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The Greatest Gift You’ll Give This Season is Hope.

December 12, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

I think it was George Carlin who said that inside every cynic there's a disappointed idealist. And don't I know it. At times, my wholehearted belief in something has been the beginning of that same belief's undoing; lean in too close to examine something and the entire weight of it might come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Life Tagged With: child labor, child labour, child sponsorship, children, education, family, george carlin, hope, international development, optimism, World Vision, world vision canada, world vision el salvador

Fun and Games: No Laughing Matter?

December 5, 2013 by Emily Leave a Comment

When I am too busy and don't play long enough with Toddler, he tugs on my clothes and demands "up, up" and if he cannot get what he needs, he will bury his face in the backs of my legs and whine in his shrillest pitch until I get down on the floor with him and help him find the puzzle piece with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Kids, Parenting Tagged With: child labor, child labour, childhood development, cognitive development, free play, fun, games, haiyan, play, poverty, psychosocial development, social development, world vision canada

Children Separated from Families At Increased Risk.

November 29, 2013 by Emily Leave a Comment

In a disaster, children are among the most vulnerable victims. Due to the high death toll resulting from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, many children are now alone, having been separated from parents or other caregivers. Separated children face many challenges in emergencies: Increased … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Life Tagged With: children, haiyan, philippines, typhoon haiyan, yolanda

The Difference Education Makes.

November 28, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

In a great many places in the world, education means being able to do more than simply survive. It is security, opportunity, and a way to lift whole families out of the poverty cycle. It means literacy, and the ability to advocate for oneself and one's community. Education is enabling. Poverty is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Parenting Tagged With: child labor, child labour, child slavery, child sponsorship, education, el salvador, World Vision, world vision canada

No Child For Sale.

November 12, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

[youtube id="4J1sYC3zM2c"] I met a family, two sisters who had made homes on a piece of land they don't own and who raise their children beside fields of sugar cane. The home looked as though it had been assembled over time, like the families had added wood, metal and chicken wire when they were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Kids, Life Tagged With: #nochildforsale, child labor, child labour, child slavery, el salvador, world vision canada

A Good Book Drive

November 2, 2013 by Emily Leave a Comment

My favourite book when I was a kid was Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary. It was also The Sky Is Falling by Kit Pearson and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett and all the Babysitter's Club books, and then when I was a teenager all the Maeve Binchy books because I was going to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Parenting Tagged With: A Good Book Drive, books, books for kids., children's books, kids books, mothers, Oak Tree Clinic, reading, reading to kids, reading to toddlers, Vancouver

Buy Good Chocolate.

October 31, 2013 by Emily 2 Comments

[youtube id="YlVICw_kydM"] The last week of October to roughly the second week of February is peak chocolate-buying season, but do you know where your cocoa (and other candy ingredients) comes from? I mean, like, do you really know?  I will never look at cheap coffee, chocolate or sugar the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Green Living, Life Tagged With: #nochildforsale, africa, candy, child labour, child slavery, chocolate, el salvador, fair trade chocolate, Halloween, harkin-engel protocol, Purdy's Chocolate, rainforest alliance chocolate, sustainable candy, sustainable chocolate, World Vision, world vision canada

Anxious? There’s a Website For That.

October 29, 2013 by Emily 4 Comments

The best thing about pregnancy is that eventually it ends and you resolve to never, ever let a boy touch you again. The worst thing, aside from the weird new body hair and the crying, is the worrying. Every time I'd open up "What to Expect When You're Expecting" the book would automatically flip … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Mental Health Tagged With: anxiety, anxietybc, anxietybcperinatal, depression, mental health, post-partum anxiety, post-partum depression, pregnancy, pregnancy anxiety

Women Would Be Happier If

October 23, 2013 by Emily 5 Comments

Women would be happier if _____. Fill in the blank! But not too creative with your answers because everyone knows women only want to stay home and raise children because working makes them super unhappy. This morning as I was sipping the latte I bought with an adult colleague, I happened … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life, Work & Career Tagged With: feminism, happiness, sahm, vice, wohm, work-life balance, working moms

The Ghost Train at Stanley Park

October 20, 2013 by Emily 1 Comment

[youtube id="y__wCfVcobc"] All right. First things first. You can't park for free ANYWHERE in this city, and definitely not at Stanley Park, so this is a big damn deal. This is the Ghost Train, kiddos. This is special. Apparently parking is free anytime the Halloween or Christmas train is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Holidays, Seasons Tagged With: Halloween, halloween train, stanley park ghost train, stanley park halloween train, stanley park train, things to do in vancouver, things to do with kids in vancouver, toddlers, Vancouver

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