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6 Calgary Mom Instagram Accounts We Love

- mom-101
- May 1, 2019
Yes, I Consider My 5000 Facebook Friends Real Friends. Here’s Why

Recently, someone mentioned that I shouldn’t really consider the people on my personal Facebook page “friends." According to them, my wall was a business. Sorry, but this is completely untrue. I honestly do consider my Facebook friends true friends, even if I've never met them in person, and probably never will.
- indoor-play
- July 12, 2018
6 Calgary Mom Instagram Accounts We Love

Call us voyeurs, we’re drooling over the Instagram accounts of these Calgary moms and we bet you will, too.
- family-life
- September 20, 2019
How to Educate You & Your Kids on Internet Safety

The Internet is essentially a “place” kids can go, and parents need to be as vigilant about where their kids are online as they are in their own bricks and mortar neighbourhoods.
- No Category
- May 1, 2017
Fighting Sexual Violence and Rape Culture

From art installations to you tube videos to hashtag campaigns, we look at ways that people are using conventional and social media to fight rape culture and sexual violence.
- family-life
- April 27, 2017
8 Rules to Keep Your Kids Off Their Devices

Limiting screen time is super difficult for parents these days.
- mom-101
- April 21, 2017
Behind the Highlight Reel, You’re Never Alone

As I write this post I am currently dodging flying tulips as my toddler dances on the table and destroys my flowers.
- No Category
- March 14, 2017
Friendship In Real Life: Food for the Soul

I crave female companionship with a larger dose of empathy and compassion.
- entertainment
- February 2, 2017
The New Kid-Safe Lego Life App is a Lego-Lover’s Dream

If your kid is a Lego fanatic who loves to create and share photos of their intricate works of Lego art, the newly created Lego Life, a kid-safe app with increased safety features, might be for them.
- child-care
- January 4, 2017
How Do You Find Community as a Mom? 3 Vancouver Moms Weigh In

Three Vancouver moms weigh in on how they find community as a mom and how they find their ‘village,' or make other mom friends.
- safety
- December 13, 2016
Facebook Launches New Parent’s Portal to Help Us Navigate Social Media

Today, Facebook announced the launch of the Parent's Portal—a new section that can be found on the Facebook Safety Centre.
- mom-101
- January 10, 2017
5 Facebook Tips You Can’t Live Without

Facebook. It's our guilty pleasure but also the biggest time-suck imaginable.
- family-life
- November 29, 2016
What Parents Need to Know About the Houseparty App

Houseparty is a new group video chat app available on both Apple and Android products that is becoming increasingly popular with tweens and teens.
- mom-101
- October 6, 2016
How to Increase Your Twitter Followers Organically

Increasing your Twitter following is a headache for many people, but it can be a simple thing to achieve.
- back-to-school
- September 8, 2016
September Snapshots: First Day of School Pictures

It's the first day of school, and we all want to capture those precious memories with a photo or two.
- parenting
- September 19, 2016
Do Mom Bloggers Share Too Much About Their Kids?

A few weeks ago, Baltimore-based writer Elizabeth Bastos wrote a piece for The New York Times titled ‘Why I Decided to Stop Writing About My Children'.
- indoor-play
- August 11, 2016
12 Toronto Moms Who Are Killing It on Instagram
- family-life
- September 30, 2015
Life Interrupted: Why That Facebook Picture Isn’t Worth It

Are we over-exposing our kids to social media?
- mom-101
- August 26, 2015
The Dark Side of “Fake it Till You Make It”

I was interested in the media coverage of L'Wren Scott for many reasons, but the New York Post piece discussing her "fake it till you make it" lifestyle really brought to focus the many issues
- home
- December 10, 2016
How To Download Your Facebook Data?

I have been a part of FB since it became popular. I've shared recipes, cards, status updates, photos of my kids and family
- mom-101
- July 8, 2016
#BESTFRIENDS

The other day there was some kind of #bestfriend day sweeping across social media, and I knew it would be hard for you. When you're 13, friends are complicated
- family-life
- May 27, 2015
Kickstarting My YouTube Channel

Looking for parenting advice, tips and insight? Check out Multiple Mayhem Mamma's YouTube channel.
- family-life
- April 27, 2015
Under Pressure: Celebrity Culture and Kids’ Need to Confirm

The #KylieJennerChallenge highlights the pressure for tween and teen girls to look like their celebrity idol.
- family-life
- August 25, 2014
How Young is Too Young to Be Online?

Do you allow your child online? At what age is it appropriate to have an email, Facebook or other social media account?
- 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
- entertainment
- April 28, 2016
9 Smile-Worthy Sillies

We all get by with a little help from our friends—and by friends we mean some witty or just plain fun diversions from the web.
- mom-101
- March 24, 2014
The Dark Side of “Fake it Till You Make It”

I'm interested in the media coverage of L'Wren Scott for many reasons, but the recent New York Post piece discussing her "fake it till you make it" lifestyle really brought to focus the many issues
- mom-101
- March 17, 2014
What’s YOUR Excuse for Bashing Another Mom?

