Kids

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

Which Canadian city has the most expensive daycare? The winner is...

Which Canadian city has the most expensive daycare? The winner is...

A new report tells us what many parents already know: daycare is expensive, competitive and unregulated, and fees are on the rise.

Ariel Brewster

How to throw a colourful fiesta party

Birthday parties

How to throw a colourful fiesta party

With bright colours, fun activities and yummy snacks, this fiesta party will transport your guests to warmer climes.

Amy Valm

Fiesta invite printable

Birthday parties

Fiesta invite printable

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Cookie Tacos

Fool your guests with these sweet little cookie tacos. While they look like the real deal, they’re desserts in disguise

14 must-have first books for babies

14 must-have first books for babies

Build your little one's library with these timeless first books for babies.

Emily Piccinin

Science says picky eaters aren’t a thing—parents everywhere scoff

Science says picky eaters aren’t a thing—parents everywhere scoff

A new book says picky eating is a learned behaviour—and that it’s all your fault.

Jennifer Pinarski

How to tie a hair bow

How to tie a hair bow

Put a bow on it! Grab a paper-based ribbon and we'll show you how to tie a hair bow.

Alyssa Ashton

Kids' hair how-tos: Criss cross braid

Kids' hair how-tos: Criss cross braid

Get your braid on! This criss cross braid is so simple to do.

Alyssa Ashton

Sleep Solutions For All Ages

Sleep Solutions For All Ages

Learn how anxiety may be behind your child’s sleep problems and get age-by-age strategies to help your little one (and you) drift off.

Mary Vallis

7 hottest new video games for kids

7 hottest new video games for kids

Check out the coolest new video games just in time for the holidays.

Emma Waverman

8 worst loot bag ideas ever!

8 worst loot bag ideas ever!

Markers and candy and toy guns, oh my! Emma Waverman thinks these are some of the worst loot bag ideas.

Emma Waverman

5 ways to entertain kids at a restaurant

5 ways to entertain kids at a restaurant

The kids are starving, you've exhausted all the I Spy possibilities, and your phone battery is dead. Try these fun tricks to entertain kids at a restaurant.

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10 tips for baking with kids

10 tips for baking with kids

Baking with kids can be fun—even if the idea of them “helping” riles your inner control freak. Relax, we’ve got 10 tips to make it more joyful for everyone.

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9 puberty books for girls

9 puberty books for girls

Have you had "The Talk" yet? Sometimes handing your tween daughter a book is a heck of a lot easier (and less embarrassing) for all involved.

Miriam Porter

10 Sick-Day Activities

10 Sick-Day Activities

From playing zookeeper to having a beach party, keep kids occupied until they feel better with these sick-day diversions.

Blake Eligh

YouTube Kids launches in Canada

YouTube Kids launches in Canada

The new YouTube Kids app is free, easy to use and filled with curated kid-friendly videos on all the topics they want to explore.

Derek Malcolm

What it's like to be a parent on a field trip (in eight GIFs)

What it's like to be a parent on a field trip (in eight GIFs)

The struggle is real: Volunteering for your kid's field trip can be a rollercoaster of emotions.

Emma Waverman

How to help your school-age bedwetter

How to help your school-age bedwetter

Nocturnal enuresis or bedwetting is common and completely normal. Here's what you can do now to help your child's journey toward nighttime dryness.

Nadine Silverthorne

Teach your kids to tie shoelaces

Teach your kids to tie shoelaces

Teach your little ones how to tie shoelaces in three easy steps.

Laura Grande

How to prevent toddlers from locking doors

How to prevent toddlers from locking doors

A door can't lock if it can't latch. Here's a simple way parents can avoid being stuck on the other side.

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