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.

Skiing with kids: 5 lessons from the slopes

Skiing with kids: 5 lessons from the slopes

Jennifer Pinarski’s family took their first ski trip—and the lessons they learned went beyond slope skills.

Jennifer Pinarski

Clifford the Big Red Dog is back—exclusive to Netflix

Clifford the Big Red Dog is back—exclusive to Netflix

Netflix and Scholastic Media are bringing Clifford the Big Red Dog to TV this February.

Jessica Fishbein

8 great Valentine's Day gifts for kids

8 great Valentine's Day gifts for kids

Check out these latest swoon-worthy goods for your mini cupids.

Today's Parent

Why you should run to see The Lego Movie

Why you should run to see The Lego Movie

Everything is awesome about The Lego Movie. Why you should see it with your kids (or without).

Nadine Silverthorne

Did you like your Facebook movie?

Did you like your Facebook movie?

Did you make a Facebook lookback movie? Many parents are posting theirs and complaining that they looked cooler before Facebook.

Nadine Silverthorne

The risks of ignoring mother's intuition

The risks of ignoring mother's intuition

After her son gets pneumonia, Susan Goldberg wonders why she hesitated in taking him to the doctor.

Susan Goldberg

5 dinner party recipes (kids will love)

5 dinner party recipes (kids will love)

Style and kitchen maven Trish Magwood shares five dinner party recipes that are easy to make and kid-approved.

Trish Magwood

Introducing our free Milestones app

Introducing our free Milestones app

Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod, our new free app lets you track your child's milestones and establish healthy habits with fun tools that your growing family will love.

Today's Parent

Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child getting enough sleep? Here's why getting enough sleep—and the right kind of it—is key to your child’s health and well-being (and yours, too).

Marissa Stapley Ponikowski

Have school lunch policies gone too far?

Have school lunch policies gone too far?

After a British boy is suspended for bringing crackers to class, Jennifer Pinarski wonders if school lunch policies have gone too far.

Jennifer Pinarski

Would you get a tattoo of your kids’ names?

Would you get a tattoo of your kids’ names?

Tattoo for mom or dad? Many parents are embracing the new trend of getting tattoos of their child's names.

Aparita Bhandari

Education: Cool things my kids are learning

Education: Cool things my kids are learning

Tracy Chappell's daughters are benefitting from some outside-the-box thinkers.

Tracy Chappell

How I made baking accessible for my child

How I made baking accessible for my child

Anchel Krishna makes baking a cake an accessible activity for her daughter.

Anchel Krishna

Best online consignment stores in Canada

Best online consignment stores in Canada

These online consignment stores and swap shops make it easy and cheap to keep up with the coolest kids' fashion trends—and score cute (gently worn) clothing.

Sasha Emmons

Health and fitness for the solo parent?

Health and fitness for the solo parent?

Losing the baby weight was easy—but no one warned Jennifer Pinarski about the pesky "toddler twenty."

Jennifer Pinarski

One week of one-pot dinners

One week of one-pot dinners

These seven easy and delicious one-pot dinners will set you and your family up for a delicious week of meals.

Ceri Marsh and Laura Keogh

Fun Valentine's Day activities!

Fun Valentine's Day activities!

Entertain your kids and their friends with these sweet games and Valentine's Day activities.

Bunch

What’s Brewing is the highlight of my month

What’s Brewing is the highlight of my month

Katie Dupuis loves attending What’s Brewing meetings, at Second Cup cafes across Toronto.

Katie Dupuis

What to do when your child has a dental emergency

What to do when your child has a dental emergency

Here's how Jennifer Pinarski managed her son's dental emergency.

Jennifer Pinarski

Why being selfish makes me a better father

Why being selfish makes me a better father

Can putting yourself first make you a more generous father and husband? This dad believes so.

Ben Kaplan