Parenting is Political

"The trouble with normal is it always gets worse." — Bruce Cockburn It's been a while since I've posted in this space...

This morning I was a guest on the CBC Radio show The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti. The topic was homework, about which I apparently nev...

From the Toronto District School Board's Mental Health and Well-Being newsletter : Some of the activities that wellness groups have d...

Not long ago, while walking down Yonge Street, I overheard two girls talking. One stopped for a moment and grabbed her friend’s arm: “So gr...

It's "summative" season at my kids' school—the period between March break and final exams when teachers assign labour-int...

I've heard talk of the "pearl-clutchers" who object to the sex-ed portion of the new Ontario Health and Physical Education cur...

Four days after our unsatisfactory telephone meeting with the vice-principal, we received an email from him. He had spoken to the history te...