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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.

Hedwig heads to the west coast: Hogwarts opens at Universal Studios Hollywood

Hedwig heads to the west coast: Hogwarts opens at Universal Studios Hollywood

All your wizarding wishes and dreams are about to come true at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Chidera Ukairo

Family-friendly tips for visiting Tofino

Family-friendly tips for visiting Tofino

The misty mountains of Tofino, British Columbia, cast a spell over a band of city dwellers.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

11 car seat dos and don'ts

11 car seat dos and don'ts

Prevent common car seat buying, installation and usage mistakes with this list of car seat dos and don'ts.

Dory Cerny

6 fun indoor activities for toddlers

6 fun indoor activities for toddlers

Being stuck in the house with your active tot can be rough. Cure a case of cabin fever with these indoor activities for toddlers.

Today's Parent staff

8 genius cake decorating tips

8 genius cake decorating tips

These handy tips will make your cake decorating process as smooth as frosting.

Kathryn Hayward

3 best store-bought icings

3 best store-bought icings

Based on our rigorous office taste tests, this trio of store-bought frostings has the best shot of passing for homemade.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Easy buttercream recipe

Easy buttercream recipe

This buttercream recipe is easy to make and delicious. Go ahead and whip some up.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

7 ways to make boxed cake mix better

7 ways to make boxed cake mix better

Store-bought cake mix, we love you. You’re fast and easy, and with an extra pinch of this or smidgen of that, we consider you homemade.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

I lost my five-year-old to an impossible-to-spot illness

I lost my five-year-old to an impossible-to-spot illness

What started as an earache for Jennifer White’s daughter quickly went from ordinary to alarming. Within a week, it was the worst-case scenario: septicemia.

Jennifer White

Why you need to protect your child from TVs (It's not the reason you think!)

Why you need to protect your child from TVs (It's not the reason you think!)

If a heavy flat-screen falls on your kid the results could be fatal.

Sheryl Ubelacker

8 puberty books for boys

8 puberty books for boys

Have you had "The Talk" yet? Sometimes handing your son a book is a heck of a lot easier (and less embarrassing) for all involved.

Miriam Porter

Would you breastfeed a child past age two?

Would you breastfeed a child past age two?

Two moms face off on the topic of extended breastfeeding.

Today's Parent

13 fun and easy rainy day crafts

13 fun and easy rainy day crafts

When the kids are bored and the weather is frightful...break out the scissors, paper and glue and make some of these fun rainy day crafts!

Amy Valm

6 easy banana recipes

6 easy banana recipes

In any given kitchen, a bunch of bananas sits slowly browning. Rescue them with these six fun banana recipes.

Chatelaine

Autism news: The latest research

Autism news: The latest research

To recognize Autism Awareness Day, we’re looking at the latest autism news, including the most exciting breakthroughs, discoveries and research.

Wendy Haaf

What to do if your big kid's hygiene kind of sucks

What to do if your big kid's hygiene kind of sucks

How to get your big kids to care about their hygiene.

Allan Britnell

7 changes you can make to be a better parent right now

7 changes you can make to be a better parent right now

Good enough parent is the new perfectionist parent. Here are a few easy changes that will make you a better parent right this instance.

Katrina Onstad

#ThisIsMyLife: Games you can play while hardly moving or speaking

#ThisIsMyLife: Games you can play while hardly moving or speaking

"Games" to play with your kid when you don't want to actually do anything.

Leah Rumack

My daughter is at risk because she's Aboriginal and female

My daughter is at risk because she's Aboriginal and female

Aboriginal mom Dawn Harvard faces the harsh truth that she can’t promise to keep her 10-year-old daughter safe.

Dawn Harvard

3 tips for teaching your toddler manners

Toddler development

3 tips for teaching your toddler manners

You need to have patience (and lots of it) when teaching toddler manners.

Lola Augustine Brown