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Passive-aggressive gifts that kids will love and their parents will hate

Passive-aggressive gifts that kids will love and their parents will hate

Your sister gave your kid a drum kit? Exact sweet revenge with one of these passive-aggressive gifts—there’s a perfectly obnoxious gift for every occasion.

Sheri Segal Glick

8 things you should never say to a stay-at-home mom or dad

8 things you should never say to a stay-at-home mom or dad

Kim Shiffman

8 best deals at Costco for families

8 best deals at Costco for families

What are the best deals at Costco? Calculator in hand, financial author, blogger and speaker Kerry K. Taylor sleuthed the savings.

Kerry K. Taylor

11 things you should never say to a work-from-home parent

11 things you should never say to a work-from-home parent

“It must be so nice to sleep in” and “You must have so much free time!” Um, no. Here's a list of things you should never say to work-from-home parents.

Christine Persaud

This is Canada: What parenting looks like from coast to coast

This is Canada: What parenting looks like from coast to coast

From a an all-skateboarder crew in Calgary to a multigenerational household in Toronto here are our fave pics of Canadian families doing what they do best

Liz Ikiriko

Glee club transformed my daughter

Glee club transformed my daughter

We tried journalling, fretting to worry dolls and talking it out, but what helped my daughter deal with anxiety was singing at the top of her lungs.

Diane Peters

A relative was hard-core trolling me online and I shut him down

A relative was hard-core trolling me online and I shut him down

He's kind, generous and loves my kids, but Uncle Mel is also an internet troll who wouldn't leave me alone. Negotiating this was not easy.

Elizabeth Chorney-Booth

7 tips for surviving your in-laws (without losing your cool in front of your kid)

7 tips for surviving your in-laws (without losing your cool in front of your kid)

Strategies for finding your zen when your in-laws feed your kid hot dogs for breakfast. Every. Single. Day of their visit.

Today's Parent

39 best apps for toddlers

39 best apps for toddlers

Keep your tot busy! Here are the best apps for toddlers.

Today's Parent

How loving hockey has made me a better parent and a happier person

How loving hockey has made me a better parent and a happier person

For years, I was blind to hockey’s charms, but my sons showed me the true beauty of the game.

Julie McCann

“It was my first baby and I was afraid.”

“It was my first baby and I was afraid.”

Since the end of 2015, thousands of Syrian refugees have begun their new lives in Canada. Three mothers share with us their experience in starting over.

Kalli Anderson

“I was just praying to get to Canada in time to not have to give birth in Turkey.”

“I was just praying to get to Canada in time to not have to give birth in Turkey.”

Since the end of 2015, thousands of Syrian refugees have begun their new lives in Canada. Three mothers share with us their experience in starting over.

Kalli Anderson

“We gathered our things and left. I was nine months pregnant.”

“We gathered our things and left. I was nine months pregnant.”

Since the end of 2015, thousands of Syrian refugees have begun their new lives in Canada. Three mothers share with us their experience in starting over.

Kalli Anderson

Battling brain cancer, I became our family’s third child

Battling brain cancer, I became our family’s third child

My daughter was born at a time when life was out of my hands and my wife’s were overloaded.

Tyler Wade

What the picture doesn’t show

What the picture doesn’t show

The emotional ups and downs of foster parenthood.

Meghan Moravcik Walbert

Who makes dinner in your house?

Who makes dinner in your house?

Surprising stats about who does the lion’s share of work in the kitchen.

Today's Parent

Making it through your divorce

Making it through your divorce

How to have a kinder, gentler and cheaper breakup (yes, it is possible).

Dawn Calleja

Outsized expectations: What it’s like when your kid is big for his age

Outsized expectations: What it’s like when your kid is big for his age

I’m tired of dealing with strangers’ assumptions of what a kid should look like at a certain age.

E. Sutherland

What makes a "real" mom?

What makes a "real" mom?

I have an adopted daughter and a step-son. Don’t you dare tell me I’m not a real mom.

Jackie Gillard

Dove's "Beautifully Real Moms" shows a very real side of motherhood

Dove's "Beautifully Real Moms" shows a very real side of motherhood

In a new campaign with Baby Dove, the company has launched a photo series depicting real mothers juggling kids and life. The results are beautifully real.

Kelsey Miki