Whether you’re retiring or changing jobs, remember to always have your pension plan in mind.
In this episode, Kris Dureau helps out the 37% of Canadians who still have pension plans. With an all-time high of employees moving jobs, here is how you can start planning around the options you have so you can get the most out of your employee pension.
Kris discusses:
The types of pension plans
What happens to your pension if you leave your job
What you should know about withdrawing from your pension before retirement
Throughout the pandemic, the main focus has been on jobs, working from home, and the change in our day-to-day activities.
However, what about our children? How have they been coping with the ebbs and flows of the pandemic?
In this episode, Kris Dureau speaks with developmental psychologist and author Dr. Dona Matthews to unveil how child development has changed over the past two years while outlining the value of mental health support and resources for parents and children.
Dr. Matthews discusses:
Ways the pandemic has changed childhood
The importance of incorporating mental health resources for children dealing with behavioral and academic problems
The value of parenting support for teenage children
Maximizing time between working from home and children
Dr. Donna Matthews loves working with parents and kids, helping them figure things out so they can live their best lives. She also enjoys working with teachers, helping them find their own best ways to support children’s and teens’ learning and well-being.
Dr. Matthews has also co-authored co-edited several books:
Being Smart about Gifted Learning: Empowering Parents
Kids Through Challenge and Change;
Beyond Intelligence: Secrets of Raising Happily Productive Kids
The Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span
The Routledge International Companion to Gifted Education
She lives in Toronto with her husband Stephen Gross and their blended family of four kids—Robin Spano, Alex Gross, Erin Kawalecki, and Ashley Gross—and their amazingly perfect spouses, as well as their children, her cherished grandkids: Theo, Sasha, Zoe, Jackson, Devon, Simon, and Riley.
