Nutrition

Magnesium for Kids: Are Yours Getting Enough?

Magnesium for Kids: Are Yours Getting Enough?

This powerhouse essential mineral keeps little ones healthy and strong. What you need to know about magnesium for kids.

Dahlia Rimmon

Breakfast Ideas for Kids: Nutritious and Fun Morning Meals

Breakfast Ideas for Kids: Nutritious and Fun Morning Meals

How to make the most important meal of the day also the most enjoyable for your children.

Dahlia Rimmon

7 Healthiest Cereals Your Kids Will Love

7 Healthiest Cereals Your Kids Will Love

A bowl of cereal is fast and easy, but is it nutritious? We've rounded up the most wholesome options to make your mornings better.

Cara Rosenbloom

How to cook fiddleheads safely

How to cook fiddleheads safely

It's that time of year! Here's how to cook fiddleheads safely so your family can get the most out of this springtime delicacy.

Today's Parent

Why are babies going hungry in a food-rich nation like Canada?

Why are babies going hungry in a food-rich nation like Canada?

Lesley Frank

What to send for lunch—advice from a dietitian

What to send for lunch—advice from a dietitian

School lunch should fuel kids up for learning. But what does that actually look like? We asked dietitian and mom of three Sarah Remmer.

Ceri Marsh

Age-By-Age Guide to Feeding Babies, Toddlers and Kids

Age-By-Age Guide to Feeding Babies, Toddlers and Kids

Two Canadian dietitians (and moms!) reveal their top tips, advice and parent hacks for feeding children, from six-month-old babies to six-year-old big kids.

Sarah Remmer and Cara Rosenbloom

6 brain foods for your toddler and how to serve them

6 brain foods for your toddler and how to serve them

Claire Gagne

Jennifer Anderson

Influential Parents List

Jennifer Anderson

The dietician and mom of two is one of our most influential parents for filling our plates with a bounty of mealtime tips and tricks on her wildly popular Instagram account.

Today's Parent

5 Foods That Fight Colds and Flu

5 Foods That Fight Colds and Flu

Keep the cold and flu at bay with these nutritious, smart choices!

Peggy Kotsopoulos, RHN

15 delicious vegan recipes

15 delicious vegan recipes

Embrace meatless with these scrumptious recipes. Vegan cooking is all about flavour, and these do not disappoint.

Amy Valm

How to stop using food to reward (and punish) your kids

How to stop using food to reward (and punish) your kids

Most parents use food to reward their kids for good behavior or to console them when they’re sad. Here's why you shouldn't—and how to break the habit.

Stephanie Meyers

Is your kid’s daycare still serving milk?

Is your kid’s daycare still serving milk?

Dairy is losing popularity, soy milk is controversial and almond milk is off the table due to allergies. Who knew milk in daycares could be so complicated?

Cara Rosenbloom

Can a sea moss supplement help you get pregnant?

Can a sea moss supplement help you get pregnant?

With so many trends in fertility, it can be difficult to separate fact from wishful thinking. Here’s what you need to know about sea moss and fertility.

Bonnie Schiedel

How to Increase Breast Milk Supply: 7 Foods to Eat

How to Increase Breast Milk Supply: 7 Foods to Eat

There’s no magic potion that will increase your breast milk supply, but some of these foods may help (and the last three certainly will not).

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

Does your kid need a vitamin D supplement?

Does your kid need a vitamin D supplement?

Babies and kids often need a vitamin D supplement—unless they're formula fed. Here's what you need to know about vitamin D for babies and kids.

Laura Tennant

8 easy non-sandwich lunch ideas your kid will love

8 easy non-sandwich lunch ideas your kid will love

If your kid refuses to eat anything between two slices of bread, these easy-to-execute non-sandwich lunch ideas are the solution.

Cara Rosenbloom

Sorry Heinz, your new veggie ketchup is just slick marketing

Sorry Heinz, your new veggie ketchup is just slick marketing

It may contain carrot and butternut squash puree, but kids don't eat anywhere enough ketchup at any given meal for that to have any impact at all.

Cara Rosenbloom

Everything you need to know about a sesame allergy

Everything you need to know about a sesame allergy

The likelihood of outgrowing a sesame allergy is low and the risk of accidental exposure is high (two seeds can do it!). Here's everything you need to know.

Raina Delisle

This genius school lunch idea actually changed my life

This genius school lunch idea actually changed my life

With a kid about to start kindergarten, I was stressing about school lunches. This one piece of advice changed everything.

Amy Lazar Kleiman