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6 Best Kids Summer Movies 2024

6 Best Kids Summer Movies 2024

Whether you're looking to keep your kid distracted for two hours or for an air-conditioned safe haven, the movie theatre is a great place to spend the summer.

Andrew Roberts

Permissive Parenting: Traits, Impacts, and Insights

Permissive Parenting: Traits, Impacts, and Insights

To help you understand permissive parenting, we've consulted with experts who share their insights, criticisms, and alternative strategies to consider.

Courtney Leiva

Authoritative Parenting: Balancing Support and Discipline

Authoritative Parenting: Balancing Support and Discipline

Authoritative parents set clear rules and boundaries for their kids, but they also listen to their kids and help them when they need it.

Courtney Leiva

Authoritarian Parenting: Traits, Impacts, and Alternatives

Authoritarian Parenting: Traits, Impacts, and Alternatives

We asked experts to explain authoritarian parenting, its main features, the criticisms it receives, and other parenting styles that can create a caring and supportive atmosphere.

Courtney Leiva

Understanding Uninvolved Parenting and Its Impacts

Understanding Uninvolved Parenting and Its Impacts

While some parents may lean towards permissive, authoritarian, or authoritative approaches, a fourth style stands out as particularly detrimental.

Courtney Leiva

The 4 Main Parenting Styles: Which One Are You?

The 4 Main Parenting Styles: Which One Are You?

The ins and outs of the parenting different styles, how you can blend them, and how cultural and societal factors can influence the way we parent.

Courtney Leiva

This Mother’s Day, Make the Photo Albums

This Mother’s Day, Make the Photo Albums

Why I wish I had followed in my mom's footsteps and took the time to make those photo albums.

Lindsay Karp

I’ll Walk with My Son as Long as I Can

I’ll Walk with My Son as Long as I Can

Missing one walk might seem miniscule, but it also means losing details and knowing him a little less.

Lindsay Karp

Check Your Kid's Backpack-Trust Me

Check Your Kid's Backpack-Trust Me

I looked through my kid’s backpack and the things that I found were out of a horror story

Jennifer Cox

9 Clever Uses for Fabric Drawers

9 Clever Uses for Fabric Drawers

We found the best fabric drawers to use if that household clutter is piling up — from organizing your little one's nursery to streamlining your bathroom.

Courtney Leiva

4 Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day with STEM-Inspired Gifts and Activities

4 Ways to Celebrate Mother’s Day with STEM-Inspired Gifts and Activities

Incorporating STEM activities into Mother's Day celebrations fosters fun and meaningful family bonding and cultivates crucial skills in children.

John Bianchette

Review: Sailun Atrezzo TCON All-Season SUV Tires

Review: Sailun Atrezzo TCON All-Season SUV Tires

Alicia Cox Thomson

5 Best Pressure Points for Constipation

5 Best Pressure Points for Constipation

Amanda Lauren

Self-Care Sunday with Allison: Connecting with The Divine Feminine

Self-Care Sunday with Allison: Connecting with The Divine Feminine

Topics and strategies for self-care through the lens of my personal experience–both the challenges and the triumphs and everything in between.

Allison McDonald Ace

How to Avoid Bed Bugs: Prevention Strategies and Tips

How to Avoid Bed Bugs: Prevention Strategies and Tips

We chatted with two pest control experts and a pediatrician to share tips on avoiding bed bugs and some treatment strategies to remember.

Courtney Leiva

How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs: Elimination and Prevention Tips

How to Get Rid of Bed Bugs: Elimination and Prevention Tips

How to get rid of bed bugs, what to look for as signs of an infestation and what to anticipate before and after the exterminator arrives on the scene

Courtney Leiva

Protecting Your Family: Recognizing the Signs of Bed Bugs

Protecting Your Family: Recognizing the Signs of Bed Bugs

Key indicators to watch out for—from the bed bug bites they leave behind to the dark spots in your house where they like to hide.

Courtney Leiva

Debunking 10 Common Myths about Autism

Debunking 10 Common Myths about Autism

Why these myths are so harmful and how you can promote acceptance and inclusion by knowing the facts

Jan Stewart

Autism Podcast Review Series: Moms Talk Autism

Autism Podcast Review Series: Moms Talk Autism

In honour of Autism Acceptance Month, we are kicking off a new series where we will review podcasts that focus on autism support and community.

Jan Stewart