Kids

School-age

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.

No-nit policy makes no sense

No-nit policy makes no sense

Keep a watchful eye and treat lice as soon as you find it, but don’t force kids to miss school with a no-nit policy.

Claire Gagne

How to throw a disco party

Birthday parties

How to throw a disco party

Grab your dancing shoes and get ready to get down at this disco party.

Amy Valm

Your kid can be a Lego hero with these new 3D heads

Your kid can be a Lego hero with these new 3D heads

Lego just got a whole lot more personal. This company lets you create a lifelike Lego head with your kid's face on it.

Davina Sinnatamby

10 gluten-free foods kids will actually eat

10 gluten-free foods kids will actually eat

These gluten-free foods are so good, most kids won’t think there’s anything missing.

Kim Shiffman

Nocturnal enuresis: How to cope when your kid wets the bed

Nocturnal enuresis: How to cope when your kid wets the bed

Bedwetting, or nocturnal enuresis, can stress out kids and their parents, but it doesn't have to. Here are some tips to help the whole family cope.

Abigail Cukier

How to know if your kid has a food allergy or food intolerance

How to know if your kid has a food allergy or food intolerance

Frequent stomach discomfort could be a sign of a food allergy or intolerance. Here are some symptoms to watch out for.

Susan Spicer

How to set up parental controls on iPad or iPhone

How to set up parental controls on iPad or iPhone

Before you hand over your tablet or smartphone to your kid, shield them with simple safeguards. Here’s how to set up parental controls on iPad or iPhone.

Derek Malcolm

Five-minute kid-friendly meditation

Five-minute kid-friendly meditation

Try this kid-friendly meditation exercise to help your little one feel calmer.

Emily Ridout

Video tutorial: Setting up parental controls on your iOS or Android device

Video tutorial: Setting up parental controls on your iOS or Android device

Not sure how to keep your kid safe while she's on your smartphone or tablet? We'll walk you through setting up parental controls in iOS and Android.

Today's Parent

3 easy ways to be a more spiritual family

3 easy ways to be a more spiritual family

Here are some easy ways to make your household more spiritual and be a more spiritual family.

Today's Parent

Do you let your kids taste alcohol?

Do you let your kids taste alcohol?

Are sips here and there a bad idea or no big deal? Two parents discuss whether or not you should let your child taste your booze.

Jowita Bydlowska

10 reasons I love Shopkins (and so should you!)

10 reasons I love Shopkins (and so should you!)

"I rarely like 'cute' things (save teacup pigs), but Shopkins are pretty adorable. Tiny milk containers and little cookies with tiny faces? Cute!"

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Top 10 picture books of 2015

Top 10 picture books of 2015

Lost crayons, found pets and a bug in a vacuum. Here's our favourite picture books from 2015!

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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

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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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