Kids

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

Kids' hair how-tos: Princess bun

Kids' hair how-tos: Princess bun

If your little one loves princesses, then this is the hair do for her! Here's how to do a princess bun.

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Junk food ads are targeting your kids—here's how to stop it

Junk food ads are targeting your kids—here's how to stop it

Health Canada has plans to ban the marketing of junk food to kids, but here's what to do while you're waiting for regulations to come into effect.

Cara Rosenbloom

How to make a burger cake

How to make a burger cake

Planning a 1950s birthday party complete with poodle skirts and jukebox tunes? For dessert serve up milkshakes and this delicious burger cake.

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Is it weird if my preschooler still has a special stuffie?

Is it weird if my preschooler still has a special stuffie?

For some kids, the love affair with a lovey or stuffie seems never-ending. How old is too old?

Karen Robock

Leo: Dancing for life

Leo: Dancing for life

“If you are a boy who wants to dance, you have your own voice and the world has to hear it." Meet Leo, a full-time ballet student.

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This magical daycare in Alberta is straight out of a fairytale

This magical daycare in Alberta is straight out of a fairytale

Once upon a time, in a town north of Edmonton, there was a man who dreamed of building something magical.

Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press

Noah: The dancing goalie

Noah: The dancing goalie

This kid busted some moves on the rink—and went viral. Meet Noah, he likes hockey and hip hop.

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Kai: Dancing past the bullies

Kai: Dancing past the bullies

When I dance “everything bad just goes away." Meet Kai, a 12-year-old who dances jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop,acro and contemporary.

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3 ways to keep the Christmas magic alive after the Talk

3 ways to keep the Christmas magic alive after the Talk

Your kid just asked if the big man in red actually comes down the chimney every year, and you're panicking. Here's how to answer without ruining Christmas.

Kevin John Siazon

How to clean a baby’s first teeth

How to clean a baby’s first teeth

Your baby just got her first teeth! Now how do you clean them? And do you use toothpaste? Paediatrician Dr. Dina Kulik has the answers.

Dr. Dina Kulik

5 Science-Backed Ways To Get Your Picky Eater To Try New Foods

5 Science-Backed Ways To Get Your Picky Eater To Try New Foods

Getting tired of nightly dinner negotiations with your picky eater? These nutrition researchers have five science-backed tips on how to get your kid to eat.

Kathryn Walton

The Sarahah app is the teenage slam book from hell

The Sarahah app is the teenage slam book from hell

This popular anonymous-feedback app, which is targeted at the teen set, opens the floodgates to online harassment.

Samantha Kemp-Jackson

How to have the sexting talk with your kid

How to have the sexting talk with your kid

Sexting is one of those things you want to get ahead of before your kid starts doing it. Need some solid conversation starters? We’ve got you covered.

Marnie Goldenberg

10 Ways to Toddler-Proof Your Christmas Tree

10 Ways to Toddler-Proof Your Christmas Tree

From posh to practical, we’ve got the best tips to toddler-proof your Christmas tree.

Amy Valm

How to transition your toddler from two naps to one

How to transition your toddler from two naps to one

When is a toddler ready to drop one of two daytime naps? Here's how to know when your kid is ready—and how to survive the transition.

Corinna Vangerwen

What my kids and I have learned as new Homeschoolers

What my kids and I have learned as new Homeschoolers

My kid and I are new Homeschoolers, so we're both learning as we go. But the one thing we know: our days are dramatically different—for the better.

Jessica Leeder

9 things I wish my kids’ teachers knew

9 things I wish my kids’ teachers knew

Despite all appearances, I do actually feed my kids, make sure their hair is brushed and try to help them do their homework—really.

Sheri Segal Glick

14 tips for dealing with picky eaters

14 tips for dealing with picky eaters

Have a picky eater? Don't panic! There are some simple tricks you can try to make dinnertime less of a battle—and to get your kid to actually eat.

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13 iconic toys from the '70s

13 iconic toys from the '70s

From a pet rock to a mostly-naked wrestler filled with syrup, how many of these classic '70s toys did you have?

Amy Valm

Here's the formula for how to raise a healthy kid

Here's the formula for how to raise a healthy kid

Raising healthy kids isn't easy, but health organizations have tried to simplify the process with guidelines for sleep, activity and screen time.

Jill Buchner