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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

  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

“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

 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

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

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

  “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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