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Lifestyle

Picture your perfect Mother’s Day and share it

By City Parent Staff
May 1, 2018
1.74k

By Jane Muller A recent bout of spring cleaning fever revealed a stash of Mother’s Day cards crafted by my boys when they were younger that had been tucked away in a drawer. The sentiments expressed, the “penmanship” and the artistry were

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Travel

A weekend away

By City Parent Staff
April 28, 2018
1.37k

My wife went away to the cottage this past weekend with a few girlfriends from college. It’s an annual event. The participants change slightly each year depending on who can escape work and family responsibilities, but there’s a core of

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Food

Kids in the kitchen

By City Parent Staff
April 28, 2018
1.93k

I’m a big proponent of kids in the kitchen. The first and most obvious reason is that cooking is the kind of basic life skill that everyone should have. If we want our kids to grow up and eat healthy, we

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Opinion

Discipline vs. punishment

By City Parent Staff
April 26, 2018
2.41k

By Christine Davis Discipline is the art of teaching kids to behave properly. What it is not, says Katherine Firestone, founder of The Fireborn Institute, is punishment. “The purpose of discipline is to teach self-discipline so children can then learn to

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Opinion

Snow days in April

By City Parent Staff
April 16, 2018
1.34k

Today is a snow day. Or, more precisely, it’s a sleety freezing rain day, which means that all the kids are home and that I’m writing this to the sound of one child playing video games, another watching cartoons, and a

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Opinion

Letting Go

By City Parent Staff
April 4, 2018
1.35k

Every family gets to the point where it stops growing. For some families this is a deliberate choice they make (I think we have enough kids now), and for some the choice is made for them (whether through infertility or

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Opinion

Broadening Your Community

By City Parent Staff
March 27, 2018
1.59k

One of the things that I’ve found myself saying more and more as time goes on, whether I’m teaching an adoption course, or leading a writing workshop, or just chatting with friends, is this – “broaden your community”. This can mean

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Opinion

Becoming a man

By City Parent Staff
March 19, 2018
1.8k

My eldest son will turn 13 this week, the age in many cultures when a boy is considered to become a man and to start occupying a more adult role in his family and community. Certain traditions mark this coming-of-age

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Opinion

Busy hands

By City Parent Staff
March 14, 2018
1.38k

It’s March Break! Unfortunately, I have no absolute cure for the craziness you’re probably enduring right now, but here are a few hints: 1) Get them to help. Help with what, you ask? With anything and everything. Each of my kids

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Opinion

Sharing your feelings

By City Parent Staff
March 7, 2018
1.34k

I come from a family of five boys, and I have three boys of my own. I’ve played and coached sports all my life. I’ve also worked a fair amount in “macho” settings like factories and construction. All of which

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Travel

Take the stress out of packing for March Break travel

By City Parent Staff
March 3, 2018
1.37k

By Susan Toth March Break is around the corner. Your vacation destination awaits you and your family. Have you started to think about what to pack? Planning ahead will make your travel experience and the fun adventures ahead of you far

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Travel

Jamaican me crazy

By City Parent Staff
March 2, 2018
1.78k

By Christine Davis There’s an old saying that goes: Once you have kids you no longer go on vacation, you take trips. But what if you could take a vacation – one in which both parents and children can relax, explore and

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Opinion

Getting Motivated

By City Parent Staff
February 13, 2018
1.34k

I’ve always been a pretty self-motivated person. If I think something is worth doing, I don’t generally need people to give me a pep talk in order to get it done. If I think something is the right thing to

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Travel

Discovering a Different South

By City Parent Staff
February 5, 2018
1.46k

We’re fair weather travellers. Neither myself, husband Mark or 17-year-old daughter Kate are content to lie on a crowded beach and soak up the sun as we’d much rather be on the move making new discoveries in a temperate climate.

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Opinion

Olympic flame sparks pursuit of outdoor fun

By City Parent Staff
February 1, 2018
1.36k

By Jane Muller The flame of Olympic fever has been ignited for those of us who get drawn into the games, watching as many events as possible. Despite the fact that our best male hockey players won’t be there and the

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Food

Sea Bass with a pistachio crust

By City Parent Staff
January 31, 2018
2.79k

SERVES: 6 This dish comes together quickly and is delicious paired with green beans and roasted potatoes. It's a bit on the rich side, so I suggest using fillets no more than 5 ounces each. If using one large fillet, you

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Lifestyle

Recycling car seats

By City Parent Staff
January 28, 2018
5.47k

By Christine Davis Since the use of child car safety seats became law in the mid-1980s, they’ve been filling landfills as they become damaged, expired, or no longer needed. In 2017, not-for-profit organization Green Propeller Recycling Limited conducted research showing that car

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Health

Taking Care of Your Child’s Teeth: An Age-by-Age Guide  

By City Parent Staff
January 27, 2018
1.52k

By Meagan Ruffing February is National Dental Hygiene month which means it’s a great time to get your kids on board with learning how to brush their teeth and actually enjoying it. No more battling your kids to take responsibility for

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Opinion

Words of affirmation

By City Parent Staff
January 25, 2018
1.24k

So much of parenting involves direction, instruction, and discipline. Depending on the age and stage of the children, it can feel like half your time is spent telling them what needs to happen next, reminding them when they’ve forgotten, and

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Opinion

Parental Displays of Affection

By City Parent Staff
January 12, 2018
3.28k

A few years ago (I don’t remember exactly how many now, but it was after our second child and before our third, so I’ll say something like six), another parent in the park told me that her three-year-old kid had

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