Malala Yousafzai Honoured With Global Day Of Action
A Taliban gunman shot her as she made her way home from school in Pakistan. She survived the assassination attempt and is now recovering at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospital…
children
Shame: 61 million children not in school worldwide
Globally, 61 million children, most of them girls, are denied their birthright to education. They’re discriminated against, marginalized and exploited. Please click here to add your voice to millions around…
Elizabeth May calls for a “Guaranteed Livable Income” in Canada
by Obert Madondo (@Obiemad) Green Party leader Elizabeth May is calling for a “Guaranteed Livable Income” as a strategy to eradicate poverty in Canada. In a press release commemorating October…
Elizabeth May calls for a “Guaranteed Livable Income” in Canada
Today, October 17, is the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada and MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands, is…
We’re Helping the NotFound Project
Sadly, even in these modern times, children go missing and finding them can be difficult. The NotFound Project hopes to help find missing children by making use of 404 pages…
Dumb
Okay, I guess I need to preface this post about the recall of infant chairs by reminding you that all parents are psychotic. All of us. First, we decide to…
Chores
How to Get Your Kids to Stop Bitching About Doing Yardwork: Ask politely. Ask politely again. Ask firmly, but politely, for the ungrateful turds to pitch in once in a…
Thomas Mulcair?
He hates hockey… he really does. See this hockey player? Thomas Mulcair hates hockey. He would ban our children from playing hockey. THIS CHILD WOULD NEVER REPRESENT HIS COUNTRY AT…
The 7-Year-Old Uncertainty Principle
The 7-year-old Uncertainty Principle (7yoUP) states that you may observe any number of 7-year-olds in your yard at an instant in time, but you can never actually know how many…
Are Foreign Funded Canadian Charities Soft on Child Terrorists
Analysis by the Canadian Press shows that the three of the top four Canadian charities that received the most foreign funding were Care Canada, World Vision Canada and the Canadian…
Financial Planning for Kids
GC and Rosie and I were out walking on Saturday afternoon, when we encountered the following scene. Two boys, perhaps eleven or twelve years old, had climbed up on top…
Do you put your children or your marriage first?
I was scanning my google reader the other day and I saw Dumb Little Man had a blog post called Five Surefire Ways to Kill Your Marriage. It’s hard to…
My Underage Roommates
Sometimes, you just have to stop thinking of them as your own flesh and blood and start thinking of them as what they really are – your underage roommates. This…
Saturday At The Movies
Climate deniers, take note: if you work at it, you might be as smart as this toddler. For more info on this toddler and the unique approach to learning his…
Conservative MP seeks to open emotive abortion debate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it clear his government will not reopen the abortion debate. But Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre wants to reverse course. And…
"Raising Elijah": An Interview With Ecologist and Author Sandra Steingraber
Raising Elijah.jpg Q: In light of your new book Raising Elijah: Protecting Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis, which raises the specter of raising children in troubled times, both…
For The Children, Let’s Turn This World Around
With Raffi, the Gettin Higher Choir, vocalist Kim Willoughby and Kid Power! (conducted by Shivon Robinsong):
Sage Words of Advice
“I really really wish that it wasn’t just expected that boys are supposed to ask girls out on a date. Because all of the guys I know are super shy…
This seems backward
The public health region has begun, in the recent past, to provide vaccines for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (or would that be ‘provide vaccines against HPV’?). HPV is a communicable…