Inside: A simple tip to ensure our easygoing child still expresses what they are feeling, and is heard and understood. Parenting an easygoing child can be, well, fairly easy. Remember the Staples Easy Button? That iconic red button that represented how easy Staples would make your life … [Read More...]
Parenting
8 Things I Really Wish I Had Known Before Parenting a Teen
I expected to have an advantage parenting teenagers, as a high school teacher. Friends would tell me they were terrified of that stage and I would smile because teens are my favourite. But it turns out educating teenagers is quite different than being Mom to one. So I was basically at … [Read More...]
Dear Mom: What to Do When You Want to Hide
I like to dance naked. This could have been a sweet whisper made by my four-year-old privately in the safety of our home. Except it wasn't. It was his cheerful declaration to a room full of people as my husband's boss formally introduced us to the staff. Lucky for me, my husband jumped in … [Read More...]
Parenting Encouragement
To the Mom Who Does Not Need More Judgment
If ever there was a moment for a Mom to crawl back into a fear-based parenting shell, it was today. Today. When a routine walk to school almost ended tragically. Here is an open letter to the Mom … [Read More...]
Are You Trying for a Girl? The Dreaded Question
When my oldest boys were 3 and 1, we were expecting our third. Apart from strangers telling me how huge I was {is that even legal?} they also felt the need to ask the dreaded question, “Are you … [Read More...]
And the Winner of the Multitasking Mom Award is? All of Us
If multitasking were an Olympic sport, I would be on the podium with my anthem ringing proudly. And you would be there beside me. Gold medals for all the multitasking moms. It's a universal struggle … [Read More...]
