Ten Tips for Back-To-School Online Safety

As parents it is important that we teach our children the know-how to handle the growing issue of cyberbullying. According to Canadian not-for-profit organization and official TELUS WISE partner MediaSmarts, cyberbullying is on the rise, with one in ten Canadian students experiencing it last year. Its studies show that cyberbullying can have traumatic effects on youth, with links to depression, yet kids underestimate how much it can impact them, shrugging it off as a normal part of their online interactions.

Toy State Cars Children Will Enjoy Playing

This Maximum Boost fun car from Road Rippers features motorized forward drive with a rocket boost function. The "rocket boost" is motorized for realistic rocket action. It takes off with exciting sound effects, lights, and pop a wheelie when the rocket launches out and the motor propels the vehicle forward. Watch the video to see the Maximum Boost in action.

Win a Sears Gift Card and See How Sears is Surprising Families #RockTheHalls

The new trends, new fashions, new colours, can be both exciting and overwhelming when shopping back to school. For all children, especially my daughter how she dresses plays an important role in expressing her personality, style, and individuality. I like that Sears carries a variety of top quality brands at reasonable prices. They have a wide selection of styles that children will enjoy wearing.

Digital Books For Children

There are lots of useful digital books for children. These interactive digital books are fun to read and encourage our children to think, as well as their literacy. Here is a list of books that you can check out on the app store.

Hearty Sandwiches with Ivanhoe Cheese

School nights can become hectic sometimes, with running to after-school activities and getting homework and projects done. I like to make sure we have the ingredients available for our favourite, healthy, quick meals during the school year handy, as the nights arrive faster each day and we all get tired pretty quick. Our dinner menu usually consists of flavourful pastas, noodle dishes, hearty soups, salads, or loaded sandwiches.

Make Memories Last with #KinderSmiles

I can't believe the summer vacation is rapidly coming to an end. We have been quite busy finishing up lots of things in our summer list - yes we have a list :) after all it is such a short time and I didn't want to regret missing different adventures. We are still trying to catch up some of the adventures on our list to do like going camping during the upcoming weekend.

Win a Gift Card and Learn How To Earn Extra Points as RBC Rewards Members

RBC helps RBC Rewards member understand how to benefit and earn twelve times the points by shopping online through the RBCrewards.com during one of the more expensive times of year to be a parent - Back to School. The 'how-to' video by moms help us learn how to best use the RBCrewards.com site and benefit.

Our Journey to the Alaskan Wilderness with Disneynature's Bears

Disneynature's Bears Blu-ray Combo Pack, which released on August 12th takes the whole family on an epic journey to the Alaskan wilderness. We enjoyed watching this heartwarming, spectacular film that showcases a year in the life of a bear family, as two young cubs are taught life's most important lessons. My family and I enjoy watching Disneynature movies, as they give insight into the life of wild animals and allow us to see the world in a different perspective.

Label It With Kidecals

Back to School time is right around the corner. I like getting the supplies we have bought for back to school ready and organized with labels. Kidecals has lots of colourful personalized labels that are dishwasher, washing machine, and dryer safe. These labels stick to any surface and can be used on clothing, backpacks, toys, devices, and more.

Hyundai Hockey Helpers Benefit Under Resourced Canadian Youth

Hyundai Hockey Helpers launched in 2012 is Hyundai’s program that helps under-resourced Canadian youth to play hockey. The program partners with a nonprofit organization, KidSport, to select and distribute the grants to help with registration fees and equipment costs for children from under-resourced families get in the game. Hyundai covers all administration costs for the program, so every additional dollar raised goes directly to kids.