Archives: Savvy Stories
Who Run the World? Threenagers!
Threenager: A person aged 3 years old that acts, and has the attitude of a teenager Beyoncé would totally disagree with me though because she says its girls, and that is partly true in this house because my husband is greatly outnumbered now 3:1. It real
The Morning Show: Hot Topics
This morning we visited our friends at the Global Morning Show to talk parenting “hot topics”. Today’s discussion included: Birthday party etiquette. Should kids open their presents in front of guests? How different we are with our third child as
Whale Pod 6
All the equipment that I had needed for whale pod 6 was balanced atop of her yellow clipboard. I pulled up my facemask, quickly knocked on…
Creative Date Night Ideas
Tired of the same old same old? Check out these awesome creative date night ideas to make your next date night an adventure.
What Would You Do If Karla Homolka Was a Parent at Your School?
Don’t her children deserve to go to school? But my gut tells me to keep my kids far away from that woman, and I can’t blame parents for doing just that.
Parenting a Newborn Is Just Like a Harry Potter Movie
Harry Potter is a timeless franchise, the kind you wish would never end (just like the days when your kid is still super cute and can’t talk yet). J.K. Rowling created a series that is truly magical,…
As a Mom, I Feel for the Parents of Châteauguay, Quebec
As a child, there were friends I had that my mother liked and friends of mine she didn’t like. When I look back on those days she was really dead on about the quality of the people I chose to spend…
Hindsight
I have never been a good eater. I have trouble eating on waking and breakfast has always felt like something others are trying to force on me. I eat late because I stay up late. I have always been a night owl. But life doesn’t work that way.
Three Quarters: Dear Dad
It’s hard to believe that you died almost a year ago. That life was thrown off course and steadied that long ago. Because here I am, having finished all the coursework for my Masters. I’m doing my internship now, a good one, one that will help kids, and t
A Dress Code Not for Kids
I’m fired up today about an issue I can’t believe is actually an issue. It started last year, when my then seven-year-old daughter came home from school upset. On what turned out to be a gorgeous day, she had worn a zip-hoody sweatshirt over a maxi