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Commando Parenting My Independent Daughter

Jeni Marinucci | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Parenting, Fostering Independence, Free Range Parenting, Public Transportation, Teenagers, Daughters, Canada Living News
Jeni Marinucci

I turn to my daughter. She is 14, and busy perfecting the act of looking at once both pensive and haughty. Finally she admits something. "I'm thinking about the bus. You said you wanted to teach me to ride the public bus. That I need to be more independent." I did say that...

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Why New Pink Kinder Surprise Pisses Me Off

Melissa Carr | Posted 05.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Girls, Gender Equality, Children, Sexism, Daughters, Marketing, Marketing to Children, Kinder Surprise, Parenting, Feminism, Mothers and Daughters, Gender, Pink Kinder Surprise, Canada British Columbia News
Melissa Carr

For years and years, Kinder eggs were gender neutral. I'm not sure if there was a dip in sales or if Kinder decided that they desperately needed more girl clientele, but the way they were packaged before neither said "girl" nor "boy" to me. The new package states "Toys for Girls."

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Mothers and Daughters

Meg Tilly | Posted 07.26.2011 | Canada
Read More: Motherhood, Mothers and Daughters, Mother Daughter Relationships, Mothers, Daughters, Canada News
Meg Tilly

If I can convince my daughter Emily to do a mother/daughter blog maybe it will make us close again. The way it used to be before things changed.

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