Travel tips to make your junior traveller’s first unaccompanied flight easy and stress free.

When kids fly solo: Travel tips

Family travel

There's nothing like quality time with your family. We’ve got fun ideas for indoor games, camping and travel tips, holiday crafts, and everything in between.

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.

Activities

Jennifer Pinarski shares her family's less-than-perfect Christmas traditions.

4 ways our Christmas traditions changed after kids

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Indoor Activities

Addyson and Peyton are about to start swimming lessons, and Lisa van de Geyn's trying not to expect the worst.

Help! My kids are afraid of the water

Mom says Dad says

Susan Goldberg tries to manage two very different schedules for her sons.

Different kids, different schedules

Parenting

Let Fifi and Fido join in the holiday fun this season with our favourite gifts for pets.

Holiday gifts for pets: Our top picks

Family pets

Tracy Chappell's adventures in bunny-sitting may have prepared her family for a furry addition.

If you like giving locally&#x2d;made and sourced presents, our guide to gifts from Toronto has you covered!

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Holiday

What's Christmas without a classic holiday portrait with Santa? We asked readers to submit their hilarious photos.

Hilarious kids' Santa photos

Put an end to your fear of confrontation with these three steps — and learn how best to express yourself when confronting your partner.

3 steps to facing your fear of confrontation

Mental health

Anchel Krishna's daughter recently received Botox treatment in the hopes that it will relieve symptoms of her cerebral palsy.

Why I let my kid get Botox

Special needs

Tired of the same old superheroes and pink princesses? These smart gender-neutral toys bust sugar-and-spice stereotypes and invite everyone to play.

Gender-neutral toys

Toys

Are postnuptial agreements the best way to compensate stay-at-home moms? Jennifer Pinarski isn't so sure.

Should stay-at-home moms sign a postnup?

Careers

Nelson Mandela's passing gave Tracy Chappell the chance to discuss the good— and the bad — with her girls.

Talking to kids about Nelson Mandela

News

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Crafts

From keepsakes to toys, these sweet gifts are perfect for baby's first Christmas.

5 great gifts for baby's first Christmas

Baby gifts

Watch this adorable potato-stamp ornament tutorial from two pint-sized crafters. This craft is cute and ridiculously easy (once Mom or Dad carefully cuts the potato and uses a cookie cutter to stamp out a festive shape).Make them for your own tree or give them as gifts from your little holiday helpers.

Watch this adorable potato stamp ornament tutorial from two pint-sized crafters.

Video: Cute potato stamp Christmas craft

Here’s an easy craft for families who like to celebrate the holidays in grand style. These sparkly baubles are the perfect ornament when you’re after that modern-glamour vibe. Watch this easy how-to video with your kids and create your very own glitter-ball ornaments.

Watch this easy how-to video with your kids and create your very own glitter ball ornaments.

Home decor

Check out these five Christmas tree decoration ideas, all of which can be made at home with supplies from the craft cupboard!

Holiday DIY: 5 trees 5 ways

Netflix and DreamWorks Animation have joined forces to bring audiences Turbo FAST, a new family-friendly TV series.

Check out the kids Netflix series Turbo FAST

What's playing?

Jennifer Pinarski is against having her kids pose for pictures with Santa. Here's why.