Your kids spend too much time on screens. Go ahead, tell me I’m wrong. It can be distressing for parents, watching their children spend hours in front of screens mindlessly scrolling content. You know there are better things they can do with their time, but how do we get our kids to do them? While […]
How parents can keep teens safe in the online world
Parents and teenagers are always learning from each other, and this generation is no different. But parents of teenagers today have a very unique and interesting set of experiences when it comes to the online world. We are bringing up our kids in a completely different world than the one we grew up in. Parents […]
‘Focus. Click. Wind.’ explores political unrest through the eyes of a teenage photographer
*This article was originally published on Kingstonist.* Amanda West Lewis’ new Young Adult novel, set in Toronto in the late 1960s, asks hard questions about political engagement, trust in governments and police, and the human cost of war, according to Groundwood Books, which provided Focus. Click. Wind. to me, through Kingstonist, free of charge, to allow […]
Goodfood is a great choice for busy Canadian families
*Sponsored content* Meal kit food boxes are everywhere. If you’re like me, you haven’t considered them because you have picky kids and, even though life is way too busy, you also like crafting dinners (most of the time.) When Goodfood reached out to me to ask if I was interested in trying a box and […]
Alice the Cat explores grief, love through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl
*Note: Smith Publicity provided me with an Advanced Reading Copy of Alice the Cat to facilitate this review.* Middle schooler Tess recently lost her mother to cancer, and feels completely alone in this world, except for her cat Alice. Her father has become a “zombie” since the passing of her mother, and barely even looks […]