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 Dare to Draw campaign is underwayKids are colouring for a cause. To raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation's efforts to turn the tide of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, parentcentral.ca is part of a campaign called Dare to Draw. Here's how it works: Kids draw...
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 What are you doing New Year's Day?Plans for January 1? Since the kids aren't likely to let you sleep in that day, why not start the year with a charitable and refreshing dip in Lake Ontario? The Sears Great Canadian Chill is an event happening in...
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 Cute kid quote of the weekCameron, 8, declaring his intention for the Christmas season: "My plan is to AVOID mistletoe this year."
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 Early childhood education for all kids starting at age 2Today we learned about a report that recommends good quality, publicly-funded early childhood education for all Canadian children starting at the age of 2. The Early Years Study 3 said there was an "avalanche of evidence" that shows just how...
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 Really? A ban on balls in the school yard?Parents are scratching their heads today over the news that one Toronto elementary school has banned balls in the school yard. Earl Beatty Public School sent a letter home to parents Monday to say that students would no longer be...
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 Cute kid quote of the week: Bathtime editionBoth boys hopped in the tub for the first time in a while last night. Cameron, 8, has moved on to showers, but I asked him to bath with Alister last night. Alister: "We're TWO NAKED brothers!!!!!" Cameron: "I'm only...
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 Cute kid quote of the week: Cheesie editionEarlier this week, Cameron, 8, was indulging in a few Cheesies from one of those little bags he got in his Halloween loot. Me: "You know, the less fingers you use to eat those, the less fingers you'll have covered...
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 A grown-up sized Lego carMy two Lego fans will surely go crazy for this. Ford Explorer released a unique model today -- this one comprised of 380,000 Lego bricks. The bright red model is meant to commemorate a new corporate relationship between Legoland in...
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 Cute kid quote of the week: Back-to-school wardrobe editionAlister, 4, managed to get away with not recycling his 3D glasses after seeing a movie last week. He popped out the lenses and has since been wearing them as a fashion accessory/disguise. This morning he headed off for the...
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 Cute kid quote of the week: Rocket ManAlister: "I want to go to the moon." Me: "Great idea. Do you want to be an astronaut when you grow up?" Alister: "Yes. I just need rocket-ship lessons." Getty Images
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 Getting organized to welcome the school yearIn just over a week, another school year will be underway. Will you be greeting it with happiness or dread? It's hard to see the short summer season come to an end, but a lot of the parents I talk...
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 Cute kid quote of the week: Tornado editionWe hung out in our basement for a while last night during the peak of the thundershowers. Maybe it wasn't strictly necessary but my eldest child was concerned the tornado watch would escalate to a full-blown tornado warning. Mostly to...
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 Mom the Vote at the polls today!At the risk of stating the obvious, the final and most important thing you can do to #MomTheVote is make it to your polling station today to cast your ballot. Seriously. Don't let anything short of hospitalization or other family...
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 Being a good sportSpirits were a little low at my son's soccer game last week. The other team was clobbering them and somehow we'd just scored a goal on ourselves (the ball simply hit one of them and bounced into the net). But...
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 Kiss and tellTwo stories about kissing have people talking on parentcentral.ca today. Bernard Weil/Toronto Star The first addresses the mixed approaches to kissing our kids. On the lips or on the cheek. Who knew this was an issue? It started with New...
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 Our sneak peek at the new Lego StoreWhen I told my son Cameron, 7, that we would be visiting the new Lego Store in Sherway Gardens the day before the Grand Opening, and that (gasp! Call Children's Aid!) I'd be taking him out of school for this,...
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 Cute kid quote of the week: Environmental editionCameron, 8, walking home from school while talking about consumption rates and air pollution: "If we keep going like this, in 20 years, we're going to need five more Earths." (Pause.) "Someone should make a public service announcement about that."
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 Sunday BluesDoes this sound familiar? Late Sunday afternoon, as the weekend draws to a close, Friday's optimism gives way to the realization that you only got part-way through your chores and haven't really sat down yet. Can this period of "rest...
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 Cute kid quote of the week - homework editionCameron, 7 and three-quarters, confessing yesterday to forgetting his homework at school AGAIN. "Look on the bright side! At least this way we get more family time!" Cheeky monkey.
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 Wordless Wednesday: Which way to the beach?
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 Dean McDermott on fatherhoodActor Dean McDermott, of Tori and Dean fame, was in Toronto today to promote the 50th anniversary of Pampers, along with wife Tori Spelling and his two younger children, Liam and Stella. No word on whether Pampers will be providing...
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 Goal: Our very own 'Not Bummer Summer'I was having a bit of a pity party yesterday. Naturally, this pity party was brought to me in part by evil twins Sleep Deprivation and Stuck-in-Office Blues. Don't get me wrong. My boys and I started our summer with...
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 20 blog posts, 20 comments, one dayToday I saw a post by Ali Martell about her longing for the days when blogging was just about writing, reading and sharing and maybe a little less about optimizing and taking pitches and all the rest. In it she...
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 Ka-Chow! Sprockets festival gets underway with sneak peek at CARS2Writer and mom of two Heather Greenwood Davis checked out the opening of the Sprockets festival this weekend and shares her family's experience with this guest blog post. Disney Pixar Animator Don Crum must've known from the moment he was...
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 The whole pot of teaI've made a promise to myself. At least once a week, I'll brew a whole pot of tea. And I'll drink it while it's still warm. It's an incredibly mundane resolution, but it represents so much more than just the...
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