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Take a look at this month's articles provided by Island Parent Magazine. Each month you'll find new articles with topics on parenting your children of any age. Written largely by local authors, these articles provide some great perspectives related to parenting, both on and off the island.


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Team Power Smart
Has your family joined Team Power Smart yet? Pledge to reduce your power consumption by 10 per cent over the course of a year (based on your total consumption from the previous 12 months), and if you succeed you’ll recei...
posted: Apr 28, 2010  |  views: 1271  |  comments: 0
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The Colic Myth
Before you go any further let me just issue a disclaimer, especially to the parents who are thinking, That wasn’t an air raid siren that kept me up, Lady! I had what you would call a colicky baby. By colicky I mean he...
posted: Mar 31, 2010  |  views: 3355  |  comments: 1
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The Buzz of BMX
Are you looking for an activity that your whole family can enjoy? If you answered “yes,” then look no further than your local BMX track. All you need to have a fun day is a bike that can be ridden in the dirt, a helmet, ...
posted: Mar 31, 2010  |  views: 1450  |  comments: 0
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One-Car Family
With 560 cars for every 1,000 people, Canada ranks fifth in the world for car ownership per population—ahead of every G8 country except Italy. If our family of seven were keeping up with the national average, we’d have f...
posted: Mar 31, 2010  |  views: 966  |  comments: 0
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My Mother Heart
I crawl back into bed. I’ve just nursed my little one to sleep again, but don’t know how long it will be before he wakes, teething or hungry. I slip under the comforter as my husband Tim slumbers next to me. I succumb...
posted: Mar 31, 2010  |  views: 1590  |  comments: 0
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Whatever Will Be, Will Be
I am a freak. Or, at the very least, some would say that I am a little bit disturbed. I am the proud mother of a happy, healthy four-year-old girl, and I have a terrible little secret: I can’t wait until she’s a teenager...
posted: Mar 3, 2010  |  views: 2977  |  comments: 0
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My Super-Mom Sense Is Tingling
Not long ago, I bought a Wonder Woman mug at one of those kitschy retro stores. She was squeezed in between Superman and Marilyn Monroe, which seemed somehow appropriate. She’s part superhero, part bombshell. I justified...
posted: Mar 3, 2010  |  views: 2008  |  comments: 0
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Literacy at Home
Most parents know that they can play an important role in helping their children develop a love for reading. Experts tell us to read to and with our children from an early age, visit libraries often, and provide good mod...
posted: Mar 3, 2010  |  views: 1886  |  comments: 0
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Turn Off the Tap
My family has undertaken several “green” challenges over the past half year, but I was sure this one was going to be the hardest. It’s one thing to submit to an energy audit, or to produce less garbage, or even to go veg...
posted: Mar 3, 2010  |  views: 971  |  comments: 0
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15 Spring Fling Things To Do This Month
Be A Tourist In Your Own Home Town From March 3 to 7, locals can make like tourists and visit the Bug Zoo, Royal B.C. Museum, Abkhazi Gardens, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Beacon Hill Children’s Farm, Centre of the ...
posted: Mar 3, 2010  |  views: 1766  |  comments: 0
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