Clear the clutter in 2009
Clutter has a funny way of sneaking up on a person. One minute your desk or countertop is free of papers, and the next time you look you have a pile of items worthy of the recycling pail.
Powerful questions for parents to ponder
Ahhh December … full of winter festivities and celebrations … AND report cards! These too hopefully will provide your family a reason to celebrate. However, regardless of the marks and comments contained within, report cards do provide
Charity ornaments
An ideal gift for a teacher, hostess and many others on your list will do double duty as a charitable donation. The purchase of a $5 Christmas Ornament Duo will benefit the Breakfast Clubs of Canada and solve your gift-giving
Adjustable helmets have kid appeal
Did you know the majority of serious child injuries in Winter are to the head? Wearing a helmet is the most important and easiest way to increase safety in winter sports. Whether it be sledding or learning to ski or
Pregnant women, babies, and the flu shot
Here's what you need to know to protect yourself and your baby from influenza, an illness that can lead to serious complications, including pneumonia.
Hooking up with a fitness challenge
I'm on the road to becoming more physically fit and am inviting readers to give me support, offer some tips and share experiences through our City Parent Mom Club online forum. You'll find a link at the end of this
Seven steps to conquer clutter
If you're stepping over piles of junk on the floor, or being pummeled by haphazardly stacked belongings when you open closet doors, you just may be suffering from a clutter problem. Don't worry, you're certainly not alone
Putting the eco in economical
If you’re a stock-watcher, you likely have vertigo from all the ups and downs of the past year. And with the holidays looming, you might be wondering just where you’re going to get the “green” to purchase presents. However,&nb
Gift stress relief
The holiday season is often a roller coaster ride. Alongside the laughs and good times people have with friends and family, are the increased pressures placed on our time and the stress that can create. Much of that stress can
Halloween Safety Tips for Pets
Halloween can be a fun-filled time for children and adults, too. But it can be a scary time for our pets. The Etobicoke Humane Society asks you to remember these pet safety tips when the hobgoblins gather this year:
Greening your grocery shopping
Full disclosure: I’ve been known to head to the grocery store intent on buying locally-grown organic zucchini only to come home with a box of Lucky Charms. To paraphrase an old adage, the road to hell can arguably be paved
Families that eat together, speak together
Question: I recently you heard on a radio show talking about the importance of having family dinners together but I only heard a few of them and I think you mentioned 10 tips. Could you share those tips again? As
Youth roll out mental illness stigma-busting plan
If you wanted to figure out a way to remove the stigma from mental illness, where would you turn to for advice? Why not to the real experts—people with mental illness who have experienced that stigma themselves?
Share your Thanksgiving with orphans
The children at Alpha Cottage orphanage in near Harare, Zimbabwe, have a song they sing for visitors: "We want to thank you, thank you! We want to thank you, thank you! We want to thank you for the rest of
Easy ways to upgrade memory
Have you ever wished you could upgrade your child's memory as easily as a computer's? If remembering people, places, facts, or dates is difficult for someone in your family, don't be discouraged. It's often easy to make great improvements i
Check your child
According to the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 20 per cent of children and youth in Canada have a diagnosable mental health disorder - In Ontario, the numbers are about 1 in 5 for 4- to 16-year olds. With the additional
Celebrate the harvest
The tradition is as old as time itself. Families gather to harvest fall’s bounty, then celebrate together in gratitude and joy. Autumn brings sweet grapes bursting with juice, hard squash to put down for the winter, nuts, apples, th
Making routine injections a success
Many Canadian children are faced with daily or routine injections to manage different conditions. For example, current estimates suggest that approximately 240,000 Canadians, or 1 in 150, have type 1 diabetes, requiring daily injections and
Salmonella infections a danger
Salmonella infections are infamous for the nastiness of their symptoms — fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and bloody diarrhea. They're also known for being particularly serious for babies under the age of one
Healthy eating for the whole family. pets included
(NC)-With Canadians becoming more and more health-conscious, it's only obvious that concerned pet owners would start to place the same emphasis on their pets eating and lifestyle habits, as they do for the rest of the family.
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