Kids

20 questions to ask your kids

20 questions to ask your kids

The 2013 version of Tracy Chappell's annual survey of her daughters’ favourite things.

Tracy Chappell

ADHD: When to medicate?

ADHD: When to medicate?

Medication may be seen as a simple solution to the challenges of ADHD. But parents who’ve been there know there’s nothing easy about filling that prescription.

Jessica Leeder

Tips to get your slowpoke kids moving

Tips to get your slowpoke kids moving

Simple tips for speeding up your slowpoke without losing your patience.

Melissa Carter

Back-to-school: Second week slump

Back-to-school: Second week slump

Are your kids totally over back-to-school already? Tracy Chappell's daughters appear to be.

Tracy Chappell

Our favourite Today's Parent Cover Tool kids

Our favourite Today's Parent Cover Tool kids

Check out some of Today's Parent Cover Tool custom issues we've done in the past with these reader-submitted pictures!

Today's Parent

How to teach your child to ride a bike

How to teach your child to ride a bike

Tracy Chappell's seven-year-old wasn’t interested in getting on two wheels, until she found a few valuable strategies.

Tracy Chappell

Why I set new TV rules for my kids

Why I set new TV rules for my kids

The TV is always on at the van de Geyn house, but there are new rules now about what the kids are allowed to watch.

Lisa van de Geyn

When your kids regress to baby talk

When your kids regress to baby talk

What to do when little kids – or should we say, “wittle kids” – regress into goo-goo ga-ga baby talk.

Emma Waverman

Back-to-school preparation at my house isn't pretty

Back-to-school preparation at my house isn't pretty

Forget Pinterest-perfect pictures: This is what back-to-school looks like in the Pinarski household.

Jennifer Pinarski

Why I can't wait for my kids to go back to school

Why I can't wait for my kids to go back to school

As summer comes to a close, Susan Goldberg wonders how her sons will adjust to their new back-to-school routine.

Susan Goldberg

The upside of your child's failure

The upside of your child's failure

After her son fails a swimming test, Susan Goldberg realizes that a little honesty goes a long way.

Susan Goldberg

I'm not a crappy parent (and neither are you)

I'm not a crappy parent (and neither are you)

Should Tracy Chappell worry if her four-year-old doesn’t know the alphabet?

Tracy Chappell

No girls allowed? Are you kidding me?!

No girls allowed? Are you kidding me?!

Laura Grande reacts to a recent story about gender exclusion at a child's birthday party.

Laura Grande

The importance of childhood friendships

The importance of childhood friendships

Susan Goldberg reflects on her own childhood friendships — and hopes for that same sense of community for her sons.

Susan Goldberg

When your kids are capable of more than you know

When your kids are capable of more than you know

Sonia Mendes underestimated her daughter's ability to tackle a new challenge — and she won't make that mistake again.

Sonia Mendes

School lunches: Time-saving tips from parents

School lunches: Time-saving tips from parents

Prepping kids' lunches is another job to finish before heading out the door. We asked parents for their morning rush time-saving tricks.

Today's Parent

Should parents have to replace items that their kids break?

Should parents have to replace items that their kids break?

After an incident involving his wife's cellphone, Ian Mendes wonders who the onus falls on when a child destroys someone else's property.

Ian Mendes

Why I'd rather not eat meals with my kids

Why I'd rather not eat meals with my kids

After two weeks straight of eating in restaurants while on vacation, Ian Mendes weighs the pros and cons of mealtime with kids.

Ian Mendes

A bittersweet milestone

A bittersweet milestone

Susan Goldberg is both thrilled and saddened by her eldest son's recent independence when it comes to bedtime.

Susan Goldberg

Postcard from White Point Beach Resort

Postcard from White Point Beach Resort

Deputy editor Leah Rumack visits this iconic east coast getaway.

Leah Rumack