Anxiety

Keep calm and holiday on

Keep calm and holiday on

Trying to create a perfect Christmas? Your stress and exhaustion might be taking a toll on your loved ones.

Christina Vardanis

Prenatal anxiety: Tips and treatment

Prenatal anxiety: Tips and treatment

While some prenatal anxiety is normal when expecting, excessive worry can indicate a need for treatment.

Katie Dupuis

My kid is trying to break out of summer camp

My kid is trying to break out of summer camp

Aviva Rubin's son wants to leave summer camp and come home. What's a parent to do?

Aviva Rubin

Post-traumatic (childbirth) stress disorder

Post-traumatic (childbirth) stress disorder

It’s not just soldiers home from battle who can suffer PTSD. For some moms, their baby’s birth is the beginning of a dark, terrifying journey.

Jessica Leeder

4 ways to help your kids live longer

4 ways to help your kids live longer

They’re tired, stressed, overscheduled, poorly fed—and some experts say they’ll be the first generation to have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Freaking out yet? Here’s how to reverse the trend in your household help your kids live longer.

Brandie Weikle

Special-needs parenting: I worry my daughter will die

Special-needs parenting: I worry my daughter will die

Sometimes the dark thoughts creep in and Anchel Krishna can't shake the fear that her four-year-old daughter will die.

Anchel Krishna

Fear of needles: What to do when nothing else works

Fear of needles: What to do when nothing else works

Emma Waverman's daughter recently developed a fear of needles. She turned to a therapist to figure out how to help her cope.

Emma Waverman

Performance anxiety: Should you push your kids?

Performance anxiety: Should you push your kids?

Jennifer Pinarski wonders how far we should push our kids to perform if they struggle with anxiety.

Jennifer Pinarski

Antidepressants during pregnancy: Support not stigma

Antidepressants during pregnancy: Support not stigma

When it comes to maternal mental health, we still lack a balanced discussion on the benefits of antidepressants during pregnancy.

Jennifer Pinarski

Kids' health: What's in a label?

Kids' health: What's in a label?

We just love our labels! But psychotherapist Liza Finlay warns parents of the perils of labelling behaviour when it comes to kids health.

Liza Finlay

New study: Childhood shyness linked to adult anxiety

New study: Childhood shyness linked to adult anxiety

Recent research suggests that shy toddlers grow up to be anxious adults, but Jennifer Pinarski thinks it's nothing to worry about.

Jennifer Pinarski

Meditation for moms

Meditation for moms

How a simple, no-cost relaxation practice can bring a little peace to your frazzled family.

Annabel Fitzsimmons

Why What's Brewing is more important to me than ever

Why What's Brewing is more important to me than ever

Katie Dupuis has big news, and What's Brewing has helped make her brave enough to share it.

Katie Dupuis

First family trip: Travel tips needed

First family trip: Travel tips needed

The van de Geyns are getting ready for their first-ever family vacation, and Lisa's looking for some advice.

Lisa van de Geyn

Pushy parents linked to kids' anxiety

Pushy parents linked to kids' anxiety

Emily Rivas writes about a new study that examines the connection between anxiety in kids and extracurricular activities.

Emily Rivas

Help! My kids are afraid of the water

Help! My kids are afraid of the water

Addyson and Peyton are about to start swimming lessons, and Lisa van de Geyn's trying not to expect the worst.

Lisa van de Geyn

What does ADHD really feel like?

What does ADHD really feel like?

Three twenty-somethings who grew up with ADHD take you beyond the surface.

John Hoffman

Is your child anxious about going back to school?

Is your child anxious about going back to school?

Tracy Chappell's seven-year-old daughter has been out of sorts the past couple of weeks. Could she be anxious about the start of school?

Tracy Chappell

When your kids are capable of more than you know

When your kids are capable of more than you know

Sonia Mendes underestimated her daughter's ability to tackle a new challenge — and she won't make that mistake again.

Sonia Mendes

Get that out of your mouth!

Get that out of your mouth!

Jennifer Pinarski

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