Since winter began, I’ve been reading up a lot on skin care, not only for me but for my daughter too. She’s now 14 and has been watching YouTube makeup tutorials and browsing beauty feeds on Instagram. I want to make sure that her ideas about beauty are healthy and realistic. She is GORGEOUS inside and…
Keep Your Kiddos Safe This Halloween with These Tips
Brooke Tucker-Reid, momstown writer Dress your child as a fluorescent orange pylon with reflective stripes. My work here is done. In all seriousness, Halloween trick or treating can be a blast for kids but safety must be top of mind. Follow these safety tips before your little monsters hit the town to reap pillow cases…
What To Do When Your Child Asks All The Questions
I’ve had three children now–two of my own, one stepchild–who have hit that crazy stage in their development when they’re curious about everything. Each has had their own endearing ways of observing the world and wanting to learn about all of it. My youngest, however, has turned out to be the one who will likely…
Taylor Swift and Adulting 101
We rushed up the stairs and met the train, just as its doors were sliding open. We were in! Phew. My heart was pounding, and not only because we’d been running. (I’m more of a saunterer, if I’m honest.) But also because I was feeling anxious and excited and a tad bit out of my…
Parenting at Dinner Time
It’s early evening and my kids have worn me down, like the depression on a stair that’s been walked on too many times. All I want is for my 4-year-old and 6-year-old to eat some semblance of a healthy meal, but I can’t even get them to sit at the table. This is never a…
My 10 Tips for My High School Bound Teen
It feels like just yesterday you were a teething toddler biting your sister and in a flash, the years have flown by. The biting phase is long gone and, come September, you’ll be heading off to high school! It’ll be great, you know. Really! But, keep in mind that it won’t be an endless array of…
Parenting Through the Teen Years
Back in the late eighties, early nineties I was an a**hole to my mom. Not all the time. Not every day. But far too often… I’d be all smiling and laughing one minute and a killjoy of epic proportions the next. As moms do, mine loved me through all the ups and downs of those…
20 Ways to Reclaim Your Summer
Yay! Summer is officially here and the sun has finally committed to being in our lives for the next few months. I have to say, I adore our Canadian summer. When the sun is shining, I feel alive and energized and ready to have fun. Yes, as a mom of three, summer fun often involves…
Stop Trying To Be Your Childs’ Friend!
Navigating your way through the barriers of parent and child relationships can be difficult. We want to be in the know about what is going on in their life, but we also want to tread lightly as not to make things too casual with our kids that they start seeing us as a friend and not a parental…
I Am “That” Parent
Every parent has opinions about how children should be raised. Don’t lie to yourself. When you encounter a child who’s doing something that’s frowned upon, something you don’t agree with, something offensive, there are several paths you can take: the first is silent judgement of the child’s parents, for their inferior parenting skills; the second…
Kids Have Something to Say. Should they blog?
The internet can be a very scary place, but it can also be a land of great opportunity and education. If your child is thinking of blogging for fun or profit, this article is sure to lend you a little piece of mind before they start. As a very protective parent myself, I can assure…
My Fear This Summer
I’ve waited years for this summer: my youngest kids, at four and six, are finally at the age when I feel comfortable taking my eyes off them for more than 30 seconds when they’re outdoors. I’ve been watching our friends with older children let their kids wander on their own while camping (within reason), longing…
The Taboo Topic You Should Talk to Your Daughter About
Do you remember the first time you experienced a health scare with your vagina? You didn’t exactly handle it with grace and poise, did you? You might even think about it and remember that you were totally and completely freaked out! By this time, you’ve experienced yeast infections, UTIs, random discharge, as a woman and…
Sunblock – Not For Kids, For Moms
On the spectrum of skin tone, I’ve always fallen into the “fair” or “very fair” side. In high school, I used to have the nickname “Ghost” in the summer, because I had so little pigment on my legs, in particular. I could lie outside for hours with the same amount of sunblock on all extremities…
Our Kids’ Mental Health
When I walked my child to school on her very first day, I could tell she was nervous. She went from jumping up and down with excitement to walking quietly by my side, not saying a word. I tried to lift her spirits back up with a pep talk, telling her about all the wonderful…
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