We aren’t allowed to high five each other My kids came home from elementary school the other day and said, “There’s no more competitive play allowed at school anymore during lunch break.” A little puzzled by this, I asked, “What do you mean by that?” Cally, my 8 year old, replied, “That means when we play against each other we aren’t allowed to keep score, we aren’t allowed to high five each other, we’re not allowed to shake hands after the game to say ‘good game’ and we aren’t allowed talk about the game after.” “Wait, what?” I asked in disbelief. Jonathan, my 13 year old pipes in, “And if you celebrate three times

Have you ever looked at the world through a child’s eyes at a car wash? Water sprays harder at the car than any rainfall, colourful suds slide down the windshield, countless cloths slap at the window, and airplane engine loud dryers blast your vehicle. Was your child filled with wonder or fear? I remember at least two of our kids needing to be taken out of the car and held by my wife prior to a car wash.   Not long ago, my routine car wash morphed unexpectedly into a scary situation. My vehicle, secured on the automatic track, was suddenly

When I was in grade school (which seems like yesterday, but was decades ago), I remember learning about renewable and non-renewable energy. I remember thinking as a kid, “Why are we using so much non-renewable energy? They’re going to run out.  The thought scared me.” Fast forward forty years and there’s a much greater focus on using renewable energy. “By 2026, global renewable electricity capacity is forecast to rise more than 60% from 2020 levels to over 4 800 GW – equivalent to the current total global power capacity of fossil fuels and nuclear combined. Renewables are set to account for