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.

Easy activities to teach your kids money smarts

Easy activities to teach your kids money smarts

Robin Taub

No girls allowed!

No girls allowed!

Teresa Pitman

How to make school lunches easy

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Top Toys 2011: School-age

Top Toys 2011: School-age

Here are the top new toys of the year for school-age kids, as voted by our family testers.

Toy photography by Susan Ashukian

20 great fall jackets for kids

20 great fall jackets for kids

Keep your little one warm and in style this season with a fab coat.

Emily Sadler

Bad marks in school

Bad marks in school

Susan Spicer

Safe lice treatments

Safe lice treatments

Diane Sacks, paediatrician

5 food additives to avoid

5 food additives to avoid

Wendy Glauser

Children's mental health: what you need to know

Children's mental health: what you need to know

Rhea Seymour

How is grammar being taught in schools?

How is grammar being taught in schools?

Camilla Cornell

Q&A with Ian Mendes of Sportsnet

Q&A with Ian Mendes of Sportsnet

Emily Sadler

Halloween safety tips

Halloween safety tips

These helpful ideas will make sure your kids stay seen and safe while they're out trick-or-treating this Halloween

Today's Parent staff

The positive side of video games

The positive side of video games

Teresa Pitman

Negotiation versus bribery

Negotiation versus bribery

Teresa Pitman

Short attention span

Short attention span

Teresa Pitman

Teaching tact

Holly Bennett

5 easy healthy lunch box tips

5 easy healthy lunch box tips

Peggy Kotsopoulos, RHN

Maurice Sendak on what it's like to be a little kid

Maurice Sendak on what it's like to be a little kid

Stephanie Simpson McLellan

"That’s not fair!"

"That’s not fair!"

Cathie Kryczka

Asperger’s and middle school: New school worries

Asperger’s and middle school: New school worries

Linda Bream, psychologist