Behaviour

How to talk with your tween about secrets

How to talk with your tween about secrets

It's normal for your tween and her friends to begin keeping secrets. Here's how you can deal with their covert conversations.

Lisa Kadane

How to get your kid to share: An age-by-age guide

How to get your kid to share: An age-by-age guide

Not sure how to get your kid to share? Try these helpful tips.

Susan Spicer

6 discipline fallbacks… and how to fix them!

6 discipline fallbacks… and how to fix them!

Hollering and other bad habits may seem to work—but here's what experts say about discipline that will hone your kids' behaviour over the long haul.

Astrid Van Den Broek

Is your child afraid of kids' movies?

Is your child afraid of kids' movies?

Media exposure becomes harder to control once your kids hit school-age. Here's how to handle it when even kids' movies scare your little one.

Diane Peters

How to get your kid to break her bad habits

How to get your kid to break her bad habits

Nose picking, shirt sucking, hair twirling, knee jiggling—your kid might just have one of these bad habits. Here's how to get her to cut it out without shaming her.

Camilla Cornell

Study: Two-minute warnings don't prevent tantrums

Toddler behaviour

Study: Two-minute warnings don't prevent tantrums

Giving your kid a warning that it's almost time to turn off the iPad doesn't avoid a freak-out, according to a new study.

Chad Sapieha

I want my kids to know it's OK to masturbate

I want my kids to know it's OK to masturbate

May is Masturbation Month and Jackie Gillard is taking some time to talk to her kids about this healthy form of sexual expression.

Jackie Gillard

How to manage your preschooler's tantrum

How to manage your preschooler's tantrum

Here's how to deal with your preschooler's tantrum.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Why introverted kids are awesome

Why introverted kids are awesome

Bestselling author Susan Cain's newly released book, Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts, explores how introverts can use their quietness to their advantage

Emily Rivas

For all the parents of “challenging” children

For all the parents of “challenging” children

One mom's open letter to her difficult child has every parent feeling proud and teary-eyed right now.

Sasha Emmons

How to teach your big kid table manners

How to teach your big kid table manners

What to do if your big kids are slobs at mealtime.

Today's Parent

What to do when your kid's the bully

What to do when your kid's the bully

Lots of kids test out being mean—even your little angel—but you can stop the behaviour that has them acting like a bully.

Shandley McMurray

3 tips for dealing with tween moodiness

3 tips for dealing with tween moodiness

How to navigate the stormy waters of early adolescence and tween moodiness.

Louise Gleeson

How to teach kids to stop lying

How to teach kids to stop lying

An age-by-age guide to teaching kids that honesty is the best policy.

Cathie Kryczka

Kids and sarcasm: Coping with cheeky communication

Kids and sarcasm: Coping with cheeky communication

Sarcasm may seem rude, but teaching kids how to take it, and dish it out, is important. Here's the lowdown on dealing with kids and sarcasm.

Jeni Marinucci

Forget the parenting experts—go with your gut!

Forget the parenting experts—go with your gut!

When her kid was upset that she’d been called ugly at school, Katie Dupuis knew exactly what she should have said. Here’s why she said something totally different.

Katie Dupuis

4 Tips for Managing Anxiety in Preschoolers

4 Tips for Managing Anxiety in Preschoolers

Anxiety in preschoolers is quite common. Here's how you can help your child express their worries and learn to cope.

Leslee Mason

How to handle your son's constant energy

How to handle your son's constant energy

"If my son isn't asleep, he's leaping, pouncing, somersaulting or wrestling." Sound familiar? Here's how one mom keeps up with her son's energy.

Sue Riedl

Heads up, moms! The middle school years are the worst

Heads up, moms! The middle school years are the worst

A new study finds that moms with 12- to 14-year-olds had higher stress levels and depression than women with kids in different age brackets.

Emma Waverman

Stop the madness! No more invite-everyone birthday party school policies

Stop the madness! No more invite-everyone birthday party school policies

One mom weighs the pros and cons of an "invite everyone" birthday party policy in her daughter's classroom.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk