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Lessons of Love for Children This Valentine's Day

Lessons of Love for Children This Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is the perfect time to celebrate diversity and teach love and acceptance for others

Lindsay Karp

This Toronto mom is changing children’s entertainment with hit series ‘Super Sema’

This Toronto mom is changing children’s entertainment with hit series ‘Super Sema’

Ingrie Williams, Canadian Business

Fighting casual racism starts with our children

Fighting casual racism starts with our children

To build a more inclusive future, we must not shy away from having regular conversations with our kids about race, prejudice and diversity.

Dr. Jillian Roberts

It's Black Breastfeeding Week—here's why that matters

It's Black Breastfeeding Week—here's why that matters

If you felt supported when you looked for breastfeeding help, have you ever considered whether that might be partially thanks to the colour of your skin?

Today's Parent

Turning Red 's director Domee Shi talks periods, puberty and Asian representation

Turning Red's director Domee Shi talks periods, puberty and Asian representation

Rebecca Gao, Chatelaine

There's a new Canadian kids' show starring drag performers and we love it

There's a new Canadian kids' show starring drag performers and we love it

Yasmeen Aslam

Here’s my challenge to white parents this school year

Here’s my challenge to white parents this school year

I’m tired. Tired of fighting for the education system to be more equitable. But white parents, you can help me.

Kearie Daniel

Body positivity is out, body neutrality is in. But what exactly is it?

Body positivity is out, body neutrality is in. But what exactly is it?

Alicia Cox Thomson

How to raise kids who will never have to ‘come out’ to you

How to raise kids who will never have to ‘come out’ to you

Creating a safe environment is more than the conversations we have, the books we choose and the company we keep; it’s also how we interact with our kids.

Brianna Sharpe

There's finally a way to track racist incidents in Ontario schools

There's finally a way to track racist incidents in Ontario schools

When the boards ignored parent advocates for too long, they decided to create their own racism tracker, launching the School Racism Reporting Tool.

Kim Shiffman

Decolonize your kids' bookshelf with these stories featuring characters of colour

Decolonize your kids' bookshelf with these stories featuring characters of colour

Switching up the books in your home is a small step toward raising anti-racist kids, but it’s an important one. Here's how to decolonize your bookshelf.

Kevin John Siazon

My Daughter Draws Herself as White with Blue Eyes—She’s Black

My Daughter Draws Herself as White with Blue Eyes—She’s Black

When my daughter started kindergarten, she was confident and proud of her Blackness. By the end of the school year, she was drawing herself as white.

Kearie Daniel

5 ways to build a more representative playroom

5 ways to build a more representative playroom

Being deliberate in choosing diverse toys and games for your kids to play with at an early age will have long-term payoff.

Simone Olivero

Parents, Maybe it's Time to Stop Glorifying the Police to Your Kids

Parents, Maybe it's Time to Stop Glorifying the Police to Your Kids

Your kids get to play with Lego police sets and watch Paw Patrol and imagine the police officers as superheroes. Mine don’t.

Kearie Daniel

Here's what kids' rashes look like on darker skin (finally!)

Here's what kids' rashes look like on darker skin (finally!)

Most photos of kids' rashes are on white skin—so what's a parent with a child of colour to do when their kid's chicken pox doesn't look like chicken pox?

Kevin John Siazon

How a stinky school lunch incident led to discussing race with my kid

How a stinky school lunch incident led to discussing race with my kid

Mom-of-two Aparita Bhandari learns that living in a diverse city doesn’t guarantee tolerant kids and that discussing race isn't always so straightforward.

Aparita Bhandari

I want to be part of that world where The Little Mermaid is Black

I want to be part of that world where The Little Mermaid is Black

The role of Ariel in the new Disney live action version of "The Little Mermaid" will be played by a black actress. Here's why that matters.

Natalie Harmsen

Why this photographer’s 100 Black Dads project is so important

Why this photographer’s 100 Black Dads project is so important

Philadelphia-based photographer Lucy Baber's project, 100 Black Dads, aims to break stereotypes around what it means to be a black father in today's culture.

Christine Shepherd

The new 2019 Barbie Fashionistas are more diverse than ever

The new 2019 Barbie Fashionistas are more diverse than ever

Mattel is giving Barbie fans exactly what we've been asking for!

Kevin John Siazon

How becoming the mother of a biracial child made me realize privilege

How becoming the mother of a biracial child made me realize privilege

I thought I knew and understood racism, but then I became a mother. Now I only realize now how blind I was all this time.

Eva Wieners

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