This week on CHEX Daily host Teresa Kaszuba and I chatted about ways parents can volunteer at school, even if they work (or are home with younger kids, or otherwise unavailable) during the school day. Teresa and spoke about using your skill set (she said she’s been known to emcee a school event or two) […] Read more…
Today I’m welcoming special guest blogger Alexa Hildebrandt from Agents of Discovery with super advice for getting your kids involved in the great outdoors! (I’ll think about it…when the temperature warms up!) *************** When I see a toddler tackle tasks on a smartphone, I’m both impressed and alarmed. At that age, I was proud of […] Read more…
Today I’m welcoming special guest blogger Kelly McCann from Your Formula For Life. *********** Do you ever just put your head down, nose to the grindstone, and tell yourself – it won’t be like this forever… I just need to get through this week… past this one deadline… beyond these toddler years… through the holidays… […] Read more…
So far, you’ve probably recognized most of the subjects of my momterviews. Whether they’re TV personalities, musicians or athletes, they’ve been well-known across the country. I’ve decided to shake things up a bit, and start incorporating interviews with some parents who may not be as famous (no offense, Kate!) but who are equally – or […] Read more…
Dear Mom, Thank you for being the architect of my Christmas experience. While I believe I had a child-appropriate appreciation of you at the time, now that I’m a mom, I see even more clearly just how much love and effort you put into our Christmases past…and what a lasting effect that has had. Every […] Read more…
Today we had a family adventure in the big city, where we saw Disney On Ice Presents: Dare To Dream at the Rogers Centre – courtesy of Disney Junior Canada. If your kids are Disney Princess lovers like mine, they won’t be disappointed by these on-ice musical retellings of Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel and more. […] Read more…
Kids love coding. Really, they do. We hear so much about technology and job prospects (did you know by 2019, the project skills gap in the Canadian IT sector is expected to be 182,000 jobs, and youth unemployment in Canada is at an all-time high? Makes that field pretty tempting…) but it’s also important to […] Read more…
Last night I was back on CHEX Daily chatting with hosts Teresa Kaszuba and Renee Rodgers about tips to inspire your little writers at home (taken from my latest article for ParentsCanada magazine, Encourage Your Budding Writer). As I’m sure you can imagine, I think writing skills are so important for kids, and I really […] Read more…
‘Tis the season for parent/teacher interviews, and in the latest issue of Today’s Parent you can find my article about how to ace yours! You can read the Parent/Teacher interviews article online here as well, but it doesn’t do justice to the amazing work of the Today’s Parent art team, who turned my list of […] Read more…
Happy November! Time to share my latest faves! BOOKS Clearly I OD’d on nonfiction this month, starting with: Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin. While I expected this to be light chick-nonfic, there was actually a lot of real anthropological analysis of the moms of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with great anecdotes and experiences […] Read more…