By Pepper Parr
September 2nd, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Students in the Region of Halton return to classes tomorrow.
Today, the teachers are working on a Professional Development day.
The Halton Wentworth (Hamilton) students returned to class today.
I’ve never understood why teachers take time at this critical point in the school year – but they do.
Attached to this article is the school calendar for the HDSB.
In August, we published a piece from Brock University on the bullying we are seeing in schools. There is a link to that article.
The students in our schools face a much different social environment and challenges that didn’t exist a decade ago.
Parents now need to look for signs that their children are facing new and different pressures.
Social media has changed the way they interact with each other. It is now so terribly easy for one child to hurt another with words they type out.
The academics have taught us how to recognize the signs – use what we have been taught.
It is more important now than ever before that we keep ourselves open to our children; listen to them, let them know that you are there as a parent.
I often hear parents say “My child is one of my best friends” – children have dozens of friends – they have just the two parents. Be a parent first.
Links:
Brock University on how to combat bullying
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