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8 loving ways to show your kid you're the boss

8 loving ways to show your kid you're the boss

Demanding. Bossy. Defiant. Sound familiar? Here's how to take back the lead with a kid who thinks they're running the show.

Claire Sibonney

8 parenting phrases you probably say that can totally backfire

8 parenting phrases you probably say that can totally backfire

Gail Cornwall

Oppositional Defiance Disorder: When Your Kid Isn’t Just “Difficult”

Oppositional Defiance Disorder: When Your Kid Isn’t Just “Difficult”

Nothing prepared me for my daughter’s explosive rages and vindicative behaviour. But, there are solutions for families who have defiant children.

Hilary Thompson

What’s the right way to give a time-out?

What’s the right way to give a time-out?

Time outs are a familiar tool in a lot of parent toolboxes, but they may not always be the best way to manage behaviour.

Bonnie Schiedel

Please treat my daughter like she’s human

Please treat my daughter like she’s human

Is it too much to ask for a child with special needs to be spoken to like a person?

Heather Lanier

How to get your kids to use the bathroom all by themselves

How to get your kids to use the bathroom all by themselves

Even once your kid is out of diapers, they still need a lot of help in the bathroom. Here's how to encourage them to master those skills.

Bonnie Schiedel

The system is set up for special-needs kids to fail

The system is set up for special-needs kids to fail

The shortfall in government funding for kids with special needs means families have to make impossible sacrifices to fill the gap.

Corrina Allen

How I stopped being the shouty mom

How I stopped being the shouty mom

I was becoming the parent I didn’t want to be. Then I heard about RIE parenting. This alternative style of parenting saved me from myself.

Jennifer Chen

Why more people are having babies with their platonic friends

Why more people are having babies with their platonic friends

Drawing up a contract to raise a child with a platonic partner isn't quite as romantic, but it's an increasingly popular model for parenthood.

Sarah Treleaven

How To Deal When Your Parenting Styles Clash

How To Deal When Your Parenting Styles Clash

Do you parent dramatically differently than your partner? We share ways to find common ground when it comes to raising your kids.

Kate Daley

Working through the five stages of dyslexia

Working through the five stages of dyslexia

I was devastated when my son was diagnosed with dyslexia. It took four years of heartache and hard work, but he is now reading—and I couldn’t be more proud of him.

Shoshana Sperling

6 myths about autism that way too many people believe

6 myths about autism that way too many people believe

There's a lot of misinformation circulating about autism. We asked the experts what parents really need to know to decipher fact from fiction.

Arlene Karidis

Developmental leaps happen well beyond the baby years—here’s what to expect

Developmental leaps happen well beyond the baby years—here’s what to expect

Some of the toughest phases kids go through result in developmental breakthroughs and new emotional regulation skills.

Claire Gagne

We babied our third kid—and now we're paying for it

We babied our third kid—and now we're paying for it

We even encouraged our older kids to cater to him, and they did so willingly to keep the peace. But now that our "baby" is five, something needs to change.

Rachel Cameron

5 Good Reasons to be a Bad Parent

5 Good Reasons to be a Bad Parent

I was parent-shamed at my kid’s playground. Then I realized, I wasn’t going to apologize for being what some might call a “bad parent”.

Mark Pupo

Why I’m raising my daughter on the rez—a portion of her traditional homelands

Why I’m raising my daughter on the rez—a portion of her traditional homelands

I'm raising my daughter on the reservation because I want her to grow up knowing that “rez life” is a beautiful life.

Andrea Landry

Eulogy to a marriage lost to parenthood

Eulogy to a marriage lost to parenthood

I gave everything I had advocating for my son. There was never enough time, space or energy for anything else.

Charlotte Dobo

Montessori vs. traditional preschool: How to choose

Montessori vs. traditional preschool: How to choose

What's the difference between Montessori and traditional preschool or daycare? Here's what you should know—and how to pick the best care for your kid.

Jaclyn Law

I lived in mom “survival mode” for so long, I forgot how to be normal

I lived in mom “survival mode” for so long, I forgot how to be normal

Now that I wasn’t managing the daily logistics of having three kids, and constantly tending to everyone else's needs, I didn't know what to do with myself.

Sarah Bradley

The one word you should never say when your kid is melting down

The one word you should never say when your kid is melting down

Teaching feelings by validating your kid's emotions works—but it's tough to do. Here's how to help them recognize what they're feeling and move on.

Claire Sibonney