I've written in the past about how much I value conversations about what works and doesn't work when it comes to parenting, how stating the benefits of one approach over another doesn'...
The world we live in is gendered. The world our kids are growing up in is gendered. Despite being told "you can be anything you want to be", the message our kids get tell a very different s...
I learned today on twitter from my friend Emma that a LEGOLAND Discovery Centre will be opening in the Toronto-area next spring. When we lived in Germany, we had a season's pass to the LEGOLAND ...
Thank you, dear readers, for your help identifying what ad you were seeing with the ad network I was testing out. After testing for one week, I have decided not to continue using it for several reaso...
For years, I've been selling all of my own ads on this blog. That means that every single ad that shows up was approved by me before it shows on the site. I do this to avoid having, for example,...
Today is Mother's Day and my partner and daughter arrived back from a two week visit with my in-laws just before dinner, so for most of the day it was just seven-year old Julian and I. This morn...
Today was an interesting day. All day yesterday, I was swamped with work. I had a major deadline today and every time I thought I was close to being finished, additional ideas would pop into my head ...
One of the first posts that I wrote on this blog was called Attachment parenting has not caught on in France. We were in France at the time, visiting my in-laws, one of many trips that we made there ...
Last week, the English version of French feminist Elisabeth Badinter's book The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women was released. The Internet has been abuzz with disc...
Not everyone is a trailblazer For better or for worse, most people are not trailblazers. That doesn't mean that they have no potential. But it does mean that they need role models. They need to ...
I want to introduce you to Trevor, a transgender, gay, Canadian, breastfeeding father who blogs at Milk Junkies. Last night my friend Rebecca from Bunch Family pointed me to a guest post on her websi...
The American feminist blogosphere is aflutter this week with discussion of a war of words between Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney about working moms and stay at home moms. It is a discussion deeply roote...
I was in an Ottawa public high school this evening and as I walked toward the doors of the gym, I saw a poster hanging on the wall advertising chocolate milk and claiming that it would help you "...
One of my twitter friends passed along a link to an article in The Atlantic about Finland's "Baby Box" and I was fascinated. Apparently new parents can choose either to receive ...
A while ago I wrote a post about co-ed sleepovers, asking whether you would let your teen's boyfriend/girlfriend sleep over and sharing my perspective on the issue. A lot of people weighed in on...
Are you a gardener? It is hard to believe that we're well into the gardening plans already during the month of March, but the weather has been quite unbelievable this year. After several years o...
What is the media teaching girls about their role in society? Several things perhaps, but one of the more disturbing elements is the messages being sent on body image and sexualization. It All Starts...
It's always interesting to see which parenting issues bring out the judgmental comments. As my readers know, breastfeeding is something that I feel strongly about. When I say that I feel strongl...
Health authorities around the world, including the World Health Organization, Health Canada, and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), all recommend exclusive breastfeeding for the fi...
The pink, the Barbies, the "Daddy's little" princess, the new LEGO Friends, the shopaholic, the American Girl dolls, the beauty queen and the the very pink happy homemaker. Each time s...
Having a c-section does not make you a failure, but doctors who force unnecessary interventions on women are failing them. Being obese does not make a child a failure, but parents who only buy fried ...
Readers of this blog will know about my efforts to educate people about Nestlé's unethical business practices. In addition to posts I've written, I sometimes feature guest posts on issues s...
…but not the way Estee Lauder wants me to. There is a breast cancer awareness campaign running on the BlogHer network at the moment. When visiting the site today, I clicked through to see what ...
You should be happy. We all need to be happy. From blogs to books to radio shows to inspirational tweets, happiness is being flaunted the ultimate goal and something we should all be aspiring toward....
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In a discussion about breastfeeding in France the other day, I was reminded of a conversation that I had many years ago. I thought it was worth sharing. When Julian was 21 months old, we were visitin...
A while ago, we had a visit from Capital Mom and family. Their family brought a great dessert — gluten free black bean brownies that her husband baked. I loved them, but more importantly, the...
I didn't really need another reason to dislike McDonald's. I have so many already. Same goes for Barbie. But a few days ago, an e-mail landed in my inbox from my friend Sarah from sarahcasm...
They say Disney World is the happiest place on earth. For children, it certainly holds that promise. When I was a kid, I always wanted to go to Disney World. I finally got to go when I was fourteen y...
I’ve been a fan of Renee from Womanist Musings’ (@womanistmusings) work for a long time and loved having the opportunity to connect with her recently on Skype as we filmed her segment of ...
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