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Why you should stop texting your kids at school

Why you should stop texting your kids at school

Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: — “What did you get on your test?” — “Did you get the field trip form signed?” 
Negative calorie diet – fact or fad?

Negative calorie diet – fact or fad?

Even if one doesn’t lose weight, the following foods are very good for us and provide good sources of vitamins, fiber and minerals which are often lacking in the typical North American Diet.
Garden to table: Grow your garden like a parent – with intuition

Garden to table: Grow your garden like a parent – with intuition

Growing food is as simple or as complex as you make it. My advice is to start small and trust
Couple exchanges vows on Tin Hat Mountain in qathet region

Couple exchanges vows on Tin Hat Mountain in qathet region

Wedding ceremony held in backyard before helicopter ride to the peak
Travel: Painting a masterpiece in Los Cabos

Travel: Painting a masterpiece in Los Cabos

Mar del Cabo is a historic Los Cabos landmark built in the 1950s, with white villas spilling down the palm-treed and bougainvillea-choked hillside to the sea.
Reclaiming our kids from the screens

Reclaiming our kids from the screens

Every parent needs to decide what is too much, based on the age of their kids and what behaviour they notice in their children. 
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Hilde worth a try for salad lovers

Hilde is a cool season lettuce best grown for spring and autumn harvesting, which means early sowing for spring harvesting and a midsummer to late summer sowing for fall and early winter harvesting.
Screen time unkind for the developing mind

Screen time unkind for the developing mind

Before we deal with our children’s screen addictions, we first have to take a good honest look at our own screen dependency. 
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Let the seed shopping begin

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Let the seed shopping begin

Seed game: Varieties new to the garden are compared with tried and true favourites.
Healing helps us find our purpose in life

Healing helps us find our purpose in life

To heal the haunting of guilt and shame, we need to forgive ourselves, but before we can forgive ourselves, we need to first understand why we made the negative choices in the first place.