Health, care and safety

Toy Safety Checklist

Everything you need to know to keep your family safe

Tired All The Time

How diet, lack of exercise and poor sleep habits can contribute to fatigue

Brace Yourself

...for straight talk about kids and orthodontics

Stay or Go? Whether to send your child to school

How to know when your child is too sick for school

Still Thumb-Sucking

How to help your child give up the digit

Beach Blanket Baby: Summer Safety

Your A to Z guide to sun, surf and sand

Water Safety

Swimming is fun, but it also has inherent dangers. Here's how to reduce the risks

Tooth On the Loose

A dad's guide to dental heroics

Vaccine Update

What's rumour, what's real about immunizing your child

The Get-It-Right Guide to Car Seats

Everything you need to know to keep your kids safe on the road

Car Seat Safety Videos

Get the right car seat or booster seat for your child and ensure that it is installed and used correctly

Am I Fat?

Even school-age kids may conclude that to be beautiful, they need to be skinny

Got Lice?

Splitting hairs over which treatments work

Cleanup Time

Tired of being a "maven of the mess"? Here's how some clever Today's Parent readers get their kids to help tidy up

Kids' Coughs Decoded

Use this primer to quickly identify and treat what's ailing your child

Bathroom Dilemmas

When is it safe to let kids use public washrooms on their own?

Winter Skin Savers

Building snowmen and making angels can leave skin irritated, and dry indoor air makes it worse. Here's our guide to soothe winter skin

Fighting Foods

What kids should (and shouldn't) eat when they're sick

Life on the Knife Edge: Kids With Severe Allergies

Say you discovered that a tiny smear of peanut butter could kill your child. What would you do?

My Child Has What?: Icky Kid Ailments

Tips to (discreetly) deal with icky kid ailments