Kids

Everything you need to know about kids and toddlers, including behaviour and development, sleep, potty training, preschool, and how to handle picky eaters.

Teaching your kid mindful breathing can help ease their tantrums

Teaching your kid mindful breathing can help ease their tantrums

If you're looking to teach your children to calm themselves down in the moment, mindful breathing for kids can work wonders.

Stephanie Gray

Why outdoor spaces should be part of every early learning program

Why outdoor spaces should be part of every early learning program

Christine Alden, The Conversation

An Age-By-Age Guide To Dealing With “I Hate You”

An Age-By-Age Guide To Dealing With “I Hate You”

What to do—and what not to do—when your kid drops the dreaded “H-word.”

Ellen Himelfarb

Starting daycare during COVID? Here's what parents need to know

Starting daycare during COVID? Here's what parents need to know

MK Menon

Here's how much you could save with the new child care plan

Here's how much you could save with the new child care plan

Arisa Valyear

New info from SickKids shows just how essential it is that schools stay open next year

New info from SickKids shows just how essential it is that schools stay open next year

Emily McDonald

How to deal with a homesick camper

How to deal with a homesick camper

Teach your kid how to conquer his sleep-away camp blues with these smart coping strategies for managing homesickness.

Janet Smith

Why this popular flotation device could actually be really dangerous for your kid

Why this popular flotation device could actually be really dangerous for your kid

Emily McDonald

Should you worry if your kid is short?

Should you worry if your kid is short?

Being short in stature is perfectly normal for some kids. Here's how to know when your kid’s height—or lack there of—is a cause for concern.

Claire Gagne

I’m worried about my under-socialized COVID toddler

Toddler behaviour

I’m worried about my under-socialized COVID toddler

For a whole crop of kids, COVID-19 hit right at the time they’d typically be honing their social skills. My toddler is one of them.

Justine Feron

7 Car Games We Love

7 Car Games We Love

Family road trip ahead? Play one of these fun games to keep your kids entertained during the long car ride.

Kate Stewart

This is the one thing you should focus on if you're worried about COVID learning loss

This is the one thing you should focus on if you're worried about COVID learning loss

Don’t worry about catching your kid up on everything they missed, but if they’re struggling to learn to read, focus on these skills over the summer.

Claire Gagne

How can we make schools safer next fall? It will take more than vaccines

How can we make schools safer next fall? It will take more than vaccines

If ending the disruption to students is important to us, we’ll do what wasn’t done last year: Invest in smaller class sizes and improved ventilation.

Flannery Dean, Chatelaine

Is your child ready to stop naptime?

Is your child ready to stop naptime?

Your child may be ready to lose his snooze. But are you? Here's how to know when your kid is ready to stop nap time.

Stacy Irvine

Why your toddler insists on watching you poop

Toddler behaviour

Why your toddler insists on watching you poop

It’s jarring, it’s uncomfortable and it’s just weird. But believe it or not, it’s weirdly normal for kids to want to watch you do your business.

Dawn Yanek

10 old-school summer activities kids should try

10 old-school summer activities kids should try

Who needs technology? Here are some delightfully low-tech classic activities your kids should do at least once this summer.

Bonnie Schiedel

5 most worrisome problems the pandemic has caused for students

5 most worrisome problems the pandemic has caused for students

Paul W Bennett, The Conversation

Has COVID turned our kids into permanent homebodies?

Has COVID turned our kids into permanent homebodies?

We're so used to lax schedules, no activities, and having nowhere to be, but will our kids have separation anxiety when things open back up?

Sarah Rosensweet

The Colour of your Kid's Swimsuit Could Save their Life

The Colour of your Kid's Swimsuit Could Save their Life

Emily McDonald

Kids Help Phone saw a 350% increase in calls during COVID

Kids Help Phone saw a 350% increase in calls during COVID

Haley Steinberg, Toronto Life