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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.

Winter Wipeout Kids: How one dad made this awful winter awesome

Winter Wipeout Kids: How one dad made this awful winter awesome

Tracy Chappell’s daughters participate in a friend’s backyard Winter Wipeout Kids course, and remember that playing outside in winter can be super fun.

Tracy Chappell

Julie Daniluk: Healthy, on-the-go meals kids love

Julie Daniluk: Healthy, on-the-go meals kids love

Julie Daniluk shares her top 10 tips for healthy, on-the-go meals & snacks for families. PLUS recipe & giveaway of her new book, <em>Slimming Meals That Heal</em>.

Julie Daniluk

Why organizations supporting kids with special needs matter

Why organizations supporting kids with special needs matter

Last week Easter Seals helped the Krishna family achieve two big firsts, and Anchel was reminded why organizations helping kids with special needs matter.

Anchel Krishna

DIY Mother's Day Meringue Kisses

DIY Mother's Day Meringue Kisses

Make these fancy, melt-in-your-mouth delicacies for mom. It's not difficult. Promise. Everyone wants meringue kisses.

Today's Parent

Mother's Day craft: DIY faux milk glass vase

Mother's Day craft: DIY faux milk glass vase

Go beyond flowers this Mother's Day by making a chic, DIY personalized vase.

Rayna Schwartz

Stay-at-home moms on the rise...but why?

Stay-at-home moms on the rise...but why?

A new US report shows that the number of stay-at-home moms is increasing, but it’s not by choice. Jennifer Pinarski wonders if the same is true for Canada.

Jennifer Pinarski

12 free printable toys for kids

12 free printable toys for kids

Printables have gone way beyond colouring and activity sheets. Check out these cool paper toys...all free for the printing.

Kristy Woudstra

Rainbow Loom and art galleries: Mother knows best

Rainbow Loom and art galleries: Mother knows best

As fun as Rainbow Loom can be, Susan Goldberg had a feeling her son would love the Thunder Bay Art Gallery just as much.

Susan Goldberg

Postcard from Canyon Ranch, Miami

Postcard from Canyon Ranch, Miami

Ex-gym enthusiast Alicia Kowalewski finds her calm again by sweating it out for Mother’s Day.

Today's Parent

Would you take a pill to improve your sex drive?

Would you take a pill to improve your sex drive?

Is your sex drive suffering? Low libido is reported by more than a third of Canadian women, and drug companies are developing medications that could help.

Emma Waverman

Crafting for kids: Halloween stickers

Crafting for kids: Halloween stickers

Looking for sugar-free Halloween treats? Make these one-of-a-kind Halloween stickers to hand out or decorate with. Watch our short video tutorial to see how

Today's Parent

Why What's Brewing is more important to me than ever

Why What's Brewing is more important to me than ever

Katie Dupuis has big news, and What's Brewing has helped make her brave enough to share it.

Katie Dupuis

Battling work-life balance

Battling work-life balance

Yes you can achieve a work-life balance! Psychotherapist Liza Finlay shows you how.

Liza Finlay

6 favourite Passover recipes

6 favourite Passover recipes

Today's Parent staff

6 strategies to get rid of your Girl Guide cookies

6 strategies to get rid of your Girl Guide cookies

Tracy Chappell has developed a plan to get those delicious Girl Guide cookies out of her house.

Tracy Chappell

Kids' birthday cake ideas: Fairy cake pops

Birthday parties

Kids' birthday cake ideas: Fairy cake pops

Cake pops are all the rage, so why not add these fairy-inspired cake pops to your list of birthday cake ideas? Kids will love making and eating them.

Irene Ngo

Anne Geddes for meningococcal disease

Anne Geddes for meningococcal disease

Famed photographer Anne Geddes focuses her lens on raising awareness of meningococcal disease.

Wendy Haaf

Fairy birthday party printables: Pixie Pursuit rules and invitation templates

Fairy birthday party printables: Pixie Pursuit rules and invitation templates

This Magic Wand Invitation printable makes for a sweet take-home souvenir from a fairy birthday party.

Emily Piccinin

Kids' books starring animals: Harmful or helpful?

Kids' books starring animals: Harmful or helpful?

A new study suggests that books featuring cartoon animals have a negative impact on children, but Jennifer Pinarski thinks that books aren’t to blame.

Jennifer Pinarski

Why a manicure is a big deal

Why a manicure is a big deal

Anchel Krishna gives Syona her first manicure, complete with painted nails, and realises it wasn't only a new experience—it was a milestone.

Anchel Krishna