by Renee Tratch | Sep 12, 2025 | Best of Toronto, Music, Screen Time
Podcasts your tweens and teens will listen with you It’s been more than 20 years since the first audio blogs started downloading. We now have millions of topics at our fingertips in every format imaginable: interviews, casual convos, tutorials and serial dramas. Yet,...
by Renee Tratch | Apr 29, 2021 | Movie, Screen Time
What to watch when family time means TV time In the best of times, navigating, or I should say, negotiating screen time is one of our biggest challenges. Even during what one could say is the worst of times, when screens have taken over our homes with Zoom calls and...
by Renee Tratch | Apr 30, 2020 | Indoor Play, Keep Mom Sane, Screen Time
So it’s been 4, 5, 6, 7 weeks of this new normal? I’m not counting. That’s just one of the ways I’m coping these days. School’s back in, or still out, depending on how much effort you and your kids are putting into the new online learning. As rules continue to evolve...
by Renee Tratch | Apr 5, 2017 | Annual, Movie
Herbie, E.T. – remember them? Those are my childhood movie memories. Well, kids nowadays have oodles of options when it comes to things to watch. And for kids in Toronto, every year they get a chance to experience the best of the best in children’s film at the...
by Renee Tratch | Dec 8, 2016 | Giveaway, Movie, Screen Time, Theatre
One of my most vivid movie memories from my childhood is E.T. — Sweet Elliott. That strange but adorable alien and his freaky voice. The Reese’s Pieces. And Drew Barrymore when she was cute and innocent. So I couldn’t be more excited about revisiting the classic...
by Renee Tratch | Mar 10, 2016 | Annual, Fresh Air, Indoor Play, Nature, Road Trip, Screen Time, Storytime & Books
It’s March Break ALREADY. Are YOU ready? Whether you’ve got the week wide open or just need to fill a few holes, have no fear. Toronto is loaded with activities to keep families busy and entertained. And believe it or not, some of them won’t cost you a...
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