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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.

50 essential winter activities for families

50 essential winter activities for families

From making monster gloves to going on a special woodland adventure, have some snowy or cozy fun with our 50 must-try winter activities.

Jessica Spera

Are you paying the Grandparent tax?

Are you paying the Grandparent tax?

Nothing in life is free, right? And, like many things that seem a little too good to be true, getting help from mom and dad can come at a cost.

Kailene Leong

Constantly reminding and nagging? Here's when to let your kid fail

Constantly reminding and nagging? Here's when to let your kid fail

You could keep nagging and reminding your kids of their responsibilities. Or, you could let the natural consequence of their actions teach them something.

Lisa Kadane

Kids’ artwork: How to manage, store and organize it

Kids’ artwork: How to manage, store and organize it

Your kid keeps bringing home artwork and you can’t throw it out. Our DIY editor Mandy Milks has genius ways to show off your little Picasso’s masterpieces.

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28 Empowering Books with Strong Female Characters

28 Empowering Books with Strong Female Characters

Whether you have daughters or sons, it’s important to expose them to strong female role models. Here are 28 empowering books with strong female characters.

Kalli Anderson

How To Discipline A Toddler? 14 Tactics That Actually Work

How To Discipline A Toddler? 14 Tactics That Actually Work

Disciplining toddlers can be tough, but if you’re frustrated with your kid’s antics, here are some tricks that actually work.

Laura Bickle

How to stop using food to reward (and punish) your kids

How to stop using food to reward (and punish) your kids

Most parents use food to reward their kids for good behavior or to console them when they’re sad. Here's why you shouldn't—and how to break the habit.

Stephanie Meyers

What it’s like to parent when you have agoraphobia

What it’s like to parent when you have agoraphobia

Before having kids, my agoraphobia affected no one but me. But as a mother, I couldn't ignore how my mental illness was impacting my kids lives.

Brianna Bell

Kristen Bell on 13 of parenting's most controversial topics

Kristen Bell on 13 of parenting's most controversial topics

In an exclusive interview with Today's Parent, actress and mom-of-two Kristen Bell gives us her hot takes on some of parenting's biggest controversies.

Today's Parent

10 awesome nature crafts for kids

10 awesome nature crafts for kids

Take the kids out on a scavenger hunt, then get crafting! We've rounded up the best nature crafts for kids.

Tina Barkley

Please Stop Telling Me I Need to Take My Kids on Vacation

Please Stop Telling Me I Need to Take My Kids on Vacation

Sure, I feel a pang of jealousy when I see all the #travelgrams on my social feed, but the stress of travelling with my kids just isn’t worth it.

Brianna Bell

5 amazing ways that unschooling develops children’s creativity

5 amazing ways that unschooling develops children’s creativity

In Unschooling to University, parenting expert and author Judy Arnall argues that prescribed curriculum kills creativity, while free play promotes it.

Judy Arnall

Birth alerts are discriminatory and need to stop

Birth alerts are discriminatory and need to stop

British Columbia has put an end to birth alerts, which can lead to traumatic child apprehensions soon after delivery, many from Indigenous families.

Mary Malebranche, University of Calgary

9 new baby and kid products our editors are loving this month

9 new baby and kid products our editors are loving this month

From a palm-sized breast pump to a toy that prevents your kids from trashing the house, parents are going to love these new parenting product launches.

Today's Parent

14 magical Airbnb rentals for families

14 magical Airbnb rentals for families

Plan your family’s next adventure around one of these Airbnb rentals. Your kids won’t even care about sightseeing when they’re staying in these fairy tale escapes.

Simone Olivero

15 easy budget-friendly meals

15 easy budget-friendly meals

Beat the grocery bill blues! A few key swaps and staples make budget-friendly meals that are loaded with flavour.

Amy Valm

Nine tips for surviving a family home renovation—from people who’ve been there

Nine tips for surviving a family home renovation—from people who’ve been there

Here’s how these families and industry experts pulled off impressive upgrades while living through the home renovation with kids underfoot.

Gillian Berner

7 tips for a family-friendly winter trip to New Hampshire’s White Mountains

7 tips for a family-friendly winter trip to New Hampshire’s White Mountains

Take the kids along for skiing, tubing, trains and the storybook winter scenery of New Hampshire’s White Mountain region.

Ariel Brewster

Hey Grandparents, Get Off Your iPad When the Kids Are Around

Hey Grandparents, Get Off Your iPad When the Kids Are Around

You’re grateful for the support you get from grandparents, but it’s frustrating when they’re focused on a screen instead of your kid. Here’s how to deal.

Bryan Borzykowski

The pain of being a part-time parent

The pain of being a part-time parent

Because I share custody with my ex-husband, balance is built into my life. But every time the kids go to their dad’s, my heart breaks and I want them back.

Suzanne Hayes