child development

Could vision therapy help your kid with learning challenges?

Could vision therapy help your kid with learning challenges?

Sometimes a kid's trouble with focusing, learning and behaving in class could surprisingly come down to a visual challenge. Vison therapy could help.

Claire Gagne

10 amazing playgrounds that let kids take risks

10 amazing playgrounds that let kids take risks

From zip lines to mudslides to DIY forts, some of the best playgrounds across North America let kids really go wild. Here are our 10 favourites.

Adriana Parente

Why helicopter parenting can be a sign of privilege

Why helicopter parenting can be a sign of privilege

For some moms and dads, hovering is just not an option. Why are their peers so quick to judge them?

Bee Quammie

How did good parenting become a crime?

How did good parenting become a crime?

Parents get visits from family service workers over complaints they let their kids play in the backyard. Have we taken this safety thing too far?

Aaron Hutchins

Why our kids should take risks—sometimes even (slightly) dangerous ones

Why our kids should take risks—sometimes even (slightly) dangerous ones

Protecting our kids from all potential risks isn't doing them any favours. Here's how to embrace risky play (safely) without losing your mind.

Stacy Tornio

Study: Reading aloud to toddlers can make them less hyper as schoolagers

Toddler development

Study: Reading aloud to toddlers can make them less hyper as schoolagers

Most parents know that reading to their kids promotes literacy later in life. But a new study shows that it has other surprising effects too.

Claire Gagne

What experts want you to know about essential oils and breast growth in boys

What experts want you to know about essential oils and breast growth in boys

If you've heard the reports of lavender and tea tree oil causing boys to grow breasts, don't throw out your essential-oil-scented products just yet.

Lindsay Kneteman

Is your child starting puberty too early?

Is your child starting puberty too early?

Kids always seem to be growing up too fast, but Dr. Dina Kulik explains how to know when those early signs of puberty are actually abnormal.

Dr. Dina Kulik

10 fun brain-builders for kids

10 fun brain-builders for kids

Puzzles, storytime, baking—you'll be surprised at all the fun indoor activities that can help develop your preschooler's brain.

Today's Parent

This could be what's behind your kid's problems in school

Toddler development

This could be what's behind your kid's problems in school

Could your kid’s messy handwriting or trouble sitting still be traced back to reflexes they had as infants? Here’s what you need to know.

Vanessa Grant

My son won’t hold my hand anymore—and I have to accept it

My son won’t hold my hand anymore—and I have to accept it

One mom struggles to accept the fact that as her once-cuddly son gets older, some of their physical closeness has faded away.

Bethany Kandel

Canada needs to invest more in early childhood education

Canada needs to invest more in early childhood education

A new report says that Canada has improved over the last decade, but that more needs to be done to catch up to other countries.

Kerry McCuaig

What’s the internet’s problem with Tom Brady kissing his son?

What’s the internet’s problem with Tom Brady kissing his son?

During an episode of Tom vs. Time, the New England Patriots’ quarterback sparked controversy, sharing a lengthy kiss on the lips with his 11-year-old.

Rob Jowett

When my five-year-old son started to cry, I wanted to jump for joy

When my five-year-old son started to cry, I wanted to jump for joy

As parents, we often encourage our boys to “toughen up” without even knowing we are doing so. But recent research says “emodiversity” is important.

Leah McLaren

Even Apple investors are concerned about your kids‘ screen time

Even Apple investors are concerned about your kids‘ screen time

Two prominent Apple shareholders sent a letter to the company expressing concern that too much screen time is having negative consequences for kids.

Today's Parent

Your kid needs to improve her fine motor skills? Set up an arts and crafts station!

Your kid needs to improve her fine motor skills? Set up an arts and crafts station!

If your kid has fine-motor skill challenges, try these fun activities to help them develop hand and wrist co-ordination and strength.

Tawanna Hyman

Stuttering: How to support your child

Stuttering: How to support your child

Is it a phase or a disorder? Here’s how to tell the difference and whether your child needs speech therapy.

Erin Pooley

I let my kids take the bus by themselves—until the government said they're too young to ride alone

I let my kids take the bus by themselves—until the government said they're too young to ride alone

Adrian Crook received a letter this week from the Ministry of Children and Family Development telling him his kids could no longer ride the bus unattended.

Adrian Crook

You won't believe which popular kids' books are actually prejudiced against children

You won't believe which popular kids' books are actually prejudiced against children

Here's how to choose kids' books that will empower, not damage, a child.

Michelle Superle

20 secrets of kindergarten teachers

20 secrets of kindergarten teachers

We spoke to the country’s best kindergarten teachers to find out the most effective tactics and strategies they use to manage behaviour.

Kara Aaserud

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