Social skills

How to help your kids make friends

How to help your kids make friends

What to do when your child has trouble making friends.

Siri Agrell

Helping your kid deal with a best friend breakup

Helping your kid deal with a best friend breakup

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when it's a best friend. Here's how to help when your child and her BFF part ways.

Dana Dougherty Reinke

How to get your kid to break her bad habits

How to get your kid to break her bad habits

Nose picking, shirt sucking, hair twirling, knee jiggling—your kid might just have one of these bad habits. Here's how to get her to cut it out without shaming her.

Camilla Cornell

When toddlers are really attached to caregivers

Toddler behaviour

When toddlers are really attached to caregivers

Has your toddler developed strong bonds with their caregiver? Here's what you can do and why you shouldn't be worried.

Susan Spicer

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

Help, my kid is in love with Siri!

Help, my kid is in love with Siri!

Heather Schramm's four-year-old son has a new best friend.

Heather Schramm

The benefits of baby sign language

Baby development

The benefits of baby sign language

Babies as young as six months can master sign language as a way to communicate with their parents.

Erin Phelan

Parenting an extreme extrovert... when you're an introvert

Parenting an extreme extrovert... when you're an introvert

Talking to strangers, always making new friends, leaving parties last: Parenting a social butterfly can be a challenge for introverts.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Has your kid befriended a troublemaker?

Has your kid befriended a troublemaker?

What to do when your child is attracted to a bad influence and is becoming a troublemaker.

Stacey Stein

Revenge of the teenage girl

Revenge of the teenage girl

Maclean's latest article looks at a new wave of teenage girls who are fighting back against stereotypes, social pressure and our sexed-up culture.

Anne Kingston

How kids develop a sense of humour

How kids develop a sense of humour

Deciphering your child's developing sense of humour.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

How to deal with defiant kids

How to deal with defiant kids

Diane Peters

How do you tame a tattletale?

How do you tame a tattletale?

Tracy Chappell

Will home-schooling affect my child's social skills?

Will home-schooling affect my child's social skills?

Reva Seth

Hilarious names kids give their private parts

Toddler behaviour

Hilarious names kids give their private parts

Cassandre Cadieux

An overly affectionate child

An overly affectionate child

Linda Bream, psychologist

No girls allowed!

No girls allowed!

Teresa Pitman

Part-time daycare

Toddler development

Part-time daycare

Susan Spicer

"Pretty" concerned

"Pretty" concerned

Linda Bream, psychologist

When kids swear

When kids swear

Teresa Pitman

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