Halloween is More Than Ghouls & Ghosts
I love Halloween! Even as a child, I would get so excited about this holiday, not only because of the candy (because let’s be honest, the candy is always awesome), but also for the…
Category: Opinion Pieces
Teaching Critical Thinking and Technology to Kids
Our eldest is five years old and started school this year. Once a week, she goes to the computer lab with her classmates. She thinks it’s awesome, and so do I. I want technology to…
Rough and Tumble Play Can Be Okay
It’s not often I feel judged about my parenting, but recently my children’s actions drew audible gasps of horror from a waiting room full of families. Me? I was unfazed by their behaviour. It was…
Spanking Law Should Be Repealed
Tied to a chair. Those are the words I can’t get out of my head. Earlier this week, a former local daycare operator was cleared of charges of assault against children in her care, as…
Tell A Story
Two years from today, September 24, 2018, we as New Brunswickers will be choosing our next government. I’m assuming Premier Brian Gallant will be asking for another term, and I’d like to give him some…
The challenges and changes that come with having multiples
I once had it pointed out to me that within challenge there is change. The saying came back to me this week as I contemplated some of the challenges and changes that have come from…
Reading Between the Lines of New Brunswick’s Education Plan
My biggest problem with the province’s 10-year education plan – calling it a 10-year plan. It creates the expectation that it will set out concrete steps to achieving goals and decisions on major education issues….
He Could Race in Rio: The Power of Role Model Shayne Dobson
I’m not sure I truly understood the power of positive role models, the power of seeing one’s self reflected back in popular culture, until I told my son about Shayne Dobson. Shayne is a runner,…
Too Chicken To Try
I don’t live in Riverview, but if I did, I wouldn’t mind my neighbours having chickens. Not that they’d be allowed to, mind you. Council voted down a motion this month to allow backyard hens…