Are part time student jobs a good thing?

Do teens work too hard?

Share Since my oldest daughter turned 16 this year, my wife Shirley and I have been nagging her to get a part time job. We assume that she should be making some of her own money. After all, both my wife and I worked when we were her age and many kids her age have [...]

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Ourkids.net website review feedback form.

Share OurKids.net is nothing without our audience of parents and families searching for information about private education in Canada. Whether surveying parents at our private school expos, hearing directly from clients or through feedback on our website, we always want to hear what people have to say about our sources and tools and how we [...]

Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs

Children in business suites

Share Recently at TEDxEdmonton, Cameron Herold discussed what he considers a fundamental flaw in contemporary education, the lack of attention toward teaching young entrepreneurs. Herold argues that many kids who are bored in school might in fact be

Trade schools unfairly dismissed by many

Trade schools & skilled trades

Share When parents discuss career choices with kids, they often say something along the lines of “be whatever you want to be.” However, by this, most parents mean, go into technology, medicine, law or something else that implies a university education. Far too few parents and educators encourage children to think of careers in the [...]

Our Kids Media Hires Social Media Guru

Travis Allison, Our Kids Media's Social Media Manager

Share Our Kids Media, publisher of two of Canada’s most popular websites on kids’ camps and private schools, camps.ca and ourkids.net, recently announced the hiring of Travis Allison in the position of Social Media marketer. Previous to embarking into the dynamic, exponentially-growing world of Social Media, Allison was Executive Director at CAIRN Presbyterian Camping & [...]

Over 2,000 Expected to Attend Toronto Private School Expo

Share Canada’s largest Private School Expo takes place this weekend at Roy Thomson Hall, with more than 2,000 people expected to attend. Over 70 schools will be represented at the Expo, which has been held annually since 2002. Many schools are located in Toronto and area, but schools from places as diverse as Nova Scotia, [...]

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