Five tips to help back to school stress
Sara offers tips to help back to school stress for amotherworld.com
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Driving me crazy - coming to terms with your teen behind the wheel
What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done as a parent? For me, it’s adapting to being a passenger or observer to my daughter behind the wheel of a car, nervous about her driving on roads alongside people who may not be quite as vigilant as…
YOLO
Sitting together on the couch in our living room, my thirteen year old daughter turned to me and with that puppy dog look in her eyes, began “.” And then paused. I knew that she was trying to conjure up a magical way to ask…
Dating Online: using social media to reel in a date
Written for Metro News. I’ve found the perfect match. If Plenty Of Fish were to search its databank to find the perfect partner, it would no doubt find true love with Facebook. To illustrate why, I’ll paint a picture of an online dater — in…
"Are we there yet?": Tips for planning a family road trip
Several summers ago my husband and I chose to drive from Toronto, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with our two daughters, then aged twelve and nineteen. It was one of the most memorable and awesome summer vacations we had ever experienced as a family. Along with…
Dating when you're cash strapped: What's a poor boy to do?
Written for Metro News. You would think that in today’s liberated world, men wouldn’t be expected to pay for every dinner or coffee date. Despite evolution amongst the sexes, my bet is that if you were to take a poll, most women would say that…