News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:

1. Ontario’s getting two pilot birth centres run by midwives. Nice.
2. Would you do anything to keep your kids out of trouble? Would you build an entire flipping nightclub in your basement complete with DJ booth to keep them from going to sketchier venues?
3. In defence of the term “mompreneur”… personally, we don’t get why you wouldn’t just go with “entrepreneur.”
4. New moms, do you suddenly feel a heck of a lot older?
5. Dancing baby:
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News and Culture Five
What we’re reading today:

1. Need to be reassured that you’re a good parent? At least your kid didn’t bring your cocaine into school for show-and-tell.
2. Is the end of the school year making you insane? How many end-of-year parties to you have to prepare for and attend?
3. Should midwives get a raise? The Star‘s Catherine Porter thinks so.
4. Maybe not the most conventional of families, but Christian the lion’s former owners reflect back on their relationship with the King of the Jungle. (Because there’s to be a new movie based on Christian the lion which we can’t wait for, since it’s basically one of the best youtube videos of all time.)
5. What to worry about when you catch your first fish: “Does he like me?”
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