Kristine Salzmann

Use an advent calendar to create opportunities to spend time together as a family. Each day could include something as simple as decorating cookies or attending Cloverdale's annual Santa Parade.

Column: Say ‘Yes’ to creating Christmas memories

A ‘non toy’ Noël doesn’t mean bah-humbug, writes former Black Press reporter Kristine Salzmann.

Use an advent calendar to create opportunities to spend time together as a family. Each day could include something as simple as decorating cookies or attending Cloverdale's annual Santa Parade.
COLUMN: Wireless kids are the best

COLUMN: Wireless kids are the best

Valuable lessons learned from a newborn's bout with a virus.

COLUMN: Wireless kids are the best
COLUMN: Deciding to delay screen time

COLUMN: Deciding to delay screen time

How much, or how little, technology is beneficial for toddlers?

COLUMN: Deciding to delay screen time
COLUMN: Parents get something out  of social networking too

COLUMN: Parents get something out of social networking too

My salvation is family drop-in programs.

COLUMN: Parents get something out  of social networking too
COLUMN: Not ready to break the bond

COLUMN: Not ready to break the bond

I feel fortunate I didn’t have to stop breastfeeding my daughter at 12 months or earlier as many moms do when they return to work full-time.

COLUMN: Not ready to break the bond
COLUMN: The preschool predicament

COLUMN: The preschool predicament

When it comes to long-term benefits, it’s not so much which preschool a toddler goes to, but whether they attend at all.

COLUMN: The preschool predicament
COLUMN: Growing into fatherhood

COLUMN: Growing into fatherhood

Leader columnist Kristine Salzmann's husband shares how he felt becoming a parent.

COLUMN: Growing into fatherhood
COLUMN: Raise a reader – in any format

COLUMN: Raise a reader – in any format

Fond memories are made when reading with your children.

COLUMN: Raise a reader – in any format
COLUMN: We’re not used to used

COLUMN: We’re not used to used

Why isn't giving second-hand gifts socially acceptable?

COLUMN: We’re not used to used
COLUMN: Too much food for thought about healthy eating

COLUMN: Too much food for thought about healthy eating

Sometimes it's difficult to discern fact from fiction about what foods are safe for children.

COLUMN: Too much food for thought about healthy eating
COLUMN: Building pride as a stay-at-home mom

COLUMN: Building pride as a stay-at-home mom

Why is there a need to justify such an important job?

COLUMN: Building pride as a stay-at-home mom
Harness racers compete in a qualifying match during Fraser Downs Racetrack's open house last Saturday (Aug. 11). The racing season starts this Saturday.

Harness racing set to start

Fall season officially kicks off this weekend at Fraser Downs, with races Aug. 18 and 19 starting at 12:45 p.m.

Harness racers compete in a qualifying match during Fraser Downs Racetrack's open house last Saturday (Aug. 11). The racing season starts this Saturday.
COLUMN: A parenting milestone reached

COLUMN: A parenting milestone reached

Reflecting on a year of being a mother.

COLUMN: A parenting milestone reached