Picture this: It’s a warm sunny day.  I’m out shopping with my toddler boy, Smarty Pants.  We were just at a toy store where he was frolicking about with dusty sample toys that the …

We went to a fantastic swap meet at the Kitsilano Community Centre and got some amazing stuff at super duper prices.  Among our proud purchases were a couple of old school board games.
When we got …

In his book, Learned Optimism:  How to Change Your Mind and Your Life, author Dr. Martin Seligman describes three important benefits that optimistic kids can enjoy:  better health, greater academic and extracurricular performance, and the …

Potty training a toddler is an exciting, yet daunting, task.  Ask 100 people how it went for their toddler, and you’ll get 100 different stories.  From those whose toddlers just magically got up and went …