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Parenting

Magical money leaves them toothless for toonies

By CityParent
October 31, 2018
1.41k

By Jane Muller The tooth fairy is a major source of income for kids. Not sure about the logistics of her delivery system but it’s best that little ones don’t think about it too hard. The tooth comes out, money gets

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Parenting

Too Many Funerals

By CityParent
October 29, 2018
1.29k

It’s been a rough few months around our family when it comes to great-grandparents. At the beginning of the year, my wife and I had all four of our grandmothers between us still living. Then my dad’s mother passed away in

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Babies

Five ways for Mom to make money

By CityParent
October 24, 2018
1.5k

By Carol J. Alexander Few women look forward to returning to work after having a baby. Financially, some don’t have a choice. Yet others have enough wiggle room in their income to start earning money from home. Here are five proven

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Education

Anxious about school

By CityParent
October 20, 2018
1.55k

I’ve never had to deal with real anxiety about school before. My kids displayed lots of other emotions about school – Boredom? Yes. Apathy? Sure. Loathing? Check. Uncertainty even? Sometimes. – but never what I would call real anxiety. My youngest,

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Parenting

Three Things I don’t Know About You

By CityParent
October 17, 2018
1.23k

I’ve mentioned before that I try to do “devotions” with my kids before they leave for school each morning. Despite the name, this time isn’t necessarily or even frequently religious in nature (though the name does come from the idea

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Health

Healthy minds

By CityParent
October 16, 2018
1.27k

I feel that one of my jobs as a parent is to expand my children’s cultural horizons beyond the commercialized pop culture bubble that mainstream media implies is the only culture worth knowing. They’re not always convinced that this is

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Parenting

Be afraid, be very afraid

By CityParent
October 13, 2018
1.26k

I was never truly afraid until I had children. That’s not to say that I was never in some scary situations. I’ve been in more than one car crash. I’ve been lost and alone in Killarney National Park for almost 24

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Travel

A real summer vacation

By CityParent
October 11, 2018
1.32k

Just as a head’s up, I’m going to do some complaining. It’s possible that you’ll even be one of the parents I’m complaining about here, so I’m apologizing up front, but I’m going to complain anyway. There are no kids to

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Travel

Family camping back to basics

By CityParent
October 11, 2018
1.26k

My wife and I took the kids camping this past weekend. We went with a few friends and a few friends of theirs who we didn’t really know, so there was quite a gang of us. To be clear, we didn’t

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Parenting

Device addiction

By CityParent
October 11, 2018
1.57k

If you’ve read this column at all over the past six years, you’ll know that I’m not an alarmist. I tend to approach parenting (and pretty much everything else for that matter) with a healthy dose of skepticism. When I

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Travel

It’s worth the drive to Pumpkinville

By CityParent
October 9, 2018
1.53k

Where the heck is Pumpkinville? It’s a question followed by an equally puzzling answer. Pumpkinville is near Ellicottville. Where is Ellicottville? It’s just about a half hour south of the Buffalo border crossing in up-state New York and it’s not just for skiing

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Health

The brain + body equation

By CityParent
October 8, 2018
1.34k

By Christine Davis The benefits of exercise are many and new research from ParticipACTION now shows that students who exercise before a test show stronger brain function than those who don’t. “Evidence shows that kids who are active for 15-20 minutes

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Education

Math for Moms and Dads

By CityParent
October 5, 2018
1.7k

By Christine Davis If you struggle helping your children with math homework, Humber College’s Continuing Education department has developed a workshop that can help. Math for Moms and Dads: How to Tutor Your Children was developed by Humber’s director of Professional and

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Lifestyle

Fall wardrobe

By CityParent
October 3, 2018
1.73k

By Christine Davis The cooler days of fall call for a new wardrobe, but everything you’ll need to keep warm and look great over the coming months can cost a fortune. According to Dag Larsen, founder of consignment store chain Consign

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Lifestyle

Costume conundrums and wardrobe tricks

By CityParent
October 1, 2018
1.46k

By Jane Muller We’ve just had a discussion amongst our team at City Parent as to what our Halloween costume theme will be this year. There’s an annual competition in the office that we share with staff of other Metroland publications.

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