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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.

5 sensory activities and crafts for kids

5 sensory activities and crafts for kids

These five easy "let's get messy" games, crafts and activities will help expose your toddler to new textures and materials.

Andrea Mulder-Slater

How to load your dishwasher (properly!)

How to load your dishwasher (properly!)

It's time to learn the right way to load your dishwasher.

Today's Parent

15 easy cookie recipes

15 easy cookie recipes

These easy cookie recipes will disappear faster than you can make them.

Corinne Guirgis

Sex Is a Funny Word: A must-read for kids...and parents

Sex Is a Funny Word: A must-read for kids...and parents

It doesn't hit bookstores until June, but parenting community is already buzzing about "Sex is a Funny Word." Tara-Michelle Ziniuk reviews the kids' book.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Special-needs parenting: My daughter's first friend

Special-needs parenting: My daughter's first friend

Anchel Krishna finds joy in seeing her four-year-old daughter make her first friend.

Anchel Krishna

10 Mother's Day coupons—for what she really wants

10 Mother's Day coupons—for what she really wants

These will definitely put a smile on her face! Print off one of these cute Mother's Day coupons.

Today's Parent

5 ways to save money with your phone

5 ways to save money with your phone

These free apps are easy to use and will help you save money.

Amy Valm

Why I'm not falling for the stranger danger video

Why I'm not falling for the stranger danger video

A new viral video warns parents about stranger danger, but just how accurate is the message it sends?

Jennifer Pinarski

How to detangle a knot

How to detangle a knot

How to detangle a knot in your child's hair in four simple steps.

Today's Parent

Two moms, with love: An emotional Mother's Day

Two moms, with love: An emotional Mother's Day

For Susan Goldberg and her partner, Rachel, Mother’s Day is a mixed bag of emotions.

Susan Goldberg

Mother's Day gift guide: Wired woman

Mother's Day gift guide: Wired woman

Tech-savvy mamas will love these Mother's Day gift ideas.

Today's Parent

7 Star Wars crafts

7 Star Wars crafts

Mini Jedi masters will love these Star Wars-themed crafts. With everything from Rainbow Loom patterns to Stormtrooper helmets, we've rounded up our favourite DIY projects you can work on as a family.

Amy Valm

10 signs you’re getting older this Father’s Day

10 signs you’re getting older this Father’s Day

Ian Mendes

7 great Atlantic Canada playgrounds

7 great Atlantic Canada playgrounds

The East Coast features some amazing play areas. Go explore one of these great Martimes playgrounds.

Amy Valm

7 Yoda quotes for parents to live by

7 Yoda quotes for parents to live by

Some wise words for parents from the Jedi Master himself.

Today's Parent

A naked preschooler? OMG, call the police!

A naked preschooler? OMG, call the police!

A four-year-old boy in British Columbia made headlines this week for playing outdoors naked—otherwise known as "just being a kid."

Jennifer Pinarski

New hope for kids with serious food allergies

New hope for kids with serious food allergies

Peanut butter for babies and a pill to block anaphylactic reactions—the latest research on serious food allergies is good news for families.

Wendy Haaf

Mother's Day gift guide: Lovely lady

Mother's Day gift guide: Lovely lady

Moms will feel ladylike and graceful with these Mother's Day gifts.

Today's Parent

The debate: Screen time for kids in cars

The debate: Screen time for kids in cars

Two parents tackle the issue of permitting kids screen time in cars.

David Leach

8 Ways To Improve Your Pelvic Floor

8 Ways To Improve Your Pelvic Floor

From exercise to the way you sit on the toilet, there are some simple ways to be more supportive of your own pelvic floor health.

Jacqueline Hennessy