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Category Archives: Parenting Confessions
What Not To Do At Your Child’s Dance Show
Last week was my eldest daughter’s ballet concert. Now, she has been doing ballet since she was five- nay- she has been dancing since she was two, and it consisted of her flailing her arms and running around the community … Continue reading
3 Arguments to Give my Daughters in Favour of Feminism
It is Sunday morning at 8:45. The family is asleep and I am sweltering in my little writer’s corner (the Habitat my husband built for me) listening to CBC and drinking that all important first cup of coffee. For the … Continue reading
On Practicing Confidence
It has been a while since I have written a straight out, Day in the life post, and I’m feeling the itch of a random musing coming on. What has been on my mind for a while is confidence. Why … Continue reading
Weighing in on the Sick Lit Debate
The other day I was listening to CBC (as is my wont). The current was airing a segment on a new genre of YA lit dubbed “sick-lit.” I listened with great interest; a new YA lit genre I have not … Continue reading
The Political education of our children: some thoughts on Something Fierce
I recently read the 2012 Canada Reads selection, SomethingFierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre and it got me thinking about my own politics. And consequently, the job I am doing instilling a political consciousness in my own … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Parenting Confessions
Tagged Education, Failure, Memoirs, Non-fiction, politics
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Are we corrupting our children? The debate about raunchy lyrics (yes there is one)
When I was ten, my favourite tape (yes, I am that old. I was buying tapes well into late teens. I still regret the unfortunate advent of CDs- stupid technology) was the soundtrack of Grease. In fact, I remember going … Continue reading
Parent Presence Required: Something has to give
I have come to a hard conclusion in these last couple of months. It has come after banging my head against the wall, lamenting my lack of time to devote to my writing. Predictably, this has only resulted in a … Continue reading
Posted in A Day in the Life, Parenting Confessions
Tagged Education, growing up, high school, motherhood, motherhood ambivalence, writing
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