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Education

Save smart for education

By City Parent Staff
January 1, 2019
1.59k

By Christine Davis According to the Government of Canada, 71 per cent of future jobs in this country will require a post-secondary education – which can be expensive. So as the reality of having to one day pay for your child’s

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Toddlers

Hassle-free Trip Tips for Travelling with Tots

By City Parent Staff
December 31, 2018
1.74k

By Sandra Gordon Whether you’re road tripping it to Grandpa and Grandma’s, getting your passports stamped—or something in between–travelling with a little one is always a big adventure. With their love of a set schedule and the familiar, plus loads of gear,

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Babies

More dad time: Parental leave keeps pace with changing roles

By City Parent Staff
December 20, 2018
1.57k

By Michael Kaufman, PhD This is an amazing time to be a dad. And all because fatherhood is undergoing a profound shift. Thirty years ago, it was a big compliment to tell a father it was good that he “helped out.”

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Parenting

When I have kids…

By City Parent Staff
December 13, 2018
1.5k

My sister-in-law and three year old niece are up from Louisiana for an early Christmas visit this week. It’s been a lot of fun having a little girl running around the house. My boys love it (although there have been a

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Parenting

Making Beautiful Music

By City Parent Staff
December 13, 2018
1.71k

I’m the only musically useless person in my family. Both of my parents and all four of my brothers play at least two instruments, some of them many more. All of them except my father have at least some post-secondary training

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Parenting

Watching it live

By City Parent Staff
December 6, 2018
1.44k

I have a friend who lets me use his company’s season tickets to see the Toronto Raptors a couple of times a year. They’re really good seats, way better than I’d ever spring for, especially if I’m taking a kid

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Parenting

Hardest part

By City Parent Staff
December 5, 2018
1.56k

I’m often asked by new or soon-to be parents (as I suspect many of you have been asked) what the hardest part of parenting is. I usually have two answers: The first, which I think I’ve written about before, and which

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Parenting

Glue, paper, scissors rock

By City Parent Staff
December 3, 2018
1.72k

By Jane Muller I associate the sound of scissors cutting through construction paper with Mr. Dressup and the craft projects he demonstrated on his long-running television show. It’s a rhythmic seesawing sound as the blades snip along a deliberate path that transforms a

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Parenting

First date

By City Parent Staff
December 2, 2018
1.44k

So my eldest son is planning his first date. To be clear, the girl in question has been his friend-not-my-girlfriend for a number of years now, and I don’t think that status has officially changed. He first told us about her

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Parenting

So much mess

By City Parent Staff
November 30, 2018
1.51k

I need to begin by admitting that I’m not the neatest person in the world. I’m not exactly a slob either – I don’t like clutter, and I don’t like dirt – but I’m generally okay with things being a

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Parenting

How to talk to kids about marijuana

By City Parent Staff
November 26, 2018
1.94k

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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Parenting

For the Love of the Game

By City Parent Staff
November 7, 2018
1.46k

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
1.5k

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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Parenting

Magical money leaves them toothless for toonies

By City Parent Staff
October 31, 2018
1.59k

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
1.46k

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
1.71k

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
1.73k

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
1.41k

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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Parenting

Be afraid, be very afraid

By City Parent Staff
October 13, 2018
1.43k

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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Parenting

Device addiction

By City Parent Staff
October 11, 2018
1.76k

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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