No it’s not the CIA or FBI, the KGB or Mi5 – not that they aren’t already all watching you along with Google, Apple and Facebook. But it’s closer to home…..it’s your little kids. Their capacity to absorb and mimic everything you do is astonishing. It shows itself in the most random of time when…
Category: Parenting
Child vs. Shoelace
I don’t quiet remember when and where I learned how to tie my shoelaces, but I know for some it was an important milestone of growing up. Akin to first time you got potty trained, showered on your own, or even the first kiss (not quiet). But it is an important milestone, having said that…
Having “the God” talk
Curious on people’s thoughts on how to approach kids when it comes to religion. My wife is religious, and I am very spiritual and believe in the benefits of religion (positive humanist aspects, not the useless ceremonious parts, to me they are just a distraction). We believe in multiculturalism and multi-religious beliefs (including atheism) and…
My easy school lunch plan
Plenty of cooking books, TV shows and newspaper articles about kids school lunches and recipes. This is more of a laymen lazy dad guide for a repetitive 5 day schedule of school lunches that I use, because if I have to do more than 5 different lunch recipes a week I will burn out faster…
Appreciation for family and traditions
One thing I’m always struggling to instill in my child is a sense of family and tradition. Whatever culture or tradition it might be, typically for those of us who are first generation immigrants this is very agonising as we want them to experience and maintain a sense of our former “home” and what makes…
Heirloom gifts for kids
So as a father of a new baby (not my first) I always like to find creative ways to document the first few years enough that they can have things to look back on once they get older. With my 7 year old the first few years on his birthday, (since I already get him…
Toronto-Montreal pit stops
We regularly go on trips to Montreal from Toronto to see the in-laws and with two kids boredom is inevitable for a 5-6 hour drive. We have come to realise there are a few pit stops that make it a bit bearable, despite the delays these pit stops create, they are worth it and do…
Easing my kid’s move
Moving to a new city, let alone a new country is an anxious driven experience. More so for children than adults surely. Even though my wife and I are both Canadian, we met in Dubai, got married there, and had our son there. At 7 years he visited the country but only two weeks at…
How to register your baby in Ontario
Congratulations – so you had a new baby. A million things might be going through your mind already (including the lack of sleep), but to add to the pressure you’ll need to make sure your baby’s paper work is in order to get hem as part of the “system”. Here’s a quick guide of what…
Family fun ideas in the GTA (Toronto)
Living in the GTA we are blessed with crazy amounts of fun activities for kids that I never understood people who are wanting ideas. It’s a simple google search and the options are huge. Having said that not all will be worth your time or money, so based on my obsessive drive to keep my…
