If you follow Admiral Road on Facebook you’ll have noticed that this month we are celebrating our 20th Friendiversary.

I have a very distinct memory of my first experience with Dora the Explorer. Sitting on the couch with my firstborn daughter after naptime, I flipped on Treehouse tv.

In our virtual community, just about everyone we knew was heading off to Blogher in New York City last month. It was all over Twitter, Facebook, and everyone blogged about it.

About a year ago I started spinning. Exercise class, that is – not going around in circles.

Be kinder than necessary,
for everyone that you meet is fighting some kind of battle.......

In his runaway hit book The Tipping Point, author Malcolm Gladwell suggests that little things can spur major societal change.

One bonus of having a school-aged child has been the unexpected boost to my social life.

The Glass is Half...

I have a confession to make.

Parenting the Hippie Child
My middle daughter is a hippie. This is all fine and well, but for the fact that it is very different from the person that I am.

As I start to hit my stride as a parent, I find myself pondering balance: When do you let your kids ‘win’ in certain situations and when do you step in and curb inappropriate behaviours?