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I don’t know about you, but whenever a school break comes around, I’m as excited as my kids. It’s not just about having to think up creative school lunches. For me, the school break signifies a break from all other extra curricular activities. At least…

The Hurried Child

March 1, 2009

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Five year old friends sit cross legged on the floor. Barbie dolls, their clothes and accessories strewn around them. They share glittery sequined gowns and fake make up. They dress Barbie’s perfectly shaped body, comb the silky hair and admire the rosebud lips. Those images…

Letting go of kids

March 1, 2009

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Yesterday I put the final touches to the collection of school photographs I have been adding to each year. For the past fourteen years, the large oval space in the centre of the piece has remained empty. Each year, from Junior Kindergarten onwards, I have…

Families coping with cutbacks during fragile financial times

January 1, 2009

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Normal parents want to make sure that their children don’t go without the necessities of life. However, many normal parents also feel guilty when they can’t give their children what the neighbours’ kids have. For some this may mean the latest in the line of…

How to help your child with their self image

January 1, 2006

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Five year old friends sit cross legged on the floor, Barbie dolls, their clothes and accessories strewn around them. They share glittery sequined gowns and fake make up. They handle the Barbies perfectly shaped bodies, gaze down at the silky hair and rosebud lips and…

Lesbian couples raising children

March 24, 2004

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On December 25th, a baby boy was born. Ten weeks later, sitting in the living room of Sarah and Michele’s townhouse in Thornhill, baby Tyler asleep in his car seat, Michele offers me home made muffins as she sips her coffee and eats her breakfast…