Tag: Education

Vida With Christie Podcast

Episode 29 | Speaking to Children About Cultural Appropriation

Teaching children about cultural appropriation and how to avoid practicing it is a key lesson in kindness and consideration towards others.

Parenting Podcast

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The Vida With Christie Podcast, hosted by Christie Lazo, educates and influences parents to raise aware and empowered children. Learn more at vidawithchristie.com/podcast.

Episode 23 | Speaking to Children About the 2SLGBTQ+ Community

Educating our children about the 2SLGBTQ+ community is incredibly important work, but it is work that starts with us.

Episode 22 | Speaking to Children About Tragic Current Events

Speaking to children about current events is crucial to developing their sense of compassion and advocacy for the world around them. It’s not easy, but it’s important work.

Vida With Christie

Free Online Activities For Kids

We have found ourselves in yet another “lock down” in Ontario. With the April Break just a few days away, many parents are scrambling to figure out how we’re going to keep our kids busy during that week. In general though, many kids are now home full time as a result of remote learning, so […]

Vida With Christie

Our Favourite Children’s Book By Black Authors

Your child’s library should be diverse and reflect representation at school and at home. We recommend these titles are they are some of our favourites!

Vida With Christie Podcast

Episode 17 | Parenting A School Aged Child In A Pandemic

Online learning has been a challenge for kids and parents, there is no doubt about it. In this episode, I discuss my experience as a working parent that has been supporting her child through online learning and my feelings about her going back to school for in-person classes. In addition, I discuss the lessons that […]

Vida With Christie

Episode 14 | Raising A Non-Binary Child

Show Notes On this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Natasha, who shares with us her experiences raising her non-binary child. We discuss family, culture, parenthood and more in order to break down some of the challenges she has faced throughout her journey. Her child also joined us and gave us some excellent […]

Vida With Christie Podcast

Episode 13 | Teaching Kids About Self Care

Show Notes Self care has become a very trendy topic in the last few years. As a result, many of us are often striving for self care – but what does it really mean to take care of ourselves? Some of us have found ourselves struggling to figure out how to truly care for ourselves, […]

Money, Career and Motherhood

Episode 11 | Speaking to Children About Money

It is important to teach our kids about financial literacy from an early age. Learn about tips and techniques to provide your children with the tools to have a healthy relationship with money.