If you watch the Dragons Den on the CBC, you may have noticed the pitch from a father and daughter team on a new form of home health-care monitoring: http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/iheart The Iheart is a small device that you clip onto your finger for 30 seconds so that the hardware and software can analyze your health. It’s a Canadian solution to a problem we have in our country, which is the ability to provide people with quick, accurate monitoring of important phys

In October of 2015, I wrote the emotional blog that I have repeated below, outlining why I thought schools needed to ban cell phones, but never would. Today the tide seems to be turning. The principal of a Toronto School has decided to ban cell phones effective today, https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/02/18/toronto-school-bans-cellphones-from-class.html, and congratulations for demonstrating this leadership. Will parents support this move? Would you? As always your c

While it makes sense to give your child the latest innovative technology to keep them ahead of the curve, a cell phone may be more damaging than helpful. A recent article in the Economist, http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21716462-price-constant-entertainment-tap-smartphones-are-strongly-addictive, provides a summary of findings on the addictive nature of the phone. “Some participants in one study, which required them to sit alone without a smartphone for 15 minut

Last week I discussed the current reported trend that children are bullying their parents. I used an example of a 9-year-old flipping out because they couldn’t get their parent to buy the cereal they wanted. The child then became disrespectful and even started hitting. Thank you for your ideas and suggestions. Viki’s response was pretty typical of what you, my readers, thought: “I would leave the store and the child would lose privileges at home - whatever their currency w