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  • Summer Celebration Giveaway

    Summer Celebration Giveaway

    Summer is finally here and we're celebrating with giveaways all season long in the CPO message boards! Each week we'll pick a random poster to receive our Fabulous Friday prize, so start...

  • Curious Toys: Pee & Poo

    Curious Toys: Pee & Poo

      Because parents don’t hear enough about PEE & POO, why not make characters out of them? Gah! But they are…kind of cute.  

  • Camping Gear: Campfire Waffle Maker

    Camping Gear: Campfire Waffle Maker

      These gadgets are all designed to make your life on the campground a little more like home            Campfire Waffle Maker, $39...

  • 25 Family-favourite Campgrounds in Canada

    25 Family-favourite Campgrounds in Canada

    Pack your car, gather your clan and set the GPS in the direction of one of the country’s family-friendly campsites. Whether you prefer to rough...

  • Top Mobile Apps: Google Earth

    Top Mobile Apps: Google Earth

    Google Earth for Mobile Find your current location, search by voice, pan, zoom, and tilt your view as you travel the globe and search for cities, places, and businesses around the world with Google local...

  • 5 Best Active Wii Games: Wii Sports Resort

    5 Best Active Wii Games: Wii Sports Resort

    Wii Sports Resort gets kids up and moving as they discover a wide range of new sports and activities in a tropical paradise. Players go ...

  • Summertime Parenting

    Summertime Parenting

    It’s hard to believe that as of next month, most students will have completed another school year.  Some look forward to the long stretch without homework and school related responsibilities with...

  • Turn Your Backyard into a Child's Paradise

    Turn Your Backyard into a Child's Paradise

    Imagine a secret place where children can play safely, to their hearts content, without a care in the world. A place filled with all their...

  • Enhancing the Family Dining Experience

    Enhancing the Family Dining Experience

    Mealtime for families should be a pleasant experience where members come together to share in themselves. Historically, food is a well-known catalyst for bringing people together – from its preparation to...

  • Planning (and Surviving) a Road Trip with Teenagers

    Planning (and Surviving) a Road Trip with Teenagers

    Just face it, gone are the days when your child is content to go anywhere with you, on your terms, and be totally complacent, thrilled and fulfilled...

  • Eating Out At Home

    Eating Out At Home

    Save money and spend quality time with your family by planning a night-out in the comfort of your home.  Here are five “theme night” suggestions for adding some restaurant fun and simplicity to...

  • Fun in a Box! Kids Crafts

    Fun in a Box! Kids Crafts

    Have you ever given a child a present and within minutes the child left the toy to play with the box? Why would they want to play with a box? A box to us is nothing more than cardboard, but to a child, a box is...

  • family DISCOVERIES: Canada's Wonderland

    family DISCOVERIES: Canada's Wonderland

    Looking for one big reason to visit Canada’s Wonderland this year? How about a really large one – say BEHEMOTH in size! Behemoth is the more-than-appropriate moniker given the new roller coaster...

  • Family Camping Checklist

    Family Camping Checklist

    If you're like most of us, whenever you rush to get ready for that camping trip, you always end up forgetting "something". So here's a handy checklist to help out. Although it is not a complete...

  • Rainy Day Fun

    Rainy Day Fun

    Does a summertime rainy day make you want to crawl back into bed? We asked the CPO community what they like to do when a rainy day changes their plans to spend the day at the beach. Some say they pull on their...




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