News — Empowered Women

Family literacy day is celebrated in Canada on January 27th every year! Reading together as a family, especially with your young ones, is proven to make a lasting different if your child's life.  Here are five facts we discovered through ABC Literacy Life Canada:  Children whose parents are involved with them in family literacy activities score 10 points higher on standardized reading tests.  A mother’s reading skill is the greatest factor to affect her children’s future academic success, outweighing other factors, like neighborhood and family income. Parents’ reading habits play a large role in determining how often kids read: 57%...

International Women's Day is here and we thought it's worth sharing one fun fact about Kind Reads: every one of our active volunteers today are women. This is not by design, but it is a beautiful and clear example of how women contribute to their communities & society and how they help uplift us. Here are five real life stories about women that will leave you inspired, impressed, and surprised even: She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey ($8.99): From the pulitzer-prize winning reporters who broke the news of harvey weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse comes the thrilling untold...