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Hearing

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 health

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Newborn

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

Mindful breathing for kids: It can help ease their tantrums

Here's how to help your kid learn to calm themselves down in the moment.

Teaching your kid mindful breathing can help ease their tantrums

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Tantrums

Popular floatation device could be dangerous

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Water play

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.

Should you worry about your kid's short stature?

How to know when your kid’s height—or lack there of—is normal or a problem.

Should you worry if your kid is short?

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child development

Abbott

How can we make school safer in September? It takes more than vaccines

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

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

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School

From handling first crushes and anxiety to when you should start music lessons and talk about Santa, learn all about how to support your school-aged kids. 

School-age

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?

COVID separation anxiety: Have your kids turned into homebodies?

We're so used to stay&#x2d;at&#x2d;home orders, lax schedules, no activities, and nowhere to be, that when things open up again, it’s going to be weird—especially for our kids.

Has COVID turned our kids into permanent homebodies?

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Social skills

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Safety

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Mental health

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Feeling a little uneasy when you hear reports of Lyme disease in children? We talked to an expert about how to keep kids safe from tick bites.

Lyme disease in children: Here’s how to protect your kids from ticks

Lyme disease is scary, and kids are particularly at risk. We talked to an expert about how to keep kids safe from tick bites.

Worried about Lyme disease? Here’s how to protect your kids from ticks

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Ticks: 6 things your child needs for proper protection

Ask Dr. Dina: Are insect repellents with DEET safe for kids?

Outdoor activities

Anthony Skelton and Lisa Forsberg, The Conversation

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Vaccines

It's that time of year again! Here's everything families need to know about dealing with mosquitoes: bites, insect repellent and DEET.

The ultimate guide to mosquito bites

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Deer ticks in Canada: Everything you need to know

Summer

Family

Let us help navigate daily life with your growing family, with everything from kids’ craft and activity ideas to advice on discipline and birthday party inspiration.

Family health

Is COVID more serious in kids today than when the pandemic started?

Is COVID more serious in kids today than it was when the pandemic started?

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health

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It’s as common in daycares as fingerpaint. Here are the common symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease and how to treat it.

How to tell if your kid has hand, foot and mouth disease

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Your most frequently asked kids’ health questions answered

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Video games

Two Canadian dietitians (and moms!) reveal their top tips, advice and parent hacks for feeding children, from six&#x2d;month&#x2d;old babies to six&#x2d;year&#x2d;old big kids.

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Kids health

Can headphones really cause hearing loss in kids?

What parents need to know about Canada's expected RSV resurgence

Teaching your kid mindful breathing can help ease their tantrums

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

Should you worry if your kid is short?

How to manage the stress of your child’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis

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

Has COVID turned our kids into permanent homebodies?

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

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

These types of child injuries surged during the pandemic

Worried about Lyme disease? Here’s how to protect your kids from ticks

Opinion: The COVID-19 vaccine should be mandatory for kids—here’s why

The ultimate guide to mosquito bites

Is COVID more serious in kids today than it was when the pandemic started?

Here's when experts say Canadian kids will get the COVID-19 vaccine

How to Tell if Your Kid has Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease

"Social malnutrition" is one of the pandemic's major effects on young kids, say Ontario docs

Pandemic Screen time is Off the Charts—But Experts Say Parents Don't Need to Worry

Age-By-Age Guide to Feeding Babies, Toddlers and Kids