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This is our first ever family trip to Disneyland. In fact, we haven’t really been anywhere for a few years so we wanted to make this vacation a magical one. Our daughter is 6, an age perfect to first experience all the sparkly wonder of Disney, princesses, and exciting rides. We began our research with a look at the Disneyland (California) resort hotels but it looks like they’re either under partial construction, out of our price range, or just not special enough. Sure, ...
A Matter of Time: Natural Disaster Prep 101
Content provided in part by SafeHome.org Happy National Preparedness Week! While not exactly a cause for balloons and streamers, it is important to remember to get ready in case one of the (pretty much inevitable) natural disasters come our way. Earthquakes can happen anywhere at any time, and ...
Apple launches Expanded Protections for Children in Canada
Giving a child a phone or tablet can be risky business. From apps with 3rd party tracking (usually to see what else they’re interested in and to sell their user data to advertisers), to anyone who wants to contact them, there need to be set measures in place. Now Apple, creators of the ...
Men and Body Positivity – Double Standard?
Of course, of course, of course – we all should love ourselves, our bodies, and everything that makes us unique. But – We don’t. Not always. Not when it would be convenient, not when we (and by ‘we’, I mean ‘I’) would love to strut around the pool or ...
Why Are New Balance the Ultimate Dad Shoe?
NOT sponsored When I was younger, New Balance shoes were always a little plain. I always saw them as typical 90s Dad shoes, worn by men on American TV who tucked their t-shirts into their blue jeans. Fast forward 30 years and I find myself scrolling through the New Balance online store in ...
Save 20% on Tickets to The Children’s Mental Health Symposium
Save 20% on your ticket to the Institute of Child Psychology Children’s Mental Health Symposium with code SOCIALDAD2022 The Institute of Child Psychology has introduced a slate of new topics from navigating stress and building powerful relationships, to helping children with anxiety and ...
ZEN PARENTING: Caring for Ourselves and Our Children in an Unpredictable World
Therapist, Yoga, Mother of three, and co-host of the top-ranked podcast: Zen Parenting, Cathy Cassani Adams supports parents in navigating through the inevitable confusion, power struggles, and often unforeseen meltdowns that come with the job. Cathy’s new book, ‘Zen Parenting: ...
7 School Valentine’s Gifts That Aren’t Super Bad for the Environment
I know, I know. “Stop being such a grinch, James” (or whatever the Valentine’s Day equivalent of a Grinch is). Valentine’s Day at school is just a bit of fun, right? Well, aside from me having to buy 21 little Valentine’s Day cards I have to sit down and convince ...
47% of Canadian parents feeling uncertain for the 2022 school season
With the ambiguity and concerns presented by the highly transmissible COVID-19 Omicron variant, which is spreading rapidly across Canada and causing Public Health measures to continuously change, almost half (47%) of Canadian ...