Kids

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

Your kids NEED to play—here's why

Your kids NEED to play—here's why

Katie Dupuis

20 stylish but warm winter boots for kids

20 stylish but warm winter boots for kids

With grippy soles, faux fur and funky retro designs, your little ones will be snow angel ready in these stylish winter boots.

Simone Olivero

How to deal when your toddler keeps climbing out of his crib

Toddler behaviour

How to deal when your toddler keeps climbing out of his crib

Have you caught your toddler scaling the sides of his crib? Here’s when to expect this phase—and what to do next.

Claire Gagne

Pokémon Cards: What Parents Need to Know

Pokémon Cards: What Parents Need to Know

Your kid’s obsessed with Pokémon trading cards, but you have no idea what to do with them or where to start. Here’s what you need to know.

Emily Rivas

How kids are actually coping at school: a teacher's confession

How kids are actually coping at school: a teacher's confession

A Toronto teacher on what it’s been like to be back in class during this turbulent time.

Laura Thomson, Toronto Life

Friendships interrupted: how the pandemic takes away the whispers of childhood

Friendships interrupted: how the pandemic takes away the whispers of childhood

"The girls race at each other, ready to make up for lost time. But the parents hiss to step away, move back, stay six feet apart."

Elissa Jacobs

This simple hack makes kids way more likely to help around the house

This simple hack makes kids way more likely to help around the house

Living with kids, the house gets dirty so fast. Experts say this fun trick will encourage them to tackle their chores.

Yeshe Colliver

How to Deal with Toddler Sleep Regressions

How to Deal with Toddler Sleep Regressions

Your baby is finally a toddler and it seems like your sleep woes are finally over. Not quite! Get ready for the 18-month and 2-year sleep regressions.

Sarah Bradley

8 Ways to Get Kids on Board with Chores

8 Ways to Get Kids on Board with Chores

Do you do too much for your little ones? It’s time to flip the script and start teaching kids to be more independent.

Jackie Gillard

Should kids be sent home because of a runny nose?

Should kids be sent home because of a runny nose?

Even authorities aren't sure, but with COVID testing lines snaking around the block and flu season upon us, we need to figure it out.

Patricia Treble and Lauren Cattermole, Maclean's

A strong student-teacher bond will help your kid catch up at school

A strong student-teacher bond will help your kid catch up at school

Teachers need to have agency to address their students’ emotional well-being before embarking on an ambitious plan to make up for lost academic time.

Lisa Bayrami

Back to school—and still not serious about COVID testing

Back to school—and still not serious about COVID testing

Tim Sly, Maclean's

5 ways to support online home-schooling through the coronavirus pandemic

5 ways to support online home-schooling through the coronavirus pandemic

In-person school may be back in session for most, but some kids in Canada are still doing remote school. Here's how parents can support their e-learning.

Jennifer Sparks

This mantra will help you weather the toddler storm

Toddler development

This mantra will help you weather the toddler storm

Susie Alison, the expert behind the Busy Toddler blog, shares her survival strategies for dealing with your amazing, emotional, unpredictable two year old.

Susie Allison

COVID cases are up. Why won't Ontario's government mandate smaller classes?

COVID cases are up. Why won't Ontario's government mandate smaller classes?

In a year that every extra person in a room means extra risk, the Conservative government is ignoring our kids' overflowing classrooms.

Denise Balkissoon, Chatelaine

What To Do If Your Kid Comes Home with Uneaten School Lunches

What To Do If Your Kid Comes Home with Uneaten School Lunches

A lecture on the evils of food waste is probably not going to fix the problem when your kid doesn't eat lunch, but these tricks might.

Today's Parent

This is the best way to reduce coronavirus outbreaks in schools

This is the best way to reduce coronavirus outbreaks in schools

Because we don’t have much in the way of experience with these measures for COVID-19, predicting what might happen when school resumes requires some math.

Joshua Gans

Do ‘pandemic pods’ undermine promises of public education?

Do ‘pandemic pods’ undermine promises of public education?

The shift towards private education reduces the responsibility of the government to fund public schools, and to ensure access to high-quality learning.

Sue Winton

Snooze control: An age-by-age guide to naps

Snooze control: An age-by-age guide to naps

Baby fighting naps? When do babies transition to one nap? Read our age-by-age guide to naps.

Teresa Pitman

Why being gifted isn't always a gift

Why being gifted isn't always a gift

While the term suggests an advantage, being exceptionally bright, for some, can feel like a burden. Here’s how to handle gifted kids with care.

Julie M. Green