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Rating Toronto's playgrounds, one playdate at a time. || Adventures featured on CBC’s Metro Morning and in the Globe & Mail. || https://teapawt.net/t.co/0aaBjPUbW9

Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2018
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Toronto has 850 public playgrounds, but you might not know much about them. Enter @DanforthDad: a father of two with comprehensive playground intel for parents and children. #ThisMatters host @brianjbradley talks to @kdaubs about where kids have fun: thestar.com/podcasts/thismat…
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The incoming weather coupled with the normal recycling bin capacity issues associated with Christmas has got me running at dad alert level 9.5
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Also, because @DanforthDad raised the point of "old" streets in his great review and I can't help myself, I wrote about the origins Old Sheppard and other "old" streets: wp.me/p2XqIJ-1mZ #ScenesTO
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Imagine having enough money to buy a small detached house in Toronto and you blow it all acquiring Twitter.
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TORONTO! We can’t wait for you to see @DisneyStudiosCA and Pixar’s new movie #TurningRed directed by Toronto’s own Domee Shi and set in our beloved city.
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Love Park will be the heart of the waterfront – literally! You can see the heart-shaped pond starting to emerge from the construction.
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BREAKING: the parents.
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--->bit.ly/3kcjkKk<---To celebrate the blog's 600th week, here are some of the worst and best things about having little kids, and a beautiful song by @brilliancemusic
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Dear advertisers: There are many musical options out there for your commercials beyond the “ukuleles and whistling” genre. Thanks.
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Yippee!
Great news! Kidstown Water Park is reopening Sunday, August 1. Avoid long lineups and reserve your spot at toronto.ca/swim/. Capacity is reduced so people have more space to maintain physical distancing. Filter map results by selecting "Outdoor Water Park". #SwimTO
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Went for a walk in the neighborhood. Looks like they changed name of Glen Ravine Park. No wonder our neighborhood is so popular. #Toronto #parks @blogTO #nature – at Toronto, Ontario
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imagine if every single person in the world let go of their hatred, even for just 24 hours
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Musings on open-ended play and non-prescriptive playground design? Our latest blog post includes some of our design team's thoughts! "Don't write the story for them." earthscapeplay.com/2021/06/d…
youth at the school across the street are rollingblading on the basketball court while blasting Celine Dion what stage of reopening is this
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This dad press conference is excellent 😂
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The Real Estate Agent's Guide to Toronto Neighbourhoods
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this is the kind of relationship I aspire to, this is peak love
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Think I’ll hit the swings at the park for something to do.
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The local community has chosen a proposed new playground design for Charlton Park Playground in North York (Bathurst Street & Finch Ave West)! Take a closer look at the design and provide further feedback in our online survey: chkmkt.com/CharltonFinal
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In an effort to improve the health of children, especially those exposed to #tuberculosis, forest schools were run in the early 20th c. jointly by Dept of Public Health/Board of Education. Photos: Board of Education photographs, 1913. #WorldTuberculosisDay ow.ly/kpye50ydiAI
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