Because someone, somewhere, thinks that your parenting sucks. Might as well celebrate it.
I know that this time of year is supposed to be all, happy happy joy joy, but the truth is, there is much about this season that just sucks. Between juggling family obligations, wrapping up school, work and all of those presents – which, of course you have to buy first, causing no amount of [...]
What are you going to be for Halloween? It’s a question we ask and answer over and over again at this time of year, whether we will be taking our children trick-or-treating for the first time, or trying to out-do our friends at the annual costume party. And there are many of us that put [...]
He was a cute baby, perhaps 8 months old, all chubby cheeks and waving hands and little squeals. Sitting on his adult’s lap (I can only presume that it was his father, but that is indeed a presumption), that baby looked happy and clean and well-cared for. That baby made me smile. And then the [...]
A story broke this week about a Toronto Daycare Caterer who allegedly lied about food sources, preparation standards, and generally pretty much everything involving the food she provided to 75 different childcare facilities around the Greater Toronto Area. After my initial horror from reading the story, I immediately called my child’s daycare — who provide [...]
Last week, People magazine ran a story under the headline, Rachel Zoe ‘Thrilled’ With 10 Carat Push Present. There is so much to say about that statement that I’m not even sure where to begin. Rachel Zoe? 10 Carat? Push Present? After I rubbed my eyes, gave my head a shake and downed a shot of [...]
When friends of ours from London, ON took a recent trip to Toronto, their boys, ages six and three, were ecstatic at the idea of playing in the hotel’s pool. But when their mom, Elaine brought the boys into to the women’s change room to get into their swim trunks, a sign she saw on [...]
My children have no idea what an awful singer I am. Because they are still very small and I still retain God-like status in their eyes (and ears), they, in opposition of the rest of the free world, enjoy hearing me sing, and encourage me to do it often. Since they will soon find out [...]
Dear Old Male Fertility Doctors Who Keep Telling Us We’re Waiting Too Long To Have Babies: Please Shut Up. I’m 40. And as long as I can remember, women have been told that our eggs run out eventually. It’s the first thing you’re taught in Family Living in grade 7. I do not know any [...]
Next time you stop by to read the updates on your child’s Facebook profile (if you even have access)* check on their farm. No seriously, check it. If it looks a little too bountiful in FarmVille, go through your credit card bill next. *(Ed. note: if they even have a Facebook profile. Seriously. Shouldn’t they [...]
Ever caught yourself alone with the kids and heard a scary noise? Ever been embarrassed during small talk at the playground because you refered to a rifle as a pistol or a shotgun as a hand gun? Ever heard another mom discussing bullets and only belatedly realizing that she was not talking about formatting documents [...]
Christmas time during my childhood was always kicked off by bringing out the nativity scene. My Mom would painstakingly set up her nativity sets, even going as far as to delay bringing in the little baby Jesus or wise men until the big day. We had multiple sets around the homestead, each invoking reverence and [...]
Have you ever been burned by a sanctimommy in play group, library, or anywhere that that attracts the particularly vicious alpha variety of mom? Have you ever received the continuous, harsh stink-eye or had totally passive-aggressive comments directed at you by strangers in customs, airports, passport offices, medical facility, line-up, or [fill in any place [...]
One of my favourite sites to visit each day is FML.com. Sometimes I can identify with certain FML submissions and sometimes it reminds me that some one, somewhere is having a crappier day than me. Now while this particular FML hasn't happened to me, it made me think it's only a matter of time before [...]
Toronto October 13 - 15
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