Editor’s note: Even for the busiest of us, it’s important to take pause and evaluate how we’ve changed and grown. Flipping through the editions from the last 10 years – a veritable trip down memory lane! – it’s only fitting that […]
Derek Abma
Win-win
OFCP monetizes old goods for charity while helping you clear out your closet Kids grow out of things quickly — that’s literally in terms of clothes, and more figuratively when it comes to things like toys and books. Passing […]
Matthew House brings something to the table
Organization’s furniture bank provides those in need with free household goods Do you ever think about how important furniture is to facilitating your family life? Beds for you and your children to sleep in. Dining tables and chairs to eat […]
Mobile Technology + Internet = Minefield for Parents
With today’s kids increasingly accessing the web from mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, iPods and other gadgets, it’s more important than ever for parents to stay connected. Derek Abma reports. Ever since Elvis Presley shook his hips on The […]
Home-daycare network one of a kind in Canada
The Child Care Providers Resource Network of Ottawa-Carleton connects home-daycare providers and parents with valuable information and support. Providers of home daycare in Ottawa — and the parents who need such services — have an advantage that isn’t common elsewhere, […]
‘It really is a humour story about motherhood’
Manotick hockey mom’s trials and tribulations revealed in new book Manotick’s Astra Groskaufmanis once envisioned raising a family that would spend winter weekends on the ski hill. But as John Lennon sang, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy […]
When a bang-up is more than a boo-boo
What parents need to know – and which steps to take – when their child suffers an injury Kids are tough, but not that tough. That worrisome feeling you have when they get a little rambunctious, fearing they might break […]
Five reasons parents shouldn’t cry about the end of summer
No, really. The end of summer is a good thing. Seriously. Derek Abma explains. By the time you get around to reading this, Labour Day will be in plain view, if not already come and gone. This is not necessarily […]
Teaching respect in sport to parents
Minor hockey is now $12 more expensive and takes up an extra hour of time for many parents in the Ottawa area. It’s because of an online course for parents that organizers hope leads to friendlier interactions between parents, coaches, officials, players and everyone […]
Author hopes to fan the fun of fatherhood
Having derived so much joy and satisfaction from raising his daughter, Ottawa lawyer Ross Dumoulin has written a new book that he hopes will inspire other fathers, writes Derek Abma. Among the hopes Ross Dumoulin has for his recent book, A Celebration of Fatherhood, […]