Dean Beeby
Federal cash for troubled pregnancies and newborns in Canada remains in short supply even as the Conservative government leads a global campaign to improve the...
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Lorraine Sommerfeld
While the age gap between me and the Poor Sod is not discernable to the naked eye (or so I tell my almost-seven-years-older self), there are certain generational...
Andrea Gordon
Mothers in academia, running businesses or at home with children are joining forces to try and save a Toronto research organization that has been a voice for...
Lorraine Sommerfeld
When I was small, we'd have to drive out to Saskatchewan for a holiday to visit my grandparents. A holiday that began with endless days in the back of a station...
By Lisa Thornbury
Yummymummyclub.ca's "Party Mummy" offers her tips for planning some March break fun for grown-ups.
David Graham
There was a time when parents dutifully stitched their children's names into their tiny coats and pint-sized pants – a label that identified the jackets and jeans as...
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Lorraine Sommerfeld
I didn't notice until I was mating the endless socks my dryer produces every week that my favourite pair had a hole in the bottom. This wouldn't mean much, except I...
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Lorraine Sommerfeld
I've often read that it is a wonderful experience to let your children cook with you. I nearly buy into this because my mother used to let us help her bake. She was...
Trish Crawford
Two million red Olympic mittens have been sold since they hit the stores in October with another million on the way. When they're gone, that'll be
it.
Lorraine Sommerfeld
Whenever I make hard-boiled eggs, I make a dozen and put them in the fridge. The first two usually go into a sandwich for the Poor Sod's lunch, and the rest sit in a...
Lorraine Sommerfeld
We have an excellent system to handle the boatloads of laundry produced in this family. I don't mind actually doing the laundry, but I refuse to hump it up and down...
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Vicky Sanderson
Creating a great space for kids has been far from child's play for Sharon Grech, who is currently designing a bedroom, playroom and bathroom for two "imaginary...
Lorraine Sommerfeld
While my parents never instituted an approved dating age for me or my sisters, it was generally understood that my mother's view was usually "not yet" and...
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