Category: Our Son

How our kids call and text without a phone plan

Now that our kids are full-fledged tweens (10 and 12 years old), we needed a reliable way to reach them on their hand-me-down phones.

The end of an era

My children have grown up smiling through the pages of newspapers across Atlantic Canada, and now they have a thick scrapbook of brightly coloured newspaper clippings to look back on — a storybook of their younger kids, captured forever on newsprint. 

New school year, new worries

Unmasked kids combined with potentially removing face mask requirements one week into the new school year, and you’ve got a perfect storm for worried, anxious parents.

Hair donation leads to lesson in misgendering

Instead of “boy” or “girl,” it’s just as easy to say “child” or “kid” or “student” or “person.” It’s also just as easy to refer to someone as “they” if you don’t know their preferred pronouns. It gets easier the more you do it, too.

‘Daddy isn’t working right now’

“I think we have to tell the kids this time.” “I know.” My husband works for Air Canada — except right now, he doesn’t. He’s on his second layoff since June 2020.  When we were both temporarily laid off in the spring, we didn’t… Continue Reading “‘Daddy isn’t working right now’”