Having succumbed to paying too much for the movie channels on cable, I recently watched "I Don't Know How She Does It" with Sarah Jessica Parker. This movie is annoying and insulting on so many levels I frankly don't know where to begin. Suffice it to say, it...

The media, online and off, has been buzzing about various education announcements coming from B.C. Premier Christy Clark's office. The last one about a proposed 10-year contract between the Government of B.C. and the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) sparked a lot of debate, none of it terribly positive...

The mom 'nets have been sizzling over the discussion sparked by the recent story on Today's Parent titled Should Parents With Strollers Be Allowed On Public Transit?

Discussions have flared up on Twitter, Facebook and numerous mom blogs. I have mostly stayed out of it as my kids...

The other day, my mom showed me a lovely cocktail dress that she really coveted from retail store Laura. She sighed and said, "If only I had a place to wear such a nice dress."

I felt her pain. She is retired and so there are no more office Christmas...

Yep, it is that time of year again and the social media channels (the parenting ones anyway) start on the never-ending debate about who does or doesn't do Santa and who can mess it up for everyone else.

Why do people get all pissy about Santa? Every year I hear...

I wasn't going to say anything about the tragedy in Newtown. What can I say that everyone else isn't already saying or feeling. With school-age kids in the house, I avoided the news on the weekend because I didn't want to project my horror upon the kids. They...

I think it is safe to say that the anti-bullying campaigns and the pink shirt days are not working. Once again we have a tormented teen who could only see one way out of her struggle and that was taking her own life. It is time to rethink...

Hell hath no fury like mom bloggers on a warpath, as Calgary DJ Buzz Bishop learned when he mentioned in a post for Babble:

If I were to be absolutely honest, my older son is my favorite of the two. He and I are adventurous partners in...

According to a CTV news story, the Fraser Health Authority in B.C. is saying no to contract baby photographers and I, for one, say good riddance.

Let me explain why. I've had the privilege to partake in the birth experience at...

Once again an inflammatory article caused cyber space to sizzle with indignation. An article in the Atlantic by Elizabeth Wurtzel with the headline: "1% Wives Are Helping Kill Feminism and Make the War on Women Possible." The tag line was even worse: Being a mother isn't a real...