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I was going to write today about the new Victoria’s Secret PINK collection called Bright Young things that is designed for a marketed to young teens. But it looks as if the media backlash has caused VS to change their minds. I can’t find any mention of it on their website and any links from [...]
There’s been a lot of talk this week about whether or not Canadian school boards should be implementing a policy to hire more male teachers for elementary schools. I’ve heard all kinds of arguments that having male teachers in the early grades can be great for engaging boys and providing them strong with male role [...]
By Kathy Buckworth I think North American women are ready to put up an “arret” sign against the recent barrage of books by French femmes who are writing about how they drink champagne, eat foie gras and don’t get fat; bring up beautifully behaved children simply by setting out a few non-negotiable ground rules, [...]
Stuart Chaifetz, father to Akian a 10 year old boy with autism started getting reports of his son acting out in school. He was told his child was hitting teachers and throwing chairs. Stuart could not understand why his son was behaving this way because he is such a happy child. Stuart consulted [...]
What do your kids call the adults in their lives? When I was growing up, I was expected to address every one of my parent’s friends as Aunt This or Uncle That. Took me years to realize that I wasn’t related to everyone that came to our house but I still call all my parents [...]
My mom loves giving my kids presents. Toys, clothes, chocolate, candy, and any neat little items for holidays that she can get her hands on; lambs and chicks galore at Easter, teddy bears at Valentine’s Day, Santas and Angels and nutcrackers at Christmas. Last year before Easter she found this wreath. I hated it. But [...]
Wow, oh wow. I’ve heard about this video making the rounds of Facebook over the last few weeks, but didn’t get around to actually watching it until now. Basically an American dad posts a YouTube video addressing his daughter’s rant about her parents on Facebook. He was visibly upset especially after he just spent hours [...]
Spanking is making the headlines once again in Canada. The last time the issue came up in the news, the Supreme Court of Canada passed a law in 2004 which gave teachers, parents and caregivers the right to spank children between the ages of 2 -12 with reasonable force. Last Monday the Canadian Medical Association [...]
It seems that the men of my generation are mostly circumcised. Don’t ask how I know. Let’s just call it anecdotal evidence. By the time I had children it appeared that the tide had turned and little boys are no longer routinely circumcised. Part of it has to do with the fact that provincial health care stopped [...]
I just read this great article about dads by Vicki Larson on The Huffington Post and I had to share it here. It really made me think about the double standard we place on the men in our lives. We modern women want our children’s fathers to do it all; be there for us at every [...]
