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IN THE NEWS: Different Families, Different COVID-19 Rules

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Parenting During COVID-19: It’s a Challenge What do you do when your kid wants to go to that birthday party that all of his other friends are attending? Yes – …

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PTAN #35 – The Ultimate Parenting Challenge

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This Parenting Challenge Was Something That Maria Manna Could Never Have Expected Growing up in an Italian-Canadian household, Maria Manna learned early how to be responsible and to persevere. Yet …

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INTERVIEW: The Difficult Conversation That is Race

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How do you start the difficult conversation about racism with your child? A few years ago, I had a difficult conversation with my son Erik about an incidence of racism …

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CBC PARENTS ARTICLE: Parenting Young Children in Middle Age

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“Note that my kids aren’t the problem; my aging body is” “I don’t know how you do it, Sam!” I hear this often. It’s apparently supposed to be a compliment. …

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Parents: Please Let Kids Open Presents at Birthday Parties

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Opening Gifts at Birthday Parties is Part of the Fun Should kids open presents at birthday parties? There’s a new trend that I’ve noticed that makes me very uncomfortable. I say …

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PARENTING ADVICE: What to Do When Your Child Has No Friends

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Your Child Has No Friends: Now What? All parents want to see their children happy, engaged and interacting with their peers. In other words, we want our kids to have friends. …

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The 10 Childhood Loves My Kids Will Never Know

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  Childhood meant something different back in the day “Childhood” not too long ago meant something so different that it does today. It was a certainly a different time, a …

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Teaching Your Kids About Diversity – 6 Tips For Parents

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“Mom, why does she look different?” This is a question that many of us have had to grapple with as we raise our kids in an increasingly multicultural and multiethnic …

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Kids Shouldn’t Always Win. Here’s Why

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 Kids shouldn’t always win. Here’s why.I’m against kids “winning” at all costs.This refers to the growing trend of letting all kids win and telling them that “everyone’s a winner.”Everyone is not a winner. That’s …

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PARENTING ADVICE: Top 10 Tips For Surviving a Road Trip With Kids

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Top 10 Tips For Surviving a Road Trip With Kids   “Are we there yet?” Those four little words are ones that every parent dreads as the family makes it …

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SOCIETY: You Can’t ‘Babysit’ Your Own Kids

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You Can’t ‘Babysit’ Your Own Kids. You can’t babysit your own kids. That’s fairly obvious. At least in the case of women, or so it seems. Apparently those in possession …

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PARENTING ADVICE: How to Go Grocery Shopping With Kids

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  “Meltdown in Aisle 5!” It’s an inevitability that every parent has to experience. A rite of passage, the “supermarket shakedown” is one that indeed shakes your maternal/paternal resolve to …

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