Editor’s Note – Bring It On, 2020!

Dear readers/friends/fellow parents,

Happy new year! I hope your December holidays were full of peace, fun and time with family and friends, and that you’re ready to embark on all the great things I am hoping 2020 will bring.

Last year was a wonderful one for our magazine, ending off with a bang! Our Mom & Caregiver Live was an epic party where we celebrated a milestone, gave away amazing prizes, enjoyed a few drinks, and chatted with our panel about parenting joys and challenges, relationship highs and lows, and everything in between. We hope you joined us live or from the comfort of your own home. If you weren’t able to join us, you can still watch it on our Facebook page. We hear you – you want more! So stay tuned to see what’s up our sleeves.

As much as I love celebrating great moments from the year past, I’m one to charge ahead with fresh ideas, big dreams and new plans for the year ahead. We’re off to a fabulous start with the articles from this, our first issue of the decade.

Looks like our valued author, Jordan, couldn’t agree more! She’s “Standing on the Edge of 2020” on page __. Find out what she’s doing with this mysterious thing we call life. We talk a very important, but often misunderstood, topic with Frank on page __. You’ll be shocked, and warmed, and inspired by “What If? Raising a Transgender Child”. And I’m signing up for “Creating a Body-Positive Home this Year” (page __). I’m throwing out body shaming and weight talk in favour of healthy behavious and making food fun. I refuse to raise a child who feels food guilt or insecurities which can lead to disordered eating.

With the start of a new year, we are honoured to bring on new writers to The Mom & Caregiver team. Speech-Language Pathologists, Elizabeth and Andrea, are helping us understand speech and language milestones on page __’s From Babbling to Words. Welcome to the family, ladies!

 

I’d like to take this moment to sincerely thank the people who make the Mom & Caregiver possible. A shout-out to our staff, our writers, our advertisers and our readers. Without you, we would be nothing. With you, we are a team of mighty parents, caregivers, community players and supporters. And we cannot be stopped. Bring it on, 2020!

 

With gratitude,

Sabina

Sabina Manji, a lifelong Londoner, is an irrepressible entrepreneur, mother of a wonderful son, and also a committed volunteer.