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How do I get my child to open up more?

How do I get my child to open up more?

Do you wish your child had better communication skills? In this Parenting Solutions video, family therapist Jennifer Kolaris introduces the CALM technique.

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How to keep your kids from fighting

How to keep your kids from fighting

In this video, get family therapist and author Jennifer Kolari’s advice for how to keep your kids from fighting.

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What should I do when my kids complain they’re bored?

What should I do when my kids complain they’re bored?

Family therapist Jennifer Kolari says it’s actually good for kids to experience boredom. Watch this video for some surprisingly simple ways to beat boredom.

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Cooking with kids: Dressed-up Kale Chips

Cooking with kids: Dressed-up Kale Chips

Kids recipes: Try this easy and healthy kale chips recipe with your kids and give potato chips the heave-ho.

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Cooking with kids: Bacon Buttermilk Pancakes

Cooking with kids: Bacon Buttermilk Pancakes

Kids recipes: Two classic breakfast foods (bacon and pancakes) in one show-stopping recipe that's so easy your kids can help make it.

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Cooking with kids: Easy Pizza Bites

Cooking with kids: Easy Pizza Bites

Kids recipes: Make your own pizza ideas that are way more fun than frozen. Your kids will love this fun how-to video.

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Cooking with kids: Quinoa Banana Bread

Cooking with kids: Quinoa Banana Bread

Kids recipes: We've added a quinoa twist to that old banana bread fave. From breakfast to bake sales, kids will love this recipe (and can help, too).

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Special needs: 16-second GapKids ad makes a difference

Special needs: 16-second GapKids ad makes a difference

A new GapKids ad featuring a little girl with special needs is a step in the right direction.

Anchel Krishna

Scared to go back to school

Scared to go back to school

When your kid is anxious about heading back to school, is it best to focus on activity sheets or enjoying the last days of summer?

Jennifer Pinarski

Give parents on smartphones a break

Give parents on smartphones a break

Parents shouldn’t have to apologize for tuning out the chaos and spending some time on their smartphones.

Jennifer Pinarski

38 weeks pregnant and swollen: Has anyone seen my feet?

38 weeks pregnant and swollen: Has anyone seen my feet?

Pregnancy swelling is no fun, but luckily for managing editor Katie Dupuis, the end is in sight.

Katie Dupuis

My kids can’t wait to go back to school

My kids can’t wait to go back to school

It's always a surprise when kids are the ones who are eager to head back to school.

Tracy Chappell

Back-to-school: 8 great tools to get organized

Back-to-school: 8 great tools to get organized

Get ready for back-to-school with these tips—and cool organizational tools—from professional organizer Clare Kumar.

Clare Kumar

Why we go to synagogue, even though I’m an atheist

Why we go to synagogue, even though I’m an atheist

By exposing kids to religious services we are leaving them to make their own informed decisions about their own beliefs.

Susan Goldberg

Put your kid on our cover!

Put your kid on our cover!

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Lies, bribes, threats: When your child disciplines you

Lies, bribes, threats: When your child disciplines you

We all know that kids often mimic adult behaviour. But what do you do when your child disciplines you?

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

How a park swing changed our lives

How a park swing changed our lives

The addition of a park swing at a local playground has helped a little girl with cerebral palsy join the other kids.

Anchel Krishna

Confession: My kids are sore losers

Confession: My kids are sore losers

Despite kids' sore attitudes when it comes to losing, it's important that parents not let them win easily.

Jennifer Pinarski

When is the right time for back-to-school shopping?

When is the right time for back-to-school shopping?

Back-to-school shopping: It’s the summer’s biggest killjoy, but if you snooze, will you lose?

Tracy Chappell

Same-sex parents: When a child asks the hard questions

Same-sex parents: When a child asks the hard questions

Same-sex parents: When kids ask questions—questions they already know the answers to—they’re trying to figure out the bigger picture.

Susan Goldberg