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Parenting

How to talk to kids about marijuana

By City Parent Staff
November 26, 2018
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By Dr. Yashar Khosroshahi With the legalization of marijuana upon us in Canada, it’s important to open up the dialogue around cannabis in our homes and with our children. Change is always met with a mix bag of emotions, and this time

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Family

Affording the cost of your kid’s sports

By City Parent Staff
November 23, 2018
1.65k

Kids like to play and that’s a good thing. Playing promotes health and fitness and being part of a sports team of any kind is not only a terrific way to make friends, it’s also a lot of fun. But

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Parenting

For the Love of the Game

By City Parent Staff
November 7, 2018
1.38k

My middle son, who had been playing rep level soccer as recently as September, has decided to switch his attention to basketball. The choice is partly because so many of his friends play basketball, and partly because of club issues

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Education

Make intelligence cool again

By City Parent Staff
November 1, 2018
1.46k

By Christine Davis You know him from the hit CBC show “Kim’s Convenience,” but come Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m., Paul Sun-Hyung Lee will be the host of “Canada’s Smartest Person Junior”, also on CBC. In this elimination-style competition featuring 12

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Food

Little hands make light work

By City Parent Staff
November 1, 2018
1.59k

By Christine Davis Making mealtime family time is a great way to not only encourage kids to eat what’s in front of them, but also learn valuable life skills. Chef-in-training Liam Lewis of www.thelittlelocavore.ca became interested in cooking and where food comes

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Parenting

Magical money leaves them toothless for toonies

By City Parent Staff
October 31, 2018
1.53k

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 City Parent Staff
October 29, 2018
1.41k

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 City Parent Staff
October 24, 2018
1.66k

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 City Parent Staff
October 20, 2018
1.68k

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 City Parent Staff
October 17, 2018
1.36k

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 City Parent Staff
October 16, 2018
1.4k

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 City Parent Staff
October 13, 2018
1.38k

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 City Parent Staff
October 11, 2018
1.45k

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 City Parent Staff
October 11, 2018
1.39k

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 City Parent Staff
October 11, 2018
1.7k

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 City Parent Staff
October 9, 2018
1.68k

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 City Parent Staff
October 8, 2018
1.46k

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 City Parent Staff
October 5, 2018
1.86k

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 City Parent Staff
October 3, 2018
1.86k

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 City Parent Staff
October 1, 2018
1.58k

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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