Moms make the executive (source: UPI.com)

Canadian and U.S. researchers say mom plays a key role in how her child develops executive functioning. Researchers at the University of Montreal and University of Minnesota found the way a mother interacts with her child affects how the child develops this set of advanced cognitive functions — including mental flexibility and the abilities to remember things and control impulses — integral to the ability to make goals and reach them. Lead author Annie Bernier of the University of Montreal and colleagues observed 80 pairs of middle-income Canadian mothers and their year-old babies play and solve puzzles. Click here to read full story.

Moms have special moments as torch nears final destination (source: The Montreal Gazette)

After the endless hours Canadian uber hockey mom Theresa Watts has devoted to her kids’ sports teams, Monday was finally her day in the sun as the Olympic torch passed through a series of communities in B.C.’s Lower Mainland. For the last six years, the mother of three has organized more than 400 kids every year to play in a recreational hockey tournament in Delta called Party in the House. She begins planning the Christmas tournament in July and then works at least an hour a day to prepare all the details. Click here to read full story.

Mompreneurs can have it all (source: Your Ottawa Region.com)

Becoming a mompreneur isn’t as difficult as it may seem.  That is what Carolyn Mehdi of Kanata and Janet McCausland of Barrhaven, co-directors of Entrepreneurial Moms, are looking to teach Ottawa women. A mompreneur is a woman who wants the best of both worlds: a fulfilling career and a family. A woman who doesn’t want to have to choose between staying at home with the kids or following her dreams. Mehdi and McCausland are two such women. Click here to read full story.