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Can air purifiers really reduce your COVID risk?

Can air purifiers really reduce your COVID risk?

Air purifiers can add another layer of protection from COVID indoors, along with masking, gathering outdoors when possible and reducing contacts.

Claire Gagne, Chatelaine

What parents need to know about COVID-19 rapid testing

What parents need to know about COVID-19 rapid testing

Bonnie Schiedel

A new parents' guide to the pharmacy aisle

A new parents' guide to the pharmacy aisle

7 tips and tricks that’ll save you time and money when shopping for kids’ stuff at the drugstore.

Lisa Kadane

Follow These 6 Rules to Keep Kids Safe From COVID this Halloween

Follow These 6 Rules to Keep Kids Safe From COVID this Halloween

Here’s the best way to have a fun night trick-or-treating with your tiny goblins and ghouls in 2021 (plus one safety measure you can definitely drop!).

Claire Gagne

Chasing after your kids might be better for your health than you think

Chasing after your kids might be better for your health than you think

A new study confirms that physical activity is way more important to your general health than the number on the scale—and you're probably already doing it!

Stacey Nguyen

How to tell the kids you have breast cancer

How to tell the kids you have breast cancer

There’s no shortage of euphemisms for describing cancer to children. But first you have to get comfortable with the concepts and the words in your mouth.

Jessica Leeder

I let my kids cut my hair off instead of waiting for it to fall out from chemo

I let my kids cut my hair off instead of waiting for it to fall out from chemo

When I started chemotherapy my kids began to worry about me losing my hair. So, two weeks in, I decided to throw a haircutting party.

Amy Miedema

Why everyone should get the flu shot—even babies and pregnant women

Why everyone should get the flu shot—even babies and pregnant women

What you need to know if you've never taken your family for flu shots before, including who should get it, whether it works and if you'll have to pay.

Emily Senger

What life is like when you have breast cancer—and kids

What life is like when you have breast cancer—and kids

What life is like for young moms dealing with breast cancer.

Jessica Leeder

How Moderna's mRNA technology is revolutionizing health care

How Moderna's mRNA technology is revolutionizing health care

Moderna stays ahead of the science with their mRNA platform, while also developing vaccine technology in other therapeutic areas

Mediaplanet

How to fix your kid's garbage COVID sleep habits now that we're back in school

How to fix your kid's garbage COVID sleep habits now that we're back in school

Have bedtimes and mornings been a struggle? Here’s how to fix your family sleep routine now that kids are back in school.

Alanna McGinn

I can’t believe back-to-school is even scarier and more stressful than last year

I can’t believe back-to-school is even scarier and more stressful than last year

Erin Pepler

My 8-year-old is tall and beautiful, but her self-worth is shrinking

My 8-year-old is tall and beautiful, but her self-worth is shrinking

Caitlin Crawshaw

Changing the minds of the vaccine hesitant requires actually listening to them

Changing the minds of the vaccine hesitant requires actually listening to them

Wendy Glauser, Maclean's

What’s safe this summer if you’re vaxxed but your kids aren’t

What’s safe this summer if you’re vaxxed but your kids aren’t

Freedom! Or not? Many parents are now double-dosed —but what do we do with the unvaccinated kids? Here's what you need to know.

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

Your guide to kids’ summer skin protection

Your guide to kids’ summer skin protection

Claire Gagné

5 parenting tips from a military mom

5 parenting tips from a military mom

Having two young children and a husband in the Canadian Armed Forces can seem overwhelming. This military mom shares her tips on handling the wild ride.

Emily Senger

Fully vaccinated people have gotten the Delta COVID variant. Should we be worried?

Fully vaccinated people have gotten the Delta COVID variant. Should we be worried?

Patricia Treble, Maclean's

How to stop your kid from obsessing over dessert

How to stop your kid from obsessing over dessert

If you’re constantly dealing with requests for sweet treats, it’s time to reframe the discussion around dessert. A registered dietitian explains how.

Cara Rosenbloom

14 surprising summertime dangers

14 surprising summertime dangers

Summertime is about being carefree—but you have to stay smart when kids are on the move outdoors. Here are some risks you may not have considered.

Jill Buchner