Social media week is approaching here in Toronto and I have just signed myself up! I’m really looking forward to hearing what the future of social media holds as well as how to use it better for business. I’m also attending a talk called the Social Family to discuss how to appropriately integrate social media [...]
The story: Beyonce gave birth to baby Blue Ivy Carter this weekend. Exciting! Wonderful! Fabulous! Right? Well, not for everyone. Though this was a joyous occasion for her and hubby (rapper, Jay Z) many hospital patients were put out by the celebrity’s stay at Lennox Hill Hospital this weekend. From Friday night until Sunday other [...]
Why they do it and what it takes to succeed There are more than 3.9 million mothers who blog in the United States alone, according to a study conducted by eMarketer. Online conversations have taken place of (or at least extended) the relationships that used to be built in park sandboxes or at backyard barbeques. [...]
… At least that’s what Gabe Zichermann believes and talked about during his TED talk which you can watch here. This isn’t necessarily anything new. I interviewed a neuro-scientist last year who explained that video games could have a positive effect on your child’s brain. But Zichermann’s approach is even more radical. He says that [...]
A proposal to throw out a 13-year agreement between the Toronto school board and in-school daycares around the city could end up costing parents with children in these daycares an additional $522 annually per child. For 13 years the school board has had an agreement with in-school daycares that they will cover the daycares’ occupancy [...]
A couple of things have been bothering me in the news recently: 1. That in the United States, pizza sauce is officially considered a vegetable. Sodium riddled, processed, pre-made tomato sauce counts as a component of a healthy diet? I don’t think so. 2. Here in Canada (in Toronto more specifically) a school has banned [...]
Kieron Williamson is an eight-year-old boy living in Norfolk England. He took up sketching and painting when he was about six years old and has been honing his craft ever since. His parents, who like to collect art but claim to have very little artistic talent themselves, were shocked to see the results of their [...]
Babies are smarter than we think. At least, this is the case according to Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. Gopnik outlines her claim about infant intelligence in her fascinating TED talk entitled What Do Babies Think? Gopnik tested children’s understanding of individual preferences by using [...]
BPA, a chemical found in many plastic food and drink containers is under scrutiny for the effect it could potentially have on children. If children are exposed to BPA even before birth, a study published online in Pediatrics this week demonstrates a correlation between poor behaviour in three year old girls and higher BPA levels [...]