreamed of becoming parents. But the intervening six years became the proverbial roller coaster of emotions – rising expectation and disappointment, frustration, and finally the realization of a dream. Steeped in the ways of large families, the couple looked [...]
QUESTION: Do you ever favor removing a child from one school to transfer him to another? DR. DOBSON: Yes, there are times when a change of schools – or even a change of teachers within a school – can be in the child’s best interest. Educators are reluctant to approve these transfers, for obvious reasons, although the possibility should be considered when [...]
The future of our country depends on the strength of our families. The Reform Party believes that this fundamental institution should be central to the formation of public policy. There is a growing consensus that not only have families been forgotten under the decisions of Liberal-Tory policy, but the cumulative effects of disregard and competing special interests have in fact done great [...]
For over three decades we have experienced a growing and radical attack on the traditional family and its position as the primary unit of a stable society. Young people have adopted society’s apparent acceptance that marriage itself is a transitory, and just like any other monogamous relationship, one can go from one marriage to another until we get it right. In this [...]
Patricia and Joe Bok live on a 22 acre farm with a pear orchard. The Boks have four children of their own, aged 7 to 15. For the past three years the Bok family have opened their home to six foster children through Jewels for Jesus. The oldest child was almost four. Most of the foster children stay from three to six [...]
In adoption by consent the child is voluntarily placed for adoption by the birth parent(s). It is possible through both public and private adoption agencies. The child is often a newborn but can be an older child. The adoptive parents have been approved by a home study by the Ministry of Social Services or a Children's Aid Society (CAS). The child can [...]
Joan Kosmachuk, Executive Director of Jewels for Jesus Adoption Agency in Mississauga, Ontario, spoke recently with Sue Careless of The Interim. In the 1980's much of the stigma surrounding single parenting was removed, bug a new stigma was placed on women choosing adoption. Society said, "You could abort or single-parent but heaven forbid if you place your child for adoption." In the [...]
Question: I am 14 and have crummy-looking pimples all over my face. What causes them, and what can I do to clear up my skin? DR. DOBSON: Practically every part of your body is affected in one way or another by the period of change you are experiencing. Even your skin undergoes major changes, whether you are a boy or a girl. [...]
Pro-family advocates alienated until now by the antics of mainstream federal political parties may find hope I the Reform Party's recently announced "Commitment to the Canadian Family." However, the news for pro-life supporters may not be as encouraging. Reform included a pledge to make family life a priority as part of its six-point platform in preparation for a federal election expected this [...]
Review by Sue Careless A Community Affair: Solving the problem of teen pregnancy and disease by Marilyn Bergeron. Wireless Publishing 135 pages, softcover Available for $13 Canadian, 10 U.S. plus $3.00 shipping and handling from CAC, 7 Albert St. Cornwall, ON K6H 4E7, l996 Marilyn Bergeron is an empowerer. She enables young people to master the art of sexual self-control. For the [...]
Part II of II Last month’s adoption feature centered on adoption problems faced by children in foster care. This month, we look at adopting the older child. “It is a struggle [adopting an older child] but a struggle that is worthwhile. It can work,” says Elspeth Ross of the Adoption Council of Canada. “Some children cannot make an attachment but others come [...]
Don Pennell has been named interim leader of Ontario's Family Coalition Party for at least another year. Delegates at the FCP's recent annual meeting in Hamilton approved the move after St. Catharines, Ont. Resident Tristan Emmanuel, who was slated to take over the party's full-time leadership, withdrew his candidacy. Pennell had resigned as full-time leader earlier this year. Emmanuel had run federally [...]
The (Foundation SOS for protection of the Unborn) in Warsaw, Poland carries out both spiritual and material programs to help people to a better understanding of defending life from conception to death. It also prepares young people to be responsible for family life. Catholic priest Father Ryszard Halwa started the foundation in 1980. He was interviewed by The Interim when he attended [...]
Part 1 of 11 Did you know… In 1995 there were more than 40,000 Canadian children in care; More than18,ooo were in permanent care; Less than 1,250 were on adoption placement; (Child and Family Services Annual Statistical Report) That of the 32,000 children in care outside Quebec, more than 12,800 are under the age of 12. Between 40-70 per cent are aboriginal. [...]
If you’re a parent, I have a question for you. Would you ever think of letting your son or daughter spend the night alone on Toronto’s Yonge Street strip? If not, there’s another street-er-highway you should know about that’s just a dangerous, maybe more. It’s called the Information Highway and if you’re not already plugged into it you will be soon. The [...]