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Apple unveils the best photos from the Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge

April 13, 2022

Canadian photographer Peter McKinnon was included on the curated panel of international judges who reviewed tens of thousands of images. The winning images are now featured on apple.com, the @apple Instagram and on billboards in select cities around the world. Via Apple.com press release Over the course of several weeks earlier this year, iPhone photographers from around the world shared their best macro photos for the Shot on iPhone Macro Challenge, making ...

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The Best New iPad Apps for Kids to Create, Learn, and Stay Entertained

February 17, 2022

Our iPad is a family device. I use it to draw on Procreate, while my daughter loves the Crayola games that help cognitive development, transactional learning, and beginner coding with the Swift Playground (even though she doesn’t know she’s learning). Want more? Via our friends at ...

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7 School Valentine’s Gifts That Aren’t Super Bad for the Environment

February 2, 2022

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 ...

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47% of Canadian parents feeling uncertain for the 2022 school season

January 17, 2022

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 ...

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Financial Planning for Parents – a little advice from NerdWallet

December 31, 2021

I got the opportunity to ask NerdWallet’s Canadian financial expert, Nora Dunn, a few questions about tips on how Canadian families can prepare Canadian for the new year. How can parents start investing with not much money? While investing for the future is an easy thing to ...

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But I want the bluuuuue cup! The battle for control and choice with kids

November 4, 2021

Do this, don’t do that, stop licking the cat, brush your teeth, bedtime! Kids don’t get much choice in most of their day and this often leads to two situations: 1. Tantrums and breakdowns. 2. Requesting a particular cup, fork, toy, game, and then a tantrum. Often at the worst ...

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The Perfect Christmas Gift List

November 3, 2021

*This blog contains a few affiliate links, some brands I love, and some I’ve previously worked with and thought were awesome. I asked on Twitter, ‘If you could get anything for Christmas, what would it be?’ And to those who responded, here are your gifts (kinda). “World ...

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The Perfect Christmas Gifts for Book-Lovers and Early Readers

November 2, 2021

*Contains affiliate links Since the lockdown, I’ve been reading at an insatiable rate. I can’t get enough of diving into a good story or soaking up some history and finding out why things are the way they are. This gift-giving season will be another great one for giving people books ...

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Parenting and Keeping Kids Safe in the Metaverse

October 29, 2021

It was always on the horizon and well-used in science fiction, but now the Metaverse has a clear timeline thanks to Facebook’s rebranding to Meta and their strategic development of a digital world that surrounds us. With the evolution from book-like web ‘pages’ to spaces that ...