Discipline

6 tips for disciplining your toddler

6 tips for disciplining your toddler

Discipling your toddler can be challenging. Here are some tips to help you get through it while staying positive.

Teresa Pitman

How to cope with toddler possessiveness

Toddler behaviour

How to cope with toddler possessiveness

Toddler possessiveness is a normal (but very frustrating!) stage in development.

Susan Spicer

How to get your toddler out the door quicker

Toddler behaviour

How to get your toddler out the door quicker

Getting toddlers ready for outing can be frustrating. Save yourself half the battle with these helpful tips.

Teresa Pitman

Yes, I judge parents who spank their kids

Yes, I judge parents who spank their kids

"The next time I see someone hit their kid in public, I will not just stand by."

Emma Waverman

Toddler time outs: They're not a bad thing

Toddler time outs: They're not a bad thing

New study shows time outs have their place, especially for kids who are, you know, difficult.

Claire Gagne

Noisy kids in restaurants: Where do we draw the line?

Noisy kids in restaurants: Where do we draw the line?

The debate was reignited online after a Maine diner owner "yelled" at a toddler for crying in her restaurant.

Emma Waverman

7 positive alternatives to "No"!

7 positive alternatives to "No"!

Kids don't respond well to a barrage of nos. But what's the alternative? Here are seven toddler discipline tricks.

Holly Bennett

Public shaming is bad parenting—so, stop it!

Public shaming is bad parenting—so, stop it!

"It's tragic that it took the death of a young girl for parents to see that public shaming is a dangerous parenting technique," writes Emma Waverman.

Emma Waverman

Is Baltimore mom Toya Graham really #MomOfTheYear?

Is Baltimore mom Toya Graham really #MomOfTheYear?

Jackie Gillard examines the complexities of hailing Toya Graham #MomOfTheYear. Graham slapped her teen son as she pulled him out of a violent protest.

Jackie Gillard

School makes five-year-old sign anti-suicide contract

School makes five-year-old sign anti-suicide contract

An Alabama school is in the spotlight after forcing a kindergartener to sign an anti-suicide contract after making "gun noises."

Emma Waverman

Time outs: Harmful or helpful?

Time outs: Harmful or helpful?

Can time outs do more harm than good? According to new research, parents should seek an alternative discipline method.

Jennifer Pinarski

Adrian Peterson: When disciplining your child becomes abuse

Adrian Peterson: When disciplining your child becomes abuse

Football player Adrian Peterson's child-abuse case reignites the debate on corporal punishment.

Emma Waverman

The humbling process of writing a parenting article

The humbling process of writing a parenting article

After taking on a Today's Parent writing assignment about parenting, one mom wonders how she can make a difference.

Susan Goldberg

Lies, bribes, threats: When your child disciplines you

Lies, bribes, threats: When your child disciplines you

We all know that kids often mimic adult behaviour. But what do you do when your child disciplines you?

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

What do you do when yelling at kids...works?

What do you do when yelling at kids...works?

Susan Goldberg doesn't want to be the parent who yells. But what are you supposed to do when yelling at kids is the only thing that works?

Susan Goldberg

4 steps to becoming a more patient parent

4 steps to becoming a more patient parent

How to be a more patient parent? Psychotherapist Liza Finlay shares four steps to becoming more patient with your family—and yourself.

Liza Finlay

Why I'm not good at disciplining my preschooler

Why I'm not good at disciplining my preschooler

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk can't quite figure out how to discipline her preschooler.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

How celebrity parents discipline their kids

How celebrity parents discipline their kids

Time-outs, bribes, stern voices or nothing at all… Here’s how some of our favourite celebrity parents discipline their kids.

Haley Overland

Why reward charts don’t (always) work

Why reward charts don’t (always) work

Tracy Chappell discovered that her reward chart was a great incentive for one of her daughters — but set the other one up for failure.

Tracy Chappell

When parents disagree on parenting

When parents disagree on parenting

Here's what to do when you and your partner are fighting over your different parenting styles.

Lisa Kadane

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