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.

Want to help your kids? Let them suck!

Want to help your kids? Let them suck!

An excerpt from Jessica Lahey's book The Gift of Failure, on how helicopter parenting is actually hampering our kids' success.

Today's Parent

Easy dinners: 10 ingredients, 3 meals

Easy dinners: 10 ingredients, 3 meals

This is our kind of kitchen math: make one grocery run and eat for days with these three easy dinners.

Chatelaine

Why kids need to snack—plus healthy snack ideas

Why kids need to snack—plus healthy snack ideas

Kids need a lot of snacks to beth through the day—find out why! Plus, try these yummy and healthy snack ideas.

Today's Parent

Boy with autism gives cards to strangers to explain his disability

Boy with autism gives cards to strangers to explain his disability

"I can understand why parents would want to preemptively explain away their child’s disabilities..."

Anchel Krishna

How I accidentally got a mom haircut

How I accidentally got a mom haircut

"I know it never looks the way it does in the salon, but this mop was a hot mess."

Katie Dupuis

Strollers keep young kids inactive, new study warns

Strollers keep young kids inactive, new study warns

Paediatricians suggest that parents stroll—rather than use a stroller—to keep young kids more active.

Jennifer Pinarski

4 family-friendly biking trails in Manitoba

4 family-friendly biking trails in Manitoba

Check out a gingerbread house, a lake stocked with trout and an awesome beginner mountain biking path on these family-friendly biking trails in Manitoba.

Bonnie Schiedel

6 family-friendly biking trails in Prince Edward Island

6 family-friendly biking trails in Prince Edward Island

Grab a bike and discover Prince Edward Island on these family-friendly biking trails.

Bonnie Schiedel

4 food additives to avoid in packaged snacks

4 food additives to avoid in packaged snacks

Keep a lookout for the following food additives on ingredient lists.

Aileen Brabazon

6 family-friendly biking trails in Alberta

6 family-friendly biking trails in Alberta

Rivers, mountains and wildlife set the scene on these family-friendly biking trails in Alberta.

Bonnie Schiedel

We desperately need a Canadians with Disabilities Act

We desperately need a Canadians with Disabilities Act

The Americans with Disabilities Act was created 25 years ago in the US. Why are we so far behind?

Anchel Krishna

My five-year-old is already asking for bikinis and hair chalk!

My five-year-old is already asking for bikinis and hair chalk!

"I didn’t anticipate that I'd have to deal with requests for bikinis and hair chalk before my child even turned five!"

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

What Life Is Like For Transgender Children Now

What Life Is Like For Transgender Children Now

Meet three lucky trans kids who are living the lives they’d always hoped for.

Rachel Giese

No, kids don't need apps to play outside!

No, kids don't need apps to play outside!

Will apps and gadgets really inspire kids to play outside?

Jennifer Pinarski

10 family-friendly hiking trails in Alberta

10 family-friendly hiking trails in Alberta

Ancient rock paintings, a deep canyon and animatronic dinosaurs will wow your kids on these family-friendly hiking trails in Alberta.

Bonnie Schiedel

10 ridiculously easy-to-make snacks

10 ridiculously easy-to-make snacks

Kids and parents will love these satisfying and easy snack recipes.

Allison Young

4 Reasons I'm So Glad My Kid's Sports Season is Over

4 Reasons I'm So Glad My Kid's Sports Season is Over

Hooray! One mom explains why she is glad her kid's sports season is over.

Jennifer Pinarski

4 family-friendly biking trails in Saskatchewan

4 family-friendly biking trails in Saskatchewan

Cruise past lakes, rivers and wildlife on these family-friendly biking trails in Saskatchewan.

Bonnie Schiedel

6 beautiful bike trails in Nova Scotia

6 beautiful bike trails in Nova Scotia

From Cape Breton to Mahone Bay, there’s a beautiful route for every skill level

Bonnie Schiedel

3 biking trails to try in Newfoundland and Labrador

3 biking trails to try in Newfoundland and Labrador

Cycle past trout anglers, watch the boats at Conception Bay and stop at a century-old train station on these scenic family-friendly biking routes.

Bonnie Schiedel