Mothers, take time for yourselves

taking time for yourself

A friend of mine, who has a teenaged son, told me “it only gets more difficult from this point. When you have teenagers, there are more demands and different struggles that eclipse the ease of toddlerhood.”  Her advice is to make sure to find time for yourself. Schedule time before your head hits the pillow [...]

Fun and Educational Activities for Summer

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There are a million fun things for your kids to do during the summer, from camping and slumber parties to hiking and biking to beating the heat at the public pool.  And there’s a good chance that the majority of the so called “wasted” days of youth will go by during the long summer months.  [...]

Indebted to Our Dads

Dads are spending more time than ever with their kids.

Most people today would cringe at the stereotypical representation of the wife and daughter, confined to either their imagination or the kitchen. Society has changed so much since then that to think that a mother’s role was ever simply just a homemaker seems ridiculous. Yet, for some reason, the idea of the unattached authority-figure father is less shocking, even though it is equally untrue.

Genetics and Autism: New Research Means New Hope

Genetics could be the main cause of autism.

More common than Down’s Syndrome, childhood cancer, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, even blindness and deafness, are Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Today in Canada, at least 1 in every 165 children are diagnosed with a form of autism, a developmental disorder that seriously limits a child’s ability to communicate and interact with others and their surroundings. For decades, doctors, specialists, and organizations like Autism Speaks and The Geneva Centre for Autism have been stumped as to the causes of ASDs – why it sometimes appears in families with histories of autism and other times occurs out of the blue, why one child can be diagnosed with it while their sibling develops without a problem, and why autism manifests itself so differently in each person, and to various levels of severity from the milder form of Asperger’s Syndrome to the potentially life-threatening Rett Syndrome.

Tax Free Savings Accounts – for Parents

In many ways a TFSA is better than an RRSP The Canadian government’s Tax Free Savings Account, introduced in 2009, is a widely available tax-free savings vehicle that families should seriously consider. The greatest benefit is the ability to add money (up to your limit) and take out money with no tax deductions. Canadian residents [...]

Toronto’s Private Schools Offer Much More than All-Day Care

Ontario’s new all-day kindergarten programs to roll out this fall are making Toronto’s public schools appealing choices for busy, working families. But the benefits that private schools offer GTA parents and children still extend far beyond before- and after-care. With Dalton McGuinty’s full-day kindergarten programs coming to Ontario elementary schools this fall, journalists and administrators [...]

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