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Is Sex-Positive Parenting the New Frontier?
All parents, regardless of their comfort level, experience, personal/religious values, or children’s age can practice sex-positive parenting.
Pneumococcal Disease? Huh? What Moms Should Know About PD
One of the vaccine preventable diseases you may not have heard of is pneumococcal disease (that’s one for the new vocabulary list).
After-School Snack: Frozen Fruit Salad
Check out this easy after-school snack solution for your scrounging kiddies who can’t stop growing.
Five Family Fun Farms Around Calgary to Visit This Fall
Luckily for us Calgarians, there are five family fun farms around Calgary – in and around the city – with tons of fall activities just waiting for your family to explore.
Why We Started Scheduling Sex in Our Calendars
Before I became a parent I would roll my eyes at the idea of planning date nights and scheduling sex. “Oh come on, having kids can’t be that bad.”
Why You Should Be Drinking Coffee Every Day
That daily cup of coffee is doing way more than giving you a caffeine jolt. Did you know that drinking coffee in moderate amounts (3-5 cups per day) has many hidden health benefits?
Ontario Apples 101
Ontario offers some of the most flavourful apples with more varieties becoming available each year. Here’s everything you need to know about Ontario apples.
Is There Such a Thing As a Good Divorce?
So it’s come to this. But there is such a thing as a good divorce and it’s possible to raise happy children with minimal emotional upset.
New Addition to the Family? It’s Time to Play the Delegation Game
Your new baby has arrived! Friends and family members are offering to pitch in, but you’re too tired to figure out how to take advantage of their offers of help. What to do?
How to Tell Your Kids You Lost Your Job
Job changes can be incredibly stressful for families. If you lost your job, you’re dealing with your own emotions, wounded pride, and financial fears while also having to guide your kids through the transition.
Is Work from Car the New Work from Home?
Parents have been looking for quiet spaces to work during the pandemic; work from car has become the only way to achieve that with kids underfoot at home.
Does the Nirvana Album Cover Baby Have a Point?
This week’s edition of “Are You F-ing Kidding Me” is brought to you by the baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind. From here on in let’s call him Nirvana Baby.
I’m Not Scared About My Kids’ Return to School During Covid
I realize that I’m probably in the small minority of Canadian parents, but I’m actually feeling mostly OK and not scared about my kids’ return to school this fall.
Should I Be Worried About the Kids Going Back to School?
My kids are going back to school and I don’t know how to feel about it! I was eagerly counting the days but now… Shouldn’t I be worried about COVID?
How to Make a Galette in 6 Easy Steps
These rustic tarts with hand-folded edges can be filled with anything, and the more imperfect they are, the better they look. Here’s how to make them, plus a recipe for our favourite peach and plum galette.
12 Back-to-School Resolutions
This year we have a lot on the go and it’s my responsibility to keep us rolling. So I’m making some ‘back-to-school’ resolutions that I hope will keep me honest and the whole family on track.
12 Fab Ways to Use Watermelon
Grill it, stack it, skewer it…
We’re talking about all the yummy things you can do with watermelon.
The End of Summer Quiz
We look forward to our end of summer quiz at the end of every August, and it’s become a treasured keepsake, as dear to us as family photos.
Head Back to the Classroom in Style with These 16 Picks from Carter’s
Here are some of our favourite finds for fashion-loving kids—and just a heads up that all of our picks are on sale for a limited time!
5 Parenting Things I Plan To Stop Doing
Instead of adding more “to dos” to my plate, I’m thinking about what I can get rid of, the parenting behaviours I can unload for positive change.