Look, Ma! Holiday overkill, and Real Kids Make a Powerful Point
A rant -- not ours -- about themed holidays; a powerful ad about watching your words online; and a tear-jerker list of the heart-melting things kids do
Holiday overkill?
momstown has themed crafts, activities, party ideas and recipes for every occasion. D-list holidays, Really Big Deals, and everything in between.
But for those parents who are fed up with what feels like pressure to “celebrate” every third-rate wannabe kinda holiday, this rant is for you. And for the more moderate among you, some wise words from momstown Moncton.
When mean tweets mean business
The Canadian Safe School Network has taken Jimmy Kimmel’s funny “Celebrities reading mean tweets” shtick and used real kids reading actual mean tweets to show just how jarring and heartbreaking cyberbullying can be. One cruel comment can send a thousand ripples through the cyber-universe, and every one of those ripples can hit the original target like a body blow. Here's what Today's Parent says about it. Read the article. Watch the ad. Let’s watch what what we say online.
Tears. In a good way
Buzzfeed does a little crowd-sourcing for a sweet collection called “35 moments that make having kids totally worth it.” We were doing okay till we hit No. 14. Sniffle.
LEGO jetsam
CBC Kids explains why visitors to the U.K.'s Cornish coast keep finding exotic sea creatures washed up on the shore. As if a dragon wasn't cool enough, these little guys are made of LEGO.
