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What Are the Best (and Worst) Food Gifts to Give During the Holidays?
My husband arrived home from work yesterday with a little white box adorned with a sticker that read “Allie’s Cookie Co.” A colleague, grateful for his help on a recent project, had gifted him a collection of some of the largest, most decadent cookies I’d ever had the pleasure to behold. (For a better experience,…
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How to Keep Your Kid Occupied at the Doctor’s Office Without Handing Them a Screen
A thing that’s not fun to do when you’re a parent is take your young children to the paediatrician’s office. There are endless reasons why the doctor’s office isn’t fun — it means your kid is hurt, sick, or has some freaky-looking rash; it’s an annual check-up, which might mean shots are in their future;…
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Fall Asleep Faster Using ‘Cognitive Shuffling’
Who among us has not endured a restless night (after night after night) of sleep? When you can’t fall asleep, all you can think about is how you can’t fall asleep. You might even be constantly recalculating how much sleep you’ll get if only you could fall asleep right now. Or now. While we know…
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How to Understand Your Child’s Temperament
As parents, we have a tendency to view our child’s moods and behaviour as a reflection of our parenting. When you see someone’s easy, outgoing child who is able to adapt to a sudden change in plans and you think, “Man, those parents are doing a great job.” Meanwhile, your child is quick to anger…