How to tell whether you should keep your kids home from school
Once kids start school, it’s encouraged that they learn to share, but they also learn how to share GERMS!
Take a nutrition break
There's no point in letting the arguments about good carbs versus bad carbs or about vegetable proteins versus animal proteins prevent us from doing the obvious things to help our kids eat better.
Bonding at the movies
If too much of your life seems to be hooked on a smartphone, here's another reason to turn your leisure time attention to a bigger screen.
Cauliflower’s year
A hardy, locally grown vegetable, cauliflower was named one of the trendiest ingredients of 2015. Check out these recipes that shine the spotlight on cauliflower.
Why mom friends are an important part of motherhood
Whether you’re a new mama, a career mom or a stay at home mommy, mom friends are one of the most important parts of surviving motherhood.
Vocabulary and relationships
There is not a single style of communication that works for everybody, not even from one child to the next in the same family.
Use instant rice for quick and creative meals
Fast food is healthy when it means food that is prepared quickly at home from natural ingredients.
Pondering the eradication of a sunflower forest
Something has been eating our sunflowers. Just as they start developing more leaves, they are snipped off at the ground.
How to give your child a green thumb
Fran Sorin considers instilling a love of nature in children at an early age critical.
Just say yes
There is a parenting principle that I've found quite useful but that I sometimes have a hard time practising. It goes like this – say “yes” when you can.
City Parent Family Show at Royal Botanical Gardens
Magic, music and exotic birds are part of the City Parent Family Show on Sunday May 31 at Royal Botanical Gardens.
It’s a kid’s world at Harbourfront in May
Harbourfront Centre is bursting with life this May, and kids are encouraged to come and explore its many fantastical worlds.
Growing up is hard to do
Fostering your child's inner adult when the stakes are low but the return can be high.
The evolution of watching TV as a kid
Kids today watch television entirely different than how their parents use to watch Saturday morning cartoons. Here's a look at how TV watching has changed.
Kid and parent approved carrot cake
This kid and parent approved carrot cake is packed full of carrots and spices.
A day of discovery at LEGOLAND
On a recent excursion to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Toronto, the kids and I enjoyed an afternoon exploring, building and playing.
Following their dreams
I've written about this before, so forgive the repetition, but we need to stop telling children that they can be anything they want to be.