Kids

24 First-Day-of-School Books for Your Anxious Kid

24 First-Day-of-School Books for Your Anxious Kid

Help your kid prepare for school with a little help from some adorable bears, a Norse goddess and even a teacher!

Ashley Metzger

Passive-aggressive gifts that kids will love and their parents will hate

Passive-aggressive gifts that kids will love and their parents will hate

Your sister gave your kid a drum kit? Exact sweet revenge with one of these passive-aggressive gifts—there’s a perfectly obnoxious gift for every occasion.

Sheri Segal Glick

Watch as Mickey Mouse surprises two kids with an emotional adoption announcement

Watch as Mickey Mouse surprises two kids with an emotional adoption announcement

Grab a tissue before watching these parents surprise their foster kids at Walt Disney World with a bit of help from Mickey Mouse.

Christine Shepherd

6 tech hacks to keep your next road trip on track

6 tech hacks to keep your next road trip on track

From in-car Wi-Fi to emoji bingo, these ideas will help keep your vacation running smoothly.

Chad Sapieha

19 fun things to do in Prince Edward County with kids

19 fun things to do in Prince Edward County with kids

Just over two hours away from Toronto, this once-sleepy foodie and wine-lovers region has morphed into summer hipster family central.

Leah Rumack

8 tips for cooking with kids

8 tips for cooking with kids

Cooking can help kids develop essential learning and motor skills. Here are some tips to get them started.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

This is why you have no time

This is why you have no time

Between technology and feminism, life was supposed to get easier for women. So why are many of us feeling overwhelmed, stressed and tired most of the time?

Rachel Giese

How to make a calming jar

How to make a calming jar

Is your kid feeling anxious or battling a case of the worries. Try a calming jar.

Today's Parent

Glee club transformed my daughter

Glee club transformed my daughter

We tried journalling, fretting to worry dolls and talking it out, but what helped my daughter deal with anxiety was singing at the top of her lungs.

Diane Peters

This little girl's lemonade stand gives us all the feels

This little girl's lemonade stand gives us all the feels

Panda lover and lemonade-stand philanthropist Anya Audette-Sekdorian proves the compassionate Canadian kid is no endangered species.

Signe Langford

10 things to do in Niagara Falls with kids

10 things to do in Niagara Falls with kids

Great Wolf Lodge isn't the only game in town! There's tons of fun things for families to do in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Kim Shiffman

The dark underbelly of children’s entertainers

The dark underbelly of children’s entertainers

Entertaining for kids isn’t all unicorns and bubbles, but we musicians, magicians and princesses do our best to uphold the mirage of magic.

Shoshana Sperling

How to make chevron friendship bracelets

How to make chevron friendship bracelets

Kids can spend hours making bracelets for all their friends. Here's how to make one with a chevron pattern.

Today's Parent

Fear factor: How to help a risk-averse kid

Fear factor: How to help a risk-averse kid

Is your kid too timid to ride a bike or go for a swim? There’s such a thing as being too cautious.

Bryan Borzykowski

Regretting motherhood: What have I done to my life?

Regretting motherhood: What have I done to my life?

I love my kids fiercely. But, there are times when I catch myself dreaming about the life I might have if I weren’t chained to three young kids.

Lola Augustine Brown

5 fun summer math games

5 fun summer math games

Avoid the summer slide with these games that are so fun, the kids won’t even realize they’re learning.

Bonnie Schiedel

What the picture doesn’t show

What the picture doesn’t show

The emotional ups and downs of foster parenthood.

Meghan Moravcik Walbert

27 cool pool toys

27 cool pool toys

Take swimming to the next level with these fun pool toys.

Amy Valm

Making it through your divorce

Making it through your divorce

How to have a kinder, gentler and cheaper breakup (yes, it is possible).

Dawn Calleja

Ask Dr. Dina: How do I treat pink eye?

Ask Dr. Dina: How do I treat pink eye?

Is your kid always getting pink eye? Dr. Dina Kulik covers the causes, prevention of spreading and how to treat pink eye.

Dr. Dina Kulik