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For us, school is going back next week and we’re a mixed bag of emotions. My little one is a bit nervous. There’s going to be a new teacher, a new group of friends to navigate, and more pressure to grow up. As parents, we’ve been trying to sympathize and ease her into the idea of going back to more of a structured day. Right now, especially this week and into her return to school life, our priority is building connection and making sure she feels like she’s had plenty of (if not too much) ...
BYJU’S Magic Workbooks Featuring Disney Launches in Canada
Fusing AI Tech with Disney Storytelling for an Interactive and Personalized Learning Experience. We’ve been using this for a couple of weeks now and it’s the only educational tool my daughter actually enjoys using! Here’s the official Press Release: After empowering more than ...
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 ...
The Best New iPad Apps for Kids to Create, Learn, and Stay Entertained
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 ...
The Perfect Christmas Gifts for Book-Lovers and Early Readers
*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
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 ...
50 Tips, Tricks, and Gadgets for Family Camping Success + a GIVEAWAY!
Family camping trips are, in theory, a lot of fun. However, after you’ve arrived, unpacked, got into the snacks, and set up your accommodations, that fateful question always arises. “What do we do now?” Luckily, you’re old pal James is here with a list of fun gadgets, ...
Working From Home? Here’s How to Separate Your Life and Your Laptop
Those of us lucky enough to be still working are trying to balance family life and trying to get our jobs done remotely. As a parent, this is obviously tricky and easy to fall into a number of traps: Getting distracted by kids Losing track of your hours and working beyond 9-5 Stop taking care ...
Growing a Strong Young Woman – the Responsibility I Never Expected
‘The Future is Female’ her t-shirt said. The person on the train was wearing the catchphrase that has seen a resurgence in recent years and, as a reasonable person I, of course, agree. Well kind of. The future has to be hugely varied but equally so. The future has to be in part, ...