the canDIshhh tales

I know kids say what is on their mind.  But there is a fine line when what they say lacks TACT.  What is Tact? Adults have known tact - but there are some who still lack this important trait.  Maybe because they think they are just being 'honest'.  Well, one can be honest without being tactless and insensitive right?  As I always teach my kids - if you don't have anything nice to say - just be quiet. Lately, I have come across kids that really really LACK tact.  They utter words like they know the meaning of them - and they don't.  And it's really irritating for me.  I feel that they want to sound smart, but they end up sounding dumb in front of me.  I seriously want to correct them, but I stop myself.  I then think - is it my responsibility as an adult to guide them?  Or do I just let their parents guide them? It's such a struggle for me you know, I can't understand it but there's a need inside of me to say somethin...

I went to see my pediatrician for different shots.  She told me that the hospital is having giving FREE #OPV to kids 0-59 months old.  The location was near the back parking of the MAB.  She told me to go since I was already at the hospital.  And so we went.  And this was what I saw: This particular program is also available in St. Luke's BGC.  So if you have kids ages 0-59 months, PLEASE head on to St. Luke's QC or St. Luke's BGC for this FREE #OPV. I personally felt lucky that they were giving away this #OPV for FREE!  I am PRO-vaccines, because they work.  I personally believe that vaccines are there for a reason.  There has been a LOT of talk about vaccines causing autism.  This is NOT TRUE!  The study that anti-vaxxers have been holding as a bible has been debunked! Think of your child.  Give them to opportunity to be healthy.  Please. We are given ONCE CHANCE TO TAKE CARE OF GOD'S GIFT TO US. ...

In this age of social media - keeping it together seems so easy.  Especially when you browse through the social media pages of your friends and favorite influencers.  It makes you think that they're living a very good life.  I'm sure we feel a bit of envy that they're having it all.  But are they really?  Are we really? There's this thing that's called Social Media envy.  I'm sure we are all guilty of that.  We live vicariously through their posts on life, travels, food, shopping and most everything.  I remember reading that social media has caused depression with the younger generation.  I can understand where it's coming from.  During my time - we weren't aware of what other people have because we only see what we see.  It was a more discreet time then.  The generation is different now.  Sharing is indeed caring - but sometimes, we are guilty of over sharing.  I never knew over sharing could happen, but it's happe...

I know it happens EVERYWHERE because of all the news and media attention it gets.  But I have always been aloof on the topic, thinking - *Nah, it won't happen to me*  but it happened to my child, specifically - Connor. It's barely been two weeks yet there have been incidents.  Mind you, they're not very alarming - but still incidents - just the same.  So what happened?  1st Incident: When I picked Connor up from school - he told me that someone punched him on the shoulder.  When I asked who it was, he mentioned the name of his classmate.  I was at first skeptical because the name sounded a bit foreign - but when I looked at his class list, I found the name.  I then asked what he did next and he said *nothing* but after a while he said he punched back.  I am not very sure on the accuracy of his account - so I emailed his teacher about it.  I was very impressed because the teacher replied swiftly, saying that she was aware of the...