By Louise Kinross Rashan Edwards has worked as an occupational therapist (OT) on all of Holland Bloorview’s inpatient units and is now working with outpatients on our brain injury unit. She’d like to see better representation of Black and other racialized people in the health professions and in our hospital. […]
Mothers
Two superstar athletes raised by amazing single mothers
There is a expressing that goes, “behind each effective man, there stands a woman”, and this is generally the situation when it will come to elite-stage sportspeople and athletes. It isn’t simple to obtain greatness in any walk of everyday living if you do not have the like and assistance […]
4 Mothers Share What it Takes to Breastfeed a Baby
By Catherine PearsonPhotographs by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, Vanessa Leroy, Sarah Rice and Yehyun KimNov. 30, 2022 Breastfeeding is hard to keep up. Some 83 percent of babies in the United States start out on breast milk, but by 6 months, just 56 percent are breastfed — and at […]
Staylistening to my Son on Mother’s Day
It was Mother’s Day and my kids were waking up at my house, where I live with my second wife and her daughter. My ex-wife and I share custody, and the kids go back and forth between our house and hers. My son was around 11 years old, and he […]
Valentine’s Day Survival Guide for Single Mothers
Valentine’s Day: A wondrously commercialised day aimed to fill hearts, raise egos, empty wallets and lead to the singles among us to drown our sorrows in an ocean of pity, chocolate and wine. Up until a pair of years in the past, this was definitely how I considered Valentine’s Day. […]