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- mom-101
- July 6, 2017
Why Do I Tip Waiters Up to 50%? Because I Have Kids

Call me crazy, but sometimes Mommy likes to eat at a restaurant that doesn’t have chicken fingers on the menu. So I tip really well when I bring my kids to nice restaurants. Like - up to 50% when I take my five year-old out.
- mom-101
- June 13, 2017
My Teen Suddenly Won’t Kiss Me. It’s Worse Than Any Breakup

I’m still completely baffled and, worse, very hurt. I didn’t get my kiss goodbye. In fact, I barely got a goodbye. Something in my daughter’s and I close relationship had shifted overnight, except no one had given me the memo.
- No Category
- January 23, 2017
Your Dining Dilemmas Answered

In 2010 Ipsos Reid and the Canadian Restaurant Food Association conducted a survey about the frequency of eating out by Canadians and the reasons why.
- family-life
- December 2, 2015
Holiday Gifting Etiquette 101

We're into December now and I'm sure you've made your list of who you need to get gifts for. You've got close friends and relatives. Check. You've got teachers and maybe neighbours. Check. Then...
- mom-101
- November 26, 2015
Sidewalk Etiquette

Meg and I walk the kids to two different bus stops; we pass one school, countless homes, cross streets and navigate the morning rush almost everyday. One thing remains constant: sidewalk hogs. I have made contact with countless people who presume I wil
- family-life
- March 19, 2015
The Do’s and Don’ts of Birthday Party Etiquette

Have you even planned a birthday party for your child, and were ready to tear your hair out by the end of the process?
- family-life
- March 1, 2015
Fertility Etiquette – What Not to Say

With one mind, we call thee With one heart, we long for thee Child of Earth, Wind, Fire and Sea Into our Lives, We welcome thee Making a baby can be a lot fun but when you try and try. It's natural to feel frustrated when we don't see the + sign on the
- family-life
- February 13, 2015
When Your Child’s Pet Dies – Top 5 Tips For Parents

When your child's pet dies, here are 5 things you can do to make the loss a bit easier.
- family-life
- December 6, 2014
Holiday Gifting Etiquette 101

We're into December now and I'm sure you've made your list of who you need to get gifts for. You've got close friends and relatives. Check. You've got teachers and maybe neighbours. Check.
- family-life
- November 13, 2014
Is It Ever Ok To Scold Someone Else’s Child?

This weekend I met up with a friend and we took our kids to a play place for a few hours. Total chaos! Kids of all ages were there, and it was a pretty exhausting couple of hours
- mom-101
- November 12, 2014
Social Etiquette: Pass The Salt

Brandy's father told her about a video of a father given a social etiquette lesson to his son's who are using cell phones at the dinner table.
- mom-101
- September 29, 2014
Park etiquette – Baby Bullies and Moms Who Don’t Intervene

Yesterday, being the beautiful day that it was, I took the kids down the street to a little playground. When we arrived we were the only ones there, and after
- mom-101
- August 3, 2014
Kindergarten Etiquette

I love Contest Patti. She is one of the great and busy social media/blogger ladies out there. When she shared this article, I thought about just responding with a few quips, but now (if school ever starts again)
- family-life
- May 1, 2014
My Gym Pet Peeves

Recently, I had a gym pet peeve moment. Maybe it's the hormones or maybe it was that it was Monday, I was tired and my coffee wasn't doing what I needed it to (i.e. revive my still-slumbering brain into a usable piece of genetic mastery)
- mom-101
- March 25, 2014
Do You Kiss Your Kids With That Hashtag?

Here I go all serious again. But I just can't get the idea of etiquette, kindness, and common consideration off my mind. Last week I wrote a post about all the mom-on-mom action I see
- mom-101
- March 9, 2014
Oh Etiquette, How I Miss Thee…

Good morning! Today I thought i'd once again quickly jump up on my soap box for a quick minute if you don't mind... ;) Etiquette: A code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to contemporary conventional norms
- mom-101
- February 28, 2014
What Type of Role Model Are You?

“The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.” A wise saying and one that's more true than many of the adages that we've heard over the years. The phrase is one that indicates what most of us already know
- mom-101
- February 2, 2014
Guest Post: Karen Wolfe on the Limits of Etiquette

My mom tried – hard. She taught us to welcome guests with a warm ‘hello', to make requests with a ‘please' and to follow up with a ‘thank you.'
- mom-101
- July 29, 2013
Community Pool Etiquette

Lets all just use our manners and a bit of common sense
- mom-101
- June 23, 2013
Why I’m NOT Friends With My Child

For some strange reason, parenting has changed.
- mom-101
- May 27, 2013
Baby Name Shame

Kids Are The Ultimate Victims
- mom-101
- January 30, 2013
Are Manners and Etiquette Lost Arts For Kids?

Have parents given up on teaching their children the rules of proper etiquette and good manners? Is this due to our increasingly permissive styles of parenting?
- mom-101
- October 2, 2012
Smug Mummies

Did you ever read / watch Bridget Jones' Diary? I'm totally taking her concept of the ‘smug marrieds' to another unavoidable place here with the smug mummies.
- mom-101
- July 12, 2012
See See…No Touch!

I have been blessed with a very cute baby. She is already showing signs of being a ham.
- mom-101
- May 23, 2012
Why I hate public places.

As some of you know, I hate busy parks (which is rapidly expanding to public spaces in general).
- drinks
- July 13, 2016
Serving a Proper Tea

Tea Party Etiquette You'll Need Assorted teas such as Earl Grey, black, lemon and herbal Milk and cream Honey, sugar cubes, lemon slices Assorted teapots Prep and Cook Bring a large kettle filled with water to a boil.
- family-life
- March 27, 2012
Wendy’s Guide to Park Etiquette

Come and listen to a story 'bout Wendy and her kids, a poor country girl who don't got much in her head. She didn't know the rules and she got banned from the park, so come read her advice - don't get left out in the dark!
- family-life
- March 21, 2012
The Pee Chronicles

I have pee in every toilet in my house right now. The seat is up, the pee is there. Easty blatantly stated that “somebody peed and didn't flush the toliet! It wasn't ME!' I know it wasn't you Easty, it was one of the two males residing in
- parenting
- April 14, 2016
Holiday Dinner Table Manners

Eat'¦ sit'¦ and be merry.
- parenting,family-life
- April 8, 2016
Little Miss Manners

A wise man once said, "Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

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