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4 unfair assumptions about childless women

4 unfair assumptions about childless women

Melanie Notkin, founder of SavvyAuntie.com, debunks the most hurtful assumptions about childless women.

Tiffy Thompson

How to organize your life

How to organize your life

Trouble organizing homelife? Indeed, multiple schedules can be a nightmare! You told us how you stay on top of things.

Today's Parent

Real-life portraits of the modern family

Real-life portraits of the modern family

Snapshots and interviews from modern Canadian families raising kids, balancing careers and making it work, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and back.

Karen Robock

4 steps to becoming a more patient parent

4 steps to becoming a more patient parent

How to be a more patient parent? Psychotherapist Liza Finlay shares four steps to becoming more patient with your family—and yourself.

Liza Finlay

Paralympic Games: Why you and your kids should watch

Paralympic Games: Why you and your kids should watch

Anchel Krishna explains the importance of televising the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Anchel Krishna

Autism and schizophrenia linked to father's age (Updated)

Autism and schizophrenia linked to father's age (Updated)

Why you shouldn't wait: Autism and schizophrenia have been linked to father's age.

Ariel Brewster

6 parenting rules (not) to live by

6 parenting rules (not) to live by

Don't let them drink juice, watch TV or play video games... The list is endless. Here are some parenting rules Shalini Roy refuses to live by.

Shalini Roy

When your child’s body won’t do what it should

When your child’s body won’t do what it should

Anchel Krishna discusses new challenges after Syona’s recent round of Botox treatment starts to wear off.

Anchel Krishna

Join our Toddler Rules Twitter party with Jo Frost

Join our Toddler Rules Twitter party with Jo Frost

Don't miss our Toddler Rules Twitter party with Jo Frost of Supernanny fame on Tuesday, March 4th from 8:30-9:30 EST!

Today's Parent

Best time-saving apps for parents

Best time-saving apps for parents

Solve your to-do list dilemmas with these top apps for parents.

Jennifer Kwan

Ouch! How to deal with medical non-emergencies?

Ouch! How to deal with medical non-emergencies?

After her daughter hurts herself, Anchel Krishna wonders how other parents handle these situations.

Anchel Krishna

True confessions of a disorganized mom

True confessions of a disorganized mom

Haley Overland wonders if sucking at scheduling makes her suck as a mom.

Haley Overland

Why the Olympics are making me sad

Why the Olympics are making me sad

After a disease left her child unable to pursue elite athletics, a P&G "Thank You, Mom" video reminds one mom that she's raising an Olympic champion anyway

Nadine Silverthorne

Special-needs parenting: Appreciating the kindness

Special-needs parenting: Appreciating the kindness

Anchel Krishna shares how a few simple acts of kindness has left an impact on her family.

Anchel Krishna

How to improve quality time with your partner

How to improve quality time with your partner

Liza Finlay

Three parents on the birth certificate: A first for B.C.

Three parents on the birth certificate: A first for B.C.

Susan Goldberg celebrates the new B.C. legislation allowing for three parents on the birth certificate—and thinks about what this means for other Canadian families.

Susan Goldberg

What did you say when your kid caught you having sex?

What did you say when your kid caught you having sex?

We asked, you answered: Find out how Today's Parent readers explained bedroom antics to their kids—direct from our 2014 sex survey.

Today's Parent

Restaurant manager responds to child with autism

Restaurant manager responds to child with autism

In honour of Random Acts of Kindness Week, Anchel Krishna responds to the recent buzz about a restaurant manager’s response to a little girl with autism.

Anchel Krishna

Getting kids organized: 8 lessons from the classroom

Getting kids organized: 8 lessons from the classroom

How do teachers do it? There's a lot we can learn from the classroom, especially when it comes to getting kids organized—and staying sane.

Clare Kumar

Did you like your Facebook movie?

Did you like your Facebook movie?

Did you make a Facebook lookback movie? Many parents are posting theirs and complaining that they looked cooler before Facebook.

Nadine Silverthorne