Parenting Archives - Page 133 of 173

Should we make our Education System a Meritocracy? Sunday Surf

January 9, 2011 by erinlittle

My Sunday started out with a very interesting discussion on The Sunday Edition, on CBC Radio One. Merit pay for teachers has been all over the new since BC Liberal leader candidate Kevin Falcon proposed the idea for the BC education system.For today's Sunday Surf I'll give you several links to … [Read more...]

“it’s not your best work”

January 6, 2011 by Nancy

Once upon a time when my kids were little people, we were leaving the soccer field with yet another medal, ribbon or trophy. I like the idea of reward and tend to lead my life around it, but my children were lousy soccer players. The oldest wrote poetry in the back field and once, while in goal, … [Read more...]

The Lows

January 6, 2011 by Christine

I've been wanting/trying to write this post for awhile now but just couldn't do it. Or didn't want to. Could be part of denial and just not wanting to face what is right in front of me...but there it is.Autism. Everyday. I like to think that we can live our life like … [Read more...]

Go Pack Go!

January 6, 2011 by jenbshaw

Starting in September Sunday's mean one thing and one thing only at our house. Football. Not just any football but Packers football. We love our green and gold in this house. Let me just tell you that last Sunday held a ridiculous amount of anxiety. Not only were the Pack in a must win … [Read more...]

Words for Wednesday-A New Year’s Resolution that is easy to keep

January 5, 2011 by Nancy

"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken" Oscar WildeWe sat down to write our goals for 2011 (I know, obnoxious and pathetic until I swear to you that it always … [Read more...]

Pea’s First Day of School / Potty Training Update

January 3, 2011 by shawnd

I've been AWOL for a while... and for anyone who actually reads my stuff with any regularity, I apologize. At some point in the next week or two, when I muster the courage and the right words, I will explain exactly why I have been neglectful. But for now, I shall stick to some happier … [Read more...]

thank heaven for (big and) little girls

January 3, 2011 by Nancy

Every time we get together with my best friend and her family- she tells my daughters about how I called her from the hospital each time to say "I had a baby girl" and she wept loud and wet at her bond desk surrounded by boys who only cried over money. At that point she had already had her two … [Read more...]

Happy New Year! Holiday Highlights…

January 3, 2011 by amreen

Happy New Year! Hope 2011 brings you health, happiness and the realisation of your dreams and aspirations! December was a blur: my first set of final exams at the College had me in a tizzy. Something I didn't know - making an exam is just as hard as writing one. I felt sick for my … [Read more...]

Let’s Start Again…

December 31, 2010 by Tracey

I feel like our year ends the same way: Daddy begins his 2 week vacation off work with a sore throat and fever, and his malaise either spreads to the rest of us, or he suffers with it alone until New Years Eve, when he's perhaps feeling somewhat better, but still fatigued and ready to retire for the … [Read more...]

Out With the Old, In With the New (Year)

December 30, 2010 by jenbshaw

I'm not one for making lists of resolutions. Not because I find it too hard to keep them but because I find it too hard to make them in the first place. This year is different though, this year I've found myself actually thinking about all the changes I want to make. I have a feeling it's more to do … [Read more...]