Lorraine Sommerfeld
We have an excellent system to handle the boatloads of laundry produced in this family. I don't mind actually doing the laundry, but I refuse to hump it up and down...
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Vicky Sanderson
Creating a great space for kids has been far from child's play for Sharon Grech, who is currently designing a bedroom, playroom and bathroom for two "imaginary...
Lorraine Sommerfeld
While my parents never instituted an approved dating age for me or my sisters, it was generally understood that my mother's view was usually "not yet" and...
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Lorraine Sommerfeld
Christopher, 18, was recently invited to spend a week with a friend in Ohio. It may have meant a week unfettered with his boyness for me, but it meant a week where I...
DANA FLAVELLE
Mass-marketers tap anthropologists to learn what's really going on at home.
Andrea Gordon
They say it takes a village, but a survey of 2,500 Canadian parents has found that only a quarter feel they have a high level of support from their community when it...
Lorraine Sommerfeld
`Let's go for a walk," the Poor Sod said the other evening. Giant snowflakes were wafting down; the night was cold, but very still. It was a perfect night for a...
Michael Oliveira
At the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, a special summit will focus on a booming target market of consumers worth tens of billions: moms.
Lorraine Sommerfeld
"I have heartburn," said Ari, 15, late on Christmas evening. This was not great news. He'd been really sick all day, and any sudden movement from him...
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Lorraine Sommerfeld
About five weeks before his 18th birthday, Christopher received notification that his health card would expire. I handed him the notice, believing an 18th birthday...
Lorraine Sommerfeld
I made it to December 23rd last year. The Christmas tree was still in its box, and I contemplated seeing if anyone would notice. December may have 31 days in it, but...
Catherine Porter
There I was Friday morning, boots, scarf, down jacket, standing at the
corner of Danforth and Pape amid a crowd of postal workers and bundled
children, grappling...
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Brandie Weikle
The recession may be officially over, but in many households, parents are facing the holidays with less in the budget for their children's seemingly endless...