Join Karen and Emily in a conversation with Katrina Macri, RECE support worker at EarlyON Community Living Brant, as we talk about routines. We will talk about what routines can bring for families, including comfort or stress! How routines serve us, how we can balance routines with flexibility and spontaneity, as well as how we might change up routines that aren’t working for our families any longer will all be discussed.

Episode Highlights:

(00:06) Navigating Parenting Expectations and Routines

(13:44) Creating Meaningful Routines and Connections

(23:21) Adapting Routines to Changing Needs

(27:40) Adapting Parenting to the Individual Child

(32:36) Emotional Regulation in Parenting

(47:16) Parenting Through Unknown Challenges

This podcast is brought to you by the City of Brantford Children's Services and Early Learning and Child and Family Services of Grand Erie (CFSGE).

This podcast is hosted by Karen Bulmer. Karen has worked with children and families for over 20 years at Child and Family Services. She is currently the Service Manager for the Child Development Unit with CFSGE. Through this position, Karen works with her team to provide a wide variety of programming and support for families through EarlyON Child and Family Centre programming. Karen is an avid podcast listener, enjoyer of music, craft enthusiast and lover of books!

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