Child care

Child Care Costs Acrocss Canada

Find everything you need to know about the cost of different types of child care in our handy chart

Child Care: Do it For the Parents

Another reason for a national child care strategy

Child Care: Do You Get What You Pay For?

Outrageous fees. Vast cost discrepancies. Staggering wait-lists. Our survey reveals a lot about the reality of child care for families across Canada

Organizing Tips From Daycare Divas

Secrets from the pros that will help you embrace the chaos that comes with kids

Five Daycare Problems Solved

Whether you're concerned about snacks, naps or communication, here's how to get what you need

Summer Daycare

How summer programs help kids meet new friends and learn skills

The Babysitter Diaries

What your sitter wants you to know

Four Ideas That Could Change Child Care

Surprise — it may happen sooner than you think

Report Card

How the provinces — and the country — spend on child care

Daycare Decisions

Finding the right child care arrangement can be overwhelming. Here's help sorting through your options

Daycare Dilemmas

Expert answers to your most pressing child care concerns

Living Large: Having Many Children

Big families are back in style. What's it like to raise one?

Daycare Dashed

Stuck without child care? Here's how to find help in a hurry

Child Care: What Canadian Parents Need Now

Listen up, politicians, as Today's Parent readers tell it like it is

The Great Divide: When Parenting Styles Differ

Having babies is easy compared with agreeing on how to raise them

Daycare Diva

Looking for a little advice on how to build a better caregiver relationship? Look no further!

Generation Gaffes: Grandparents Looking After Kids

Staying grounded when Grandma's style of parenting starts to grate

Daycare Decisions

How to find the care that fits your child

DIY Daycare

Feeling the child care crunch, some parents are turning to self-reliant solutions

Stress Taste Test for Preschoolers

Beer, Popcorn and Child Care

Never mind the campaign pledges. Alberta is already directing money to stay-at-home parents

The Quebec Solution

Sure it’s only $7 a day, but with a lack of spaces, long waiting lists, lapses in quality and hidden “activity” fees, is one province’s daycare system really the best model for a national program?

The No-Nonsense Guide to Nannies

What it takes to find, hire and manage the right caregiver

Could You Be a Foster Parent?

Lots of kids need a home. Here's what it really takes to give them one

Daycare: When is it time to move on?

How to decide when your kids need a change

The Right Stuff

The Great Divide

Summer Daycare

But She Does It at Daycare

Child Care Report Card