Category Archives: Current News

It’s not a job.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Stephen Abbott

We need to change the parenting rhetoric that has gotten a lot of attention this week. Raising children is important, but parenting is not a job—it’s a part of the human condition. That is not to imply that it requires … Continue reading →

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Cool dads can sell.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Stephen Abbott

A commercial from Huggies™ got a pretty severe lashing from a number of men’s groups recently. I didn’t see the ad, but apparently they ran a campaign insinuating that dads were clumsy or rough with diapers. You can read about … Continue reading →

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Hugs.

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Stephen Abbott

Mere weeks after public outcry over a gay teen’s suicide and months of ‘It Get’s Better’ campaigns, the last thing I expected to read was Christie Blatchford’s article in Canada’s National Post newspaper, where she writes that Toronto is full … Continue reading →

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