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9 Qualities of a Great Dad
What is the most important quality of a top pop? Is it the ability to listen? A sense of humour? We asked our readers to answer the question “What makes a great dad?”, here are nine of the responses...
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Date Night Movies: The Fighter
The Fighter Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo Directed By: David O. Russell Nominated For: 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actor and...
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21 Winter Cottage Safety Tips
1. Lock your doors and windows ― even if you’re leaving the cottage for a short period. 2. If you’re away for long period of time, alert the neighbours, hire a snow removal...
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New Year, New Online Family
The end of the year is upon us and the desire for change is in the air. Most of us will make resolutions, but more often than not, we don’t end up sticking to them. I’d like to change this in 2011...
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Governing Your Child’s Gadgets
With the holidays fast approaching and children jotting down lists of what they’d like under the tree this year, electronics are sure to be tops. Tech gadgets have come a long way since I was a little...
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Five Quick Babysitting Options
Got last minute plans and no babysitter? How many times have you been stuck cancelling plans because your go-to sitter had to bail? Well, it’s time to create that backup plan. Because you need to have fun...
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Help! My Kids Are Out of Control
You’ve seen her in the corner coffee shop, soccer practice and the grocery store. Hair awry, face flushed, eyeliner smudged beneath wary, bloodshot eyes. Her kids are going through the phase. “They...
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Cost-Effective Summer Childcare Options
As the school year comes to an end, the search for summer child care begins! The challenge many parents face is finding quality care that fits within their budget. Here are some tips for securing...
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The Mistakes Kids Make Online
On the one hand, today’s technology – particularly the Internet and cell phones – provides kids wonderful opportunities to learn, recreate, and communicate. On the other, it also provides the...
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Eight Ways to Deal with Cyberbullies
Like so many other facets of your kids' lives, bullying has now gone online too. If you think your kids haven't experienced bullying in the digital schoolyard-think again. Half of all kids have been bullied in...
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Virtual Worlds for Children
Virtual Worlds for Children – What Are They? Basically, they’re the online version of playing make-believe. There is a whole new wave of websites that provide virtual worlds for children &ndash...
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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...
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Online Safety: Start the Talk
Why the "Talk?" A challenge facing parents is that many of us act as if we are in denial about (or choose to ignore), the varied menu of danger available on the Internet - and just what our kids are...
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Start “The Talk” With Your Kids
In the first installment of her new biweekly column for Canadianparents.com, Lynn Hargrove the original cyber mom, dishes on how to open the conversation about online safety with your kids. Parents should...
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Online Games: Game vs. Addiction
Playing games is a natural part of growing up. It’s one way that kids learn to socialize and compete. Computer and online games, in most instances, are no more dangerous than other games that kids play. But...
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