Christine Burke
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The Best Apps To Use When Your Teen Starts Driving
Two months ago, my teenage son passed his driver’s test with flying colours. Though the initial terror of watching him drive away has passed and our son is proving to be a competent driver, we are still working out the kinks.
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How To Not Fail At An Ultramarathon
I came to the sport of running late in life. Though I was on my high school’s track team for a brief period, it wasn’t until after I had kids that I put serious effort into running regularly. And over the last ten years, I’ve made great strides in the sport: along with four close…
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How To Relieve The Hellish Pain Of Plantar Fasciitis
I came to the sport of running later in life, mostly because the stress of having two children in quick succession took a toll on my physical and emotional health. After joining a local couch to 5K program, I quickly made mum friends who shared my obsession with pounding the pavement in an effort to…
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Give Kids Unlimited Screen Time – But Only After They Have Completed Their Daily Activities
As a parent who works from home, screen time is always a topic of discussion in our household, especially during summer and winter breaks. Because my work requires me to actually concentrate without the sounds of kids asking for snacks and bickering over who has control of the Netflix queue, I had to come up…