‘Tis the season for Holiday Gift Giving! If you are stuck for last minute gift ideas, check out our list of local, Canadian businesses that are perfect for that special someone! We won’t bore you with long, drawn out intros. So let’s cut the chase and get to it!  For the Cartoon Lover: Head over to YTV, Teletoon and Treehouse on STACKTV this holiday season to catch all your favourite cartoons with brand new specials and festive episodes featuring everyone’s favourite characters! On YTV get festive with Merry Everything featuring movies like Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July, The Lou ..read more

‘Tis the season for Holiday Gift Giving! If you are stuck for last minute gift ideas, check out our list of local, Canadian businesses that are perfect for that special someone! We won’t bore you with long, drawn out intros. So let’s cut the chase and get to it!  For the Chocolate Lover:  The Grand Order of Divine Sweets The Grand Order of Divine Sweets is a Toronto woman run bakery who not only survived the pandemic, but also convinced Hollywood to trust them with their multi million dollar brands to be exclusive license partners with Nickelodeon and Warner Bros. They make everythi ..read more

For the past few years, we have made Isla Mujeres our go to Mexican getaway (read all about it here) . The locals had told us about another island to visit that is perfect for young kids called Isla Holbox (pronounced Hole-BOSH). We heard about this island and were intrigued, so we decided that the next time we could travel, we wanted to go there. the crystal clear shallow waters of playa holbox is perfect for kids of all ages With its unspoiled beauty, sandy roads, and chill vibe, this island is literally paradise. Many bloggers have been reluctant to write about it to keep this gem of an isl ..read more

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Kindergarten to Grade 8 Resources WokeKindergarten.org Woke Kindergarten is a global, abolitionist early learning community, creative expanse and consultancy supporting children, families, educators and organizations in their commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-Black liberation. Adapted Mind creates a custom learning experience for your child in grades K-6.It is a learning experience that identifies your child’s strengths and weaknesses in reading and math, and delivers a curriculum and exercises that adapts to these needs. ABC Mouse is for ages 2-8, where child ..read more

Kindergarten to Grade 8 Resources WokeKindergarten.org Woke Kindergarten is a global, abolitionist early learning community, creative expanse and consultancy supporting children, families, educators and organizations in their commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-Black liberation. Adapted Mind creates a custom learning experience for your child in grades K-6.It is a learning experience that identifies your child’s strengths and weaknesses in reading and math, and delivers a curriculum and exercises that adapts to these needs. ABC Mouse is for ages 2-8, where childre ..read more

Guess what? Life isn’t always happy smiles, perfectly taken photos, well behaved children.⁣ ⁣ Last week was a trying one. This whole virtual learning is getting the better of us all. Milo was totally checked out by the end of the week. He was disconnected from school, was misbehaving and there were a few melt downs had by us all. ⁣ Then there’s the full time playmate, teacher, friend, parent. On top of this we have our jobs we have to tend to at work, and at home. It’s overwhelming. We cannot be on 100% of the time with our kids and be expected to be on 100% of the time with our jobs. How can ..read more

I thought I would be prepared for this day. I remember one day when I was in high school, and a fellow classmate got a call that her grandmother passed away. I remember her crying so loud that it echoed in the hallways. The class went silent. I felt horrible for her. I could never imagine what she was feeling, the pain, the heartache, nor did I ever want to. Inevitably, that day arrived yesterday for my family.  For a while I was mentally preparing myself for the passing of my Grandma. In a way I already mourned her death. My Grandma suffered from dementia, a horrible disease that turns ..read more

Growing up I always knew I was gay from a young age.  The kids used to call each other “gay” and “fag” in the school yard. For most, these words just rolled off their back but for me they always stuck.  I just knew I was different, everything and everyone around me told me that being gay was bad.  I internalized that for most of my life. My bedroom wall with posters of ’70s icons The picture above was taken in my room just before my Bar Mitzvah.  At age 13, unlike most boys my age, I had pictures of beautiful women all over my room (Brooke, Farah, Cheryl, and Suzanne to nam ..read more

A New Way To Family We recently had the opportunity to speak with Ivan Fatovic, founder and CEO of Modamily, a dating and co-parenting platform that matches people who are ready to have kids using both modern and traditional arrangements. Family Is About Love: In 2017, Modamily had 12,000 users, and since its founding, over 50 babies have been born through Modamily.”.  I am wondering what the current statistics are? Ivan Fatovic: Our pace of growth has increased over the last couple of years. Currently we have over 30,000 users registered on the site and over 200 babies have been born ar ..read more