Here is a fascinating article in yesterday’s Globe & Mail called “Link to eating disorders raises concern about school health programs”, by Adriana Barton.  To summarize, the article describes  the “healthy living programs” in Ontario schools that teach students to analyze nutrition labels, track their daily intake of various foods and categorize fo...

I had an upsetting experience while at the local Shoppers Drug Mart last week.   I went to Shoppers last Thursday with my two children.  Hannah is almost 5 years old, and Isaac is 2.5 years old.  We needed to purchase the plastic covers for our ear thermometer, and I was feeling pretty proud of myself for being organized enough to do this before one of the kids caught the next cold.  The problem began when we were waiting in line at the check-out.

For the first time in all our visits to Shop...