You might think that a sense of humour is something innate. You’re either born with one, or you aren’t. I’m not a neurologist, so I can’t make claims about how brain wiring at birth determines how well your child can...
It’s not easy becoming an expert in something. It takes practice. It takes good observational skills. You have to invest a lot of time and energy gathering information from different sources. Sometimes you have to conduct experiments, watch what happens,...
I can never seem to make my child happy, no matter what I do. She has a tantrum every morning on our way to daycare. And when I pick her up after work, she refuses to leave without another scene!...
A few years ago, I attended a Blue Jays’ game with my dad. Baseball fans in Toronto are an eclectic bunch and the SkyDome (never the Rogers Centre, NEVER!) is no stranger to colourful language. We were sitting next to a vocal...
Barney, Caillou, Backyardigans, Dora… are you cringing yet? Kids’ shows seem to combine nefarious elements designed to drive adults insane. Tell me if any of these sound familiar. Spine-gratingly patterned voice acting. Saccharine, unrealistic “d’awwwww” moments that somehow fail entirely at true sweetness. Horrible production...
If you’ve been pregnant, you’re familiar with the “baby brain” or “mom brain” phenomenon. I watched my wife go through it. Through the last trimester she seemed more forgetful and scatterbrained. Perfect, cogent sentences turned to scrambled eggs on the way...
As the start of a new school year is just a month away, many of you may be wondering what school is going to look like for kids this year, as COVID-19 is still a global concern. Within recent news, the Ministry of Ontario...
This summer has been a real hot one! We’ve had temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius for the past couple of weeks now and it doesn’t seem like it is cooling down anytime soon. Since the summer has been so warm...
All work and no play? Or all play and no work? Quite the dilemma, whether at the age of 2 or the age of 32! When we think about play, the different types of play, the milestones of play, and...
