Vancouver Parents' Place

Kathy Buckworth is an experienced writer and public speaker, with numerous publishing credits in both national and local magazines and newspapers. She is the author of The Secret Life of SuperMom (Sourcebooks, 2005), and SuperMom: A Celebration of All You Do (Sourcebooks, 2006). Her third book, Journey to the Darkside: SuperMom Goes Home will be published by Key Porter in July, 2007.

Like a fitness trainer, a kitchen coach can help you and your family make a healthy change to your life not only physically through better eating habits but mentally by relieving stress in the kitchen. This is an in home service that provides meal assessment, pantry re-organization, cooking instruction and on-going support. We’ll spend time with you organizing, planning and teaching you in a more organized and efficient kitchen - yours.

Newly launched Youth Coach Canada helps kids, teens, and young adults meet with success by making professional life coaching services available to youth aged 11-21. YCC offers private and group coaching, workshops, and in-school programs. YCC is dedicated to empowering today's youth—teaching them powerful skills to succeed in school and into the future—and at a fraction of usual professional rates.

Hiring a nanny? We offer a special consulting service that takes the mystery out of figuring out how much to pay your nanny, taxes involved, how room and board works, and other associated costs. Have a nanny? We take the headache out of preparing your nanny’s T4 and will keep you up-to-date on tax changes throughout the year to maximize tax savings.

We are pleased to offer counselling services for parents in the areas of infant, toddler and preschooler sleep disturbances including: bedtime problems, night wakings, early morning wakings, daytime sleep difficulties, nightmares, sleep terrors and sleepwalking. Services may be covered by Extended Health Care Benefit Plans.

Jane Photo is a Vancouver maternity, newborn and child photographer who is taking the world by storm! Travels to shoot YOUR child.

One day on the ground and 2 flights with YOU at the controls of the aircraft. Lots of fun & laughter plus confidence and new friends. Totally free (no strings attached).

The MS Read-A-Thon is a national fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. It's easy to organize, fun for children and promotes reading skills that will last a lifetime. Contact us to learn how your family can get involved. Help turn a page in the movement to end MS.

Tali’s Fund was established in loving memory of Tal Esther Doron, a beautiful little girl who died in August 2007 at the age of 4, after a courageous struggle with a malignant brain tumour. Tali's Fund helps fund vital research at SickKids Hospital aimed at learning more about paediatric brain tumours, the second most common type of cancer in children. It also supports families with children battling brain tumours.

Creative IQ (TM) Media is excited to present a revolutionary new book for parents and teachers, Creative IQ (TM): Giving Your Child the Creative Edge in a Competitive World by Jo-Anne Schneeweiss and Shelley Sefton. Children with the ability to think, process information, and express themselves creatively will have an extra set of skills to draw upon as broad-minded, motivated adults, confident in their ability to make a valuable contribution to any group or endeavour. Learn more about Creative IQ (TM) and discover hands-on activities to help develop it.