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Snapchat’s New ‘Snap Maps’ Feature Has Parents Concerned For Their Kids’ Safety

June 30, 2017 by Scarlett Ballantyne Leave a Comment

‘Mom, have you downloaded the new Snapchat update? It’s so cool!’ Since I am not a regular Snapchat user, merely a mom who has downloaded the app to follow my kids and mess around with filters, I hadn’t updated the new feature. And then I found out what it was. Snapmaps is a location-based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: mobile devices and safety, snapchat, technology and kids, teenagers, teens and safety

How The Ariana Grande Concert Attack Has Made Me Less Afraid

June 1, 2017 by Alexandria Durrell 1 Comment

I’m not really a helicopter parent, but I won’t deny being something akin to, say, a bumblebee parent—buzzing haphazardly about when my kids are spreading their own wings. I want to let go, I really do. Most of all, I want them to feel strong and independent, street smart and confident. I try not to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tweens & Teens Tagged With: Ariana Grande, concert, kids safety, teenagers, terror attacks

My Teenager Is Perfect To Me, So Why Can’t She See That?

January 12, 2017 by Scarlett Ballantyne Leave a Comment

As a young woman, I hated going to the hairdresser because I didn’t like looking at myself in a mirror for an extended length of time. Funnily enough, as I have gotten older, and am definitely more wrinkly, it doesn’t bother me nearly as much as it did when I was a teenager. Back then, I never … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tweens & Teens Tagged With: Beauty, body positivity, comparison, daughters, filter, Instagram, micro-focus, parenting, perfect, self esteem, teenagers, Teens

3 Things To Teach Your Teen That You May Assume They Already Know

November 3, 2016 by Scarlett Ballantyne 4 Comments

It truly seems like overnight that your child grows from a small child to a taller-than-you teenager. They go from wanting the latest toy to borrowing your clothes and then riding in cars with friends. The transition goes so quickly that all of a sudden these young adults seemed to have miraculously … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: phone etiquette, problem solving, teach, teenagers, texting, tweens

How Babysitting Has Changed Since My Babysitting Days

June 28, 2016 by Amanda Wood 6 Comments

When I was 13, I had a long-term babysitting gig for a single mother in my neighbourhood that took place every Thursday. I would walk over to my not-so-close neighbour’s house for a 5 pm start time, so I could make dinner for the kids and myself—usually pasta and a jar of sauce. I would then serve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: babysitters, babysitting, being a mom, parenthood, parenting, teenagers

How My Mom Made Our Home A Vegetarian-Positive Zone

April 5, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

Making the switch to a vegetarian lifestyle isn’t always easy, especially if your entire family is all about huge turkey dinners. I discovered this first hand when I gave up eating meat. Initially the decision had to do with my health, I wanted to feel better about my body and the food I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: alternative lifestyle, teenagers, vegan, vegan lifestyle, vegetarian

The Three Words Teenagers Say That Break Your Heart

March 31, 2016 by Amanda Wood Leave a Comment

We all dread those three little words that when strung together make our hearts hurt, especially when it’s from those we love most. Hearing ‘I hate you’ from your teen is hard. Sadness and anger can bubble up quickly, as Hannah Storm, ESPN SportsCentre host, knows firsthand. Storm has three … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: anger from your teen, being a mom, hannah storm, hearing I hate you, struggles of raising teenagers, teenagers, Teens, the struggles of motherhood, the struggles of parenthood

Are Teenage Girls More Expensive Than Boys?

March 29, 2016 by Scarlett Ballantyne 1 Comment

Being a parent of teenage girls, I always assumed that they were the more expensive gender to raise. With girls, there seem to be weekly expenses like fancy shampoo, nail polish remover, feminine products and twice as many grooming products as I use myself. Even though they have their own money, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: are boys more expensive than girls, how mch does it cost to raise a child, money, raising teens, teenagers, Teens, which is the more expensive sex

Five Ways To Show Your Teens That You Love Them

February 22, 2016 by Scarlett Ballantyne 4 Comments

I used to love heading to my daughter's elementary school at 2:15 every day to chat with the other parents around the school doors as we waited for the bell to ring. The kids were always happy to see me commiserating with other parents when they burst out of the school, as they knew that this meant … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: family time with teens, how to spend time with your teen, loving your teens, showing your teens you love them, teenagers, Teens

OMG: My Kid Can Drive Now?

February 12, 2015 by Kath Leave a Comment

So, a few days ago this happened: Yes, that is my daughter. Yes, that is a learner's permit in her hand. And—because we live in Alberta—yes: she is behind the wheel at fourteen. Legally. And since last Friday (when she passed the test), a day hasn't gone by that she hasn't greeted me as I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, Tweens & Teens Tagged With: drivers licence, driving, growing up, learners permit, learning to drive, parenting, teaching kids to drive, teenagers, Teens

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