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Dec 11, 2024 | 
huffpost.com | Brianna Bell
“I want you to write down the name of every single person you’ve had unprotected sex with.” The nurse held out a pen. She was stern and no-nonsense. I didn’t even consider lying to her. I was at a publicly funded sexual health clinic beside my town’s mall. I wished I was eating frozen yogurt and shopping for boot-cut jeans. Instead, I was writing down the name of every guy I had slept with, my cheeks reddening under the nurse’s cool stare.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Brianna Bell
Martin-dm / Getty Images/iStockphotoGenerate Key TakeawaysMy 12-year-old has been begging me to download Snapchat onto her iPhone for the last year ― and the answer still remains a firm no. “Why? Just tell me why?” My daughter recently asked, once again. I’d told her why many times: We do not feel it’s safe for her to have access to a social media platform that we cannot effectively monitor.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
yummymummyclub.ca | Sharon DeVellis |Sharon Devellis |Brianna Bell
There comes a time when pre-teens are old enough to do their own laundry. For some reason, washing clothes had become an every-other-day task at our house. So early this year I started including the laundry in the boys’ regular chores. I figured if they are old enough to fold their clothes and place them in the drawers, they can certainly wash them too. After all, this is a life skill they will have to learn at some point. I guess I was trying to prevent the ‘Fred situation’ in their college years.
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
huffpost.com | Brianna Bell
My 12-year-old has been begging me to download Snapchat onto her iPhone for the last year ― and the answer still remains a firm no. “Why? Just tell me why?” My daughter recently asked, once again. I’d told her why many times: We do not feel it’s safe for her to have access to a social media platform that we cannot effectively monitor. We are not confident in the parental controls available and have concerns about the effect of social media on tweens’ and teens’ mental health.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
lucianne.com | Brianna Bell
Original ArticlePosted By: 4250Luis, 7/27/2024 11:52:01 PMJD Vance is clapping back at Jennifer Aniston, who mentioned the republican vice presidential candidate's daughter while slamming him for saying "childless cat ladies" are running the country. "That's disgusting because my daughter is 2 years old," the senator said of the "Friends" star's comments while appearing on the Megyn Kelly Show on Friday.
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May 2, 2024 | 
huffpost.com | Brianna Bell
“What are those needles in the fridge?” my 11-year-old, Nell, asked, peering at the boxed Ozempic medication that I had not-so-discreetly placed on the top shelf of our refrigerator. “Oh, they’re Mommy’s new medicine,” I said nonchalantly, frantically trying to figure out how I would approach the fact that I’m taking a somewhat controversial weight loss medication with my preteen daughter. That night I knocked on Nell’s bedroom door while she was getting ready for bed.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
yummymummyclub.ca | Karen Humphrey |Brianna Bell |Heather Jones |Sharon DeVellis |Sharon Devellis
Years ago, I worked in a restaurant that served Grand Marnier mousse in fancy crystal dishes, topped with a tiny butter cookie. Light, orangey, and delicious, it was one of my favourite desserts next to the strawberry pie. A few weeks ago when I found dark chocolate cups in the grocery store, all I could think of was filling them with that mousse. For the longest time I was never that fond of chocolate and orange flavours together, but in recent years I've grown to love them.
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Nov 24, 2023 | 
yummymummyclub.ca | Andrea Markusich |Brianna Bell |Heather Jones |Sharon DeVellis |Sharon Devellis
When our children are young, we have so much control. We control when they go to bed, we choose their food, even when they do their homework. Once our kids reach their teenage years, the game changes; we can no longer place them in their car seats, drive away, or tell them it’s bedtime and turn their lights off. The parenting role needs to shift heavily into connection if we want to influence how things play out for our children.
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
yummymummyclub.ca | Ashley MacInnis |Brianna Bell |Heather Jones |Sharon DeVellis |Sharon Devellis
This summer, I learned why I need to pay more attention to the ingredients in the products I put on my baby’s skin. When we packed up to go on vacation this summer, to reduce the piles of baby paraphernalia we bring with us, we decided to pick up diapers and wipes on the way to the cottage. When we got to the store, our usual brand of nighttime diapers wasn’t there, so I grabbed another brand in his size. No biggie, right?
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
yummymummyclub.ca | Andrea Ewer |Heather Jones |Sharon DeVellis |Sharon Devellis |Brianna Bell
I hand a black Sharpie to my eight and ten-year-old and say, “Alright, draw your pumpkin’s face,” and then turn to the pan of pumpkin pulp on the table and begin separating the seeds to be roasted. I don’t hover over them as they draw or give them tips and suggestions. I don’t even glance in their direction. I don’t care one iota what their pumpkins end up looking like. I don’t care if the eyes are uneven or the mouth is too small, or there are Sharpie lines visible all over the orange skin.
