Family

Let us help navigate daily life with your growing family, with everything from kids’ craft and activity ideas to advice on discipline and birthday party inspiration.

Passive-aggressive gifts that kids will love and their parents will hate

Passive-aggressive gifts that kids will love and their parents will hate

Your sister gave your kid a drum kit? Exact sweet revenge with one of these passive-aggressive gifts—there’s a perfectly obnoxious gift for every occasion.

Sheri Segal Glick

8 things you should never say to a stay-at-home mom or dad

8 things you should never say to a stay-at-home mom or dad

Kim Shiffman

Live your best life: 15 feel-good recipes

Live your best life: 15 feel-good recipes

We're not messing around with these comforting, live-your-best-life dishes. Heavy on the carbs and high on the yum factor, eat all the things.

Amy Valm

1 easy buttercream icing recipe, 4 delicious ways

Birthday parties

1 easy buttercream icing recipe, 4 delicious ways

This buttercream icing recipe is so simple to make and has four variations—chocolate, vanilla, berry and lemon. So are you ready to ice, ice, baby?

Today's Parent

6 tech hacks to keep your next road trip on track

6 tech hacks to keep your next road trip on track

From in-car Wi-Fi to emoji bingo, these ideas will help keep your vacation running smoothly.

Chad Sapieha

8 best deals at Costco for families

8 best deals at Costco for families

What are the best deals at Costco? Calculator in hand, financial author, blogger and speaker Kerry K. Taylor sleuthed the savings.

Kerry K. Taylor

19 fun things to do in Prince Edward County with kids

19 fun things to do in Prince Edward County with kids

Just over two hours away from Toronto, this once-sleepy foodie and wine-lovers region has morphed into summer hipster family central.

Leah Rumack

Living with diabetes

Living with diabetes

Raise Your Hand For Diabetes

How I made the sex talk with my daughter less weird

How I made the sex talk with my daughter less weird

My mother’s approach to talking about sex—which was to not talk about sex—felt like a lie of omission. I wanted to do things differently with my daughter.

Alicia Elliott

4 financial decisions new parents face

4 financial decisions new parents face

Jennifer Goldberg

8 ways Canada’s new food guide will change how you feed your kids

8 ways Canada’s new food guide will change how you feed your kids

A focus on meatless meals? No more juice or chocolate milk? An emphasis on mindful eating? We're loving Canada's proposed new food guide!

Cara Rosenbloom

Personalized jewelry to celebrate your new baby

Personalized jewelry to celebrate your new baby

From necklaces to rings, honour your new baby with these customizable (and affordable) jewellery pieces.

Jessica Spera

An online doctor service saved me a trip to the ER with my kid: Here’s why you should try it

An online doctor service saved me a trip to the ER with my kid: Here’s why you should try it

Getting a digital doctor’s appointment for your kid can be a lifesaver for a busy parent. Here’s what to expect when you get health care online.

Jessica Leeder

4 easy ways to ice a cake

Birthday parties

4 easy ways to ice a cake

So you're going to decorate a cake—bravo to you. It will actually be much easier than you think. All you need is a delicious cake, icing and these tricks.

Today's Parent

How to make simple craft stick dolls

How to make simple craft stick dolls

These fun-to-make dolls will inspire hours of imaginative play—and help develop language and social skills. Plus, they are so easy to make.

Today's Parent

I‘m too awkward to make mom friends

I‘m too awkward to make mom friends

I had visions of building a fantastic circle of mom friends on mat leave. Then I tried baby-and-me yoga.

Natalie Stechyson

How to make simple craft stick dolls

How to make simple craft stick dolls

These adorable dolls use craft sticks, washi tape and scraps of fabric. They're so easy to make, even your youngest crafter can handle the project.

Mandy Milks

Do educational apps actually work? Here's how to ensure they're effective

Do educational apps actually work? Here's how to ensure they're effective

Are those learning apps really doing anything? New research into kids’ apps can help parents choose which ones work and which ones are just distractions.

Kate Daley

8 tips for cooking with kids

8 tips for cooking with kids

Cooking can help kids develop essential learning and motor skills. Here are some tips to get them started.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

This is why you have no time

This is why you have no time

Between technology and feminism, life was supposed to get easier for women. So why are many of us feeling overwhelmed, stressed and tired most of the time?

Rachel Giese