I just can't keep quiet any longer. I deal with how women are using social media to bring each other down. I can't stand the mom-on-mom action, and how you're taking your emotional life into
- mom-101
- February 13, 2014
“Strike a Pose” – The Selfie Generation Battle Cry

Kids taking selfies has become the norm. Are kids becoming a generation of narcissists because of technology?
- style-beauty
- June 17, 2016
How to Use Social Media: Tips From the Experts

Do you wish you could spend more time developing your artistic side? Do you love buying vintage, but worry your house is starting to look a bit too much like an antique market? #ProjectNewYear is here to help.
- gear
- July 12, 2016
Our Top Ten Pinterest Pins

We've rounded up our top 10 most popular Pinterest pins, just for you.
- mom-101
- January 19, 2014
Social Media and Kids – Top Tips For Parents

Social Media and Kids – Tips For Parents I recently wrote about the growing trend surrounding kids using social media. In Social Media and Kids – The Top 5 Things That Parents Need to Know, I provided some simple advice for parents who are looking
- mom-101
- December 17, 2013
RADIO INTERVIEW: Social Media and Kids

Social media and kids. Two topics that evoke lots of emotions, particularly for parents. Following my article Social Media and Kids: What Parents Need To Know I was invited to be interviewed on CKNW AM 980 to talk about some of the issues
- mom-101
- December 15, 2013
Social Media: The Top 5 Things That Parents Need To Know

Times have changed and digital connectivity has become the standard for most of us. Online access, smartphone technology and a 24/7 interactivity has come to be the rule, not the exception
- mom-101
- October 28, 2013
CONNECTED

It happened again. I had one of my parenting philosophies challenged and changed, and by my kid no less. I was commited and outspoken about not letting my tween have access to handheld technology
- mom-101
- October 24, 2013
Tween Bullying – Denial is No Longer an Option

A 12 year old girl committed suicide in Florida after extended bullying from other girls. Where does this hatred come from, and what can we do about it?
- entertainment
- June 2, 2016
Minnow’s Five Things

The war against gluten, the problem with bacon, teens and social media, a sad kid at the zoo and apple season all caught Minnow's attention this week.
- family-life
- June 4, 2013
CBC Radio Interview: Parenting in the Digital Age

Considerations about parenting in the digital age
- mom-101
- May 10, 2013
Ask.Fm: Where Wild West Meets Social Media

Ask.fm is an anonymous platform that allows users to post questions or comments to a user's profile. It's the social media equivalent to the wild west
- mom-101
- May 3, 2013
Has Technology Affected Our Kids For Better or For Worse?

We can't live without it. Technology is here to stay.
- mom-101
- April 24, 2013
How Can We Prevent Cyber Bullying in the Social Media Age?

How do we as parents stop kids from cyber bullying other kids in this age of social media?
- mom-101
- April 17, 2013
Social Media & Living in a 911 World

Like every other time something tragic has happened, social media turns quickly from a wave of support to a sea of vehement discourse.
- mom-101
- January 30, 2013
Parenting in the Digital Age: Radio Interview With Playdate Planet

The great thing about the online world is that it brings people together who may have normally never met.
- family-life
- January 29, 2013
The First Rule Of Parenting: You Don’t Talk About Parenting

The first rule of parenting: you don't talk about parenting. Yet we're talking about it alot - perhaps too much. It's got to stop.
- mom-101
- January 17, 2013
Facebook: Is It Time To Quit

Facebook has brought some amazing things into my life. But, sometimes it has been awful.
- mom-101
- December 2, 2012
Hashtag, I am Your Father

“Hashtag Jameson” apparently made her way into the world recently, and to mark her entrance, her parents named her after one of the more popular social media symbols around.
- mom-101
- November 28, 2012
Social Media, Parents and Oversharing

We are increasingly hearing of instances where parents have “overshared” and the fate of their kids' future reputation has been questioned.
- mom-101
- November 23, 2012
Teens and Their Online World

My concern for these kids, based on what I heard on the newscast, is that they don't seem to understand either the permanency or the public nature of the Internet.
- mom-101
- August 16, 2012
About Time, Unbaby.

Apparently there's been some sort of backlash against people that are always on about their babies on social media. The unbaby.me Facebook app is meant to block baby pictures from coming up.
- mom-101
- July 30, 2012
How Mommyhood Affected My Facebook Account

When I found out I was pregnant, Chris and I actually had a discussion on if/what we would announce/post on Facebook.
- family-life
- May 17, 2012
Yo Momma, Get Connected

If you want to talk to your teens, learn how to use the Internet. And do it fast.
- food
- February 28, 2012
Social Media & Job Hunting. It Works. Here’s My Story.

I went away on vacation, only to return last Wednesday to find out that I was unemployed.