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Home alone: How old is old enough?

Home alone: How old is old enough?

Babble blogger Lizzie Heiselt left her seven-year-old son home alone while she ran errands—and kicked up a media firestorm.

Jennifer Pinarski

When did school lunches become a political statement?

When did school lunches become a political statement?

With all the food restrictions and nutritional requirements, some parents are fed up with making school lunches.

Jennifer Pinarski

5 tips for surviving class trips

5 tips for surviving class trips

It’s field trip season! Jennifer Pinarski shares these five hard-won tips to help you (and your kids) survive upcoming class trips.

Jennifer Pinarski

Neat-freak kids: Nature or nurture?

Neat-freak kids: Nature or nurture?

Sometimes even parents can learn a lesson in cleanliness from their neat-freak kids.

Tracy Chappell

My four-year-old is very emotionally mature

My four-year-old is very emotionally mature

Parents of emotionally mature kids may be left wondering how to tackle the subject of verbalizing feelings.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Frozen's Let it Go voted best car song for kids

Frozen's Let it Go voted best car song for kids

New survey shows Frozen's Let it Go is the top travel song for families. To commemorate the occasion, we've collected fun videos of family sing-a-longs!

Amy Valm

Screen-free kids have better social skills: Study

Screen-free kids have better social skills: Study

A new study has found that the more time kids spend screen-free the better they are at detecting emotional cues in others.

Jennifer Pinarski

Drinking during pregnancy: New ads should make us squirm

Drinking during pregnancy: New ads should make us squirm

A new LCBO campaign targeting drinking during pregnancy has received formal complaints. But maybe that's a good thing?

Jennifer Pinarski

Taylor Swift sends message to bullied fan on Instagram

Taylor Swift sends message to bullied fan on Instagram

Here's another reason why many parents consider Taylor Swift a positive role model for their children.

Tracy Chappell

Study: Family dinners aren't dead... yet

Study: Family dinners aren't dead... yet

Between picky eaters and hectic schedules, are family dinners dead? A recent study out of the US believes the answer is yes.

Jennifer Pinarski

What does God mean?: Answering the tough questions

What does God mean?: Answering the tough questions

How does one answer a four-year-old's questions about God? One mom tries to find the answer.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Your kids' bad sleep habits are caused by co-sleeping: Study

Your kids' bad sleep habits are caused by co-sleeping: Study

New research suggests that co-sleeping in infancy may lead to chronic sleep problems later in childhood.

Jennifer Pinarski

20 questions: What I ask my kids every year

20 questions: What I ask my kids every year

Capture a tiny snapshot of your kids' interests at this moment in time with these 20 simple questions—and make it an annual tradition!

Tracy Chappell

Debate: Would you consider home-schooling your kids?

Debate: Would you consider home-schooling your kids?

Two moms face off on the controversial subject of home-schooling. Where do you stand?

Angie Gauthier

Confession: I’m embarrassed of my apartment

Confession: I’m embarrassed of my apartment

In planning her daughter’s birthday party, one mom is trying to keep guests out of her apartment for the occasion.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Should you teach your kids to fail?

Should you teach your kids to fail?

Too many kids expect to win. Will greater childhood resiliency come from learning how to embrace failure?

Jennifer Pinarski

To Avery, on her sixth birthday

To Avery, on her sixth birthday

An open letter to a six-year-old birthday girl.

Tracy Chappell

Antidepressants during pregnancy: Support not stigma

Antidepressants during pregnancy: Support not stigma

When it comes to maternal mental health, we still lack a balanced discussion on the benefits of antidepressants during pregnancy.

Jennifer Pinarski

Frozen returns: Disney set to release new animated short

Frozen returns: Disney set to release new animated short

With a whole slew of new Frozen projects in the works, the Disney smash won't be disappearing anytime soon.

Tracy Chappell

Stay-at-home mom: The kids are in school, so now what?

Stay-at-home mom: The kids are in school, so now what?

What's a stay-at-home mom to do when her youngest heads off to full-day kindergarten? The opportunities are endless—and overwhelming.

Jennifer Pinarski