Audio Books, Family, Kids, Lifestyle / 16 Aug 2019
Surviving Air Travel With Kids…And Without Screens
This post is sponsored by audible. From toddlers to teens, and Mom and Dad too, it can be hard to stay entertained during a long airplane ride. Screens can be a good thing sometimes, but for many reasons we want to tear those eyes away from their phones and tablets. Listening to a family tale or getting them engaged in a book that appeals directly…
Get Set, Go!, Life, Lifestyle, Travel / 06 Aug 2019
Get Set, Go! Vacationing Close to Home
Kathy joins us for Get Set, Go! Usually we talk about far flung destinations but this time we are talking about great places close to home.
Breakfast Television, Family, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Travel / 08 Jul 2019
Summer Learning Through Travel
The kids may be out of the classroom, but that doesn’t mean they need to stop learning. Traveling is the best kind of education. Kathy says traveling is the best kind of education.
Family / Huffington Post
A recent book about the phenomenon of “Tiger Moms” caused quite a stir in the parenting community. I’m not going to name it, because then you might buy her book instead of mine, and frankly, I think she’s doing okay. And it would just prove that HER mother was right, if she’s more successful than me. Basically the premise of the book is that the...
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Family / Huffington Post
The huge on-line success of the book Go the F**k to Sleep is due mainly to one thing: Every single parent in the world has uttered these words, either in their inside or outside voice. From the string of sleepless nights a newborn delivers the minute they come home from the hospital, through scary school age nightmares about The Grinch, to the awakening sounds of...
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Family / Huffington Post
A recent report has suggested that family “fun” is anything but, indicating that finding personal happiness through the act of having children is a tad… overrated, and concluding that in fact children can bring the level of “happy” down, not increase it. I don’t really think this will come to a surprise to many people — oh, sure there are some great times to be...
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Family / Huffington Post
Recently there has been a lot of research published on the significance that the birth order of children, the number of children, and the sex of the siblings have on forming who we and our children turn out to be. Is it really that predetermined? Stereotypically, the oldest child is likely to be more academic, less of a risk taker, a perfectionist, more driven, and...
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Family / Huffington Post
Like many 12-year-olds, my daughter recently completed her babysitting course, which in theory will enable her to venture forth into the world of watching other people’s children with insight, knowledge and experience. However, after having reviewed the course materials and grilling her on the information that was shared, I do believe that as a mother of four I should share some vital facts which seem...
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Family / Huffington Post
There’s a new program which was introduced into an Alberta elementary school where kids as young as seven-years-old will be able to choose a “major” or specialized stream of learning, based on their very well-developed areas of interest. Unless they have a category called “Watching the Transformers Movie for the 1002nd Time,” I’m thinking my own child wouldn’t qualify for this program. In fact, the...
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