How Your Housekeeper Can Help Make Your Christmas Stress-Free
Learn how to save time during the holiday season by relying on your housekeeper. Is your holiday to-do list so...
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7 Wonderfully Simple Home Decor Tips for Christmas
Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year. That being said, between presents and decorations, it can be one...
Knock Knock: 50 of the best jokes and riddles for kids
Most kids are little clowns by nature but learning how to tell a good joke is a skill that they will...
6 Mistakes I Made My First Year As A Mum — Which You Can Avoid
The journey of becoming a new parent is as beautiful and joyous as it is messy and exhausting. Most of...
9 Things That Change When You Find an Elderly Caregiver for Your Loved One
Here are a few things that you can expect to happen when you hire an elderly caregiver.
Pet Safety on Halloween
Halloween can be downright spooky for your pets. Between the stress caused by a stream of trick-or-treaters at the door,...
Easy DIY Halloween Costumes for Pets
Whip up one of these 10 adorable pet costumes that won’t break the bank. Ever imagine the kind of person...
Grandparents and Grandkids: 15 Reasons This Relationship Is Awesome
What makes grandparents and grandkids so special? From the general silliness to the extra source of love, this bond is...
Keeping Your Children Safe on Halloween
While Halloween is one of the most exciting days of the year for children, it is often one of the...
6 Steps to Raising Environmentally Friendly Children
With plastic being today’s hot topic, many of us are asking how we can be more environmentally friendly now and...
Caregiver burnout is real. Here’s how professional caretakers deal with it.
Most of my days as a full-time nanny started out the same way: I would get up, shower, get coffee...
6 Ways to Plan Healthy Family Meals
Want to cook healthy dinners, but don’t know how to plan the meals for the week? Here are expert tips...
6 Common Dementia Behaviours and How to Manage Them
Confusion is commonly associated with dementia, but these other behaviours are also signs that a loved one may be experiencing memory loss....
How to make healthy lunches your kids will enjoy
Does your kid trade their healthy lunch for junk food? Do they bring a lunchbox full of food home with them? Here are...
9 Tips to Get Your Children Talking
Do you often ask your child how their school day was, only to receive “fine” as a response? If so,...
6 Classic Games for Kids to Play — With a Twist!
Remember all those games you played as a child? Here are some optional twists on those old favourites! Want to...
How to Handle These 7 Cat Behaviour Problems
Is your cat acting more like a mischievous monster than a fun feline friend? Here’s an overview of 7 common cat behaviour...
What foods do women crave during pregnancy and why?
While pregnancy cravings are often depicted as wildly dramatic, for a lot of pregnant women, they are no laughing matter....
Teaching Your Child to Ride a Bike
The thought of your child riding a bike for the first time can be as nerve-racking for you as for them. While riding...
Behavioural Changes: Childcare and Consistency
How to work together to get the best results. Sometimes it seems that every week brings new physical, emotional, or behavioural...
Your Guide to Running While Pregnant
Pregnancy isn’t a reason to give up exercising, but you may need to reset your expectations. Find out more about...
Emergency Checklist for Elderly Relatives and Their Caregivers
How to be prepared for a crisis. We hope we’ll never need the information, but if there is an emergency...
8 Tips on How to Divide the Care of Parents Among Siblings
When elderly parents become in need of care it can oftentimes be a complicated situation for their children. Here are eight steps...
What is a night nanny and do I need one?
As the conversation surrounding night nannies becomes more and more frequent among new parents, you may find yourself asking, ‘what is a night...
6 Tips For Getting Your Kids To Volunteer
How parents and nannies can find the spark to turn a child into a lifelong volunteer. As much as we want to...
The Plastic Diet – How You Can Reduce Your Plastic Usage
Plastic is destroying the planet. From brushing and flossing your teeth to packing your vegetables in the supermarket, plastic has become...
8 Signs Elderly Relatives Need Assistance
With people living longer and longer, many families will have increasingly older parents and grandparents. As relatives age, they will require more...
10 Things Grandchildren Can Learn From Their Grandparents
The relationship between a grandchild and grandparent is a very special one. While grandparents act as an authority figure and...
5 Health Benefits of Playing Outside
There are many reasons kids should play outside, from expressing creativity to running freely to making messes without worrying about...
Why You Should Encourage Your Children To Play More
The importance of play is not something that should be underestimated. However, in our increasingly busy and digital world, many families find...
8 Fun Homework Games
Take the “work” out of homework with these enjoyable and educational games. Though not always welcome, homework is a necessary...
Bed-Wetting: Why It Happens & How To Stop It
It’s annoying, but wetting the bed is a normal part of growing up. Find out why bed-wetting happens and how...
What to do when Grandma doesn’t respect your parenting rules
I often find myself wishing my family lived closer to either set of grandparents. From free childcare and frequent family...
How NOT to Tell Your Boss You’re Pregnant
11 tips for handling the scary “I’m pregnant!” conversation with your employer. The day you find out you’re pregnant may...
Green Cleaning: 7 Natural Solutions That Really Work
Here’s how you can be more environmentally friendly when it comes to cleaning your home. Taking care of our environment...
14 Ways to Save Money on Child Care
Think you can’t afford child care? Think again. You may believe child care is too expensive for your family, but...
9 Tips for Teaching Kids Responsibility
Your best friend has a teenager who scrapes ice off the car windshield without being asked. Your cousin has a...
18 of the Best Gender-Neutral Toys for Kids
Having PLAY-DOH handy has always saved the day for Liz Weirshousky, mom of three in Bethesda, Md. When she hosts...
How to Get Poop Out of Everything
This is one of those things you never expected to Google: “How to remove poop from ____[fill in the blank]___.”...
100 Questions to get to know your teenager
One thing that my wife and I discussed recently, was that we don’t talk to our child enough about some...