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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

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

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

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

6 common medication mistakes parents make with kids

6 common medication mistakes parents make with kids

Before giving your kid that dose of antibiotics or cold medicine, make sure you read up on these common medicine mistakes.

Joelene Huber

9 Answers to Parents' Questions About homework

9 Answers to Parents' Questions About homework

Whether your kid will learn in person or from home this school year, they’ll inevitably have homework. Here are answers to your most pressing queries.

Karen Robock

We asked the experts how to mitigate the risk of kids' activities

We asked the experts how to mitigate the risk of kids' activities

Lora Grady

Get prepared with our back to school checklist

Get prepared with our back to school checklist

Gillian Berner

Stressed parents, please know that teachers will do their very best for your kids

Stressed parents, please know that teachers will do their very best for your kids

We're all worried, but we also need to be patient as teachers figure out what works (and what doesn’t) in a school year unlike any other.

Louise Gleeson

11 Classic Hand-Clapping Games To Teach Your Kids

11 Classic Hand-Clapping Games To Teach Your Kids

Try these fun hand-clapping games and put your rhythm and coordination to the test!

Emily Rivas

5 Reasons Why Your Kid Isn’t Eating Lunch at School (and how to fix it)

5 Reasons Why Your Kid Isn’t Eating Lunch at School (and how to fix it)

Is your kid coming home hungry day after day? Here are five secrets from a former lunch lady that might explain why your kid isn't eating lunch at school.

Voula Halliday