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Toy guide

Looking for new ways to engage your child? Whether it’s play kitchens or pool toys, classic games or the year’s top trends, your kids will love these toy ideas. 

Family

Let us help navigate daily life with your growing family, with everything from kids’ craft and activity ideas to advice on discipline and birthday party inspiration.

Toys

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Everything you need to know about kids and toddlers, including behaviour and development, sleep, potty training, preschool, and how to handle picky eaters.

Kids

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8 fun pencil and paper games for kids (+ printables!)

Games

Raise your spatula, these play kitchens have all the bells and whistles and are super cute, too.

10 cute play kitchens

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Indoor Activities

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RECALL: Safety 1st Step n Go Travel System

Recall: Betty Crocker Rainbow Bit cake mix

RECALL: Lorex Care “N” Share video baby monitors

RECALL: Dorel Juvenile Canada swivel wheel jogging strollers

Recalls for Canadian families

Stay informed about potential safety issues with products you use daily. Our product recall category provides timely alerts and essential information on recalled items to help you make informed decisions and prioritize safety for yourself and your family.

Recalls

These awesome Pokémon toys will make your kid feel like a real-life Pokémon trainer. They'll wanna be the very best, like no one ever was!

26 awesome Pokémon toys for your Poké-crazed kid

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The Lulla doll breathes, its heart beats and it apparently makes your kid fall (and stay) asleep. Sign us up!

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See Bratz dolls transformed into extraordinary women!

There will be blood: A doll that gets her period is NBD

Barbie just got the best makeover and we’re loving it

Blogs

Hot dogs, roller coasters, photo booths—we're so ready for this new Lego Friends series!

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9 ways Lego has changed since we were kids

The trailer for The Lego Batman Movie is here

From Lite Brite to pogo sticks, these classic toys stand the test of time.

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Activities

A new study says that Lego toys have become more violent. One mom of two Lego-obsessed boys agrees.

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The Imaginarium Safari Stacking Cubes was recalled from Toys R Us Canada because it could pose a choking hazard to young kids.

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Recall: Children's Advil and other Advil liquid products for infants and children 

Recall: The Children’s Place Sleep and Play sleepers

Britax car seat recall due to risk of injury to infant

Britax stroller recall due to choking hazard

Those toys your kid always chews on? So. Many. Germs. Here’s what to do.

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How to clean the house in 10 minutes or less

When your toddler is obsessed with being clean

Misty Copeland, the first African American principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, unveils her new Barbie doll.

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Searching for empowering books for little girls

How to talk to girls: 8 ways to improve your daughter’s self-esteem

10 awesome movies to watch with your tween daughter

Does your child challenge traditional gender roles?

The future of baby gear, toys and parenting is near! And according to Fisher Price’s new video, it’s not exactly what you’d expect.

This is what parenting will look like in 2026

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The ultimate toy guide 2015: 25 toys for preschoolers

Air Hogs Star Wars Zero Gravity X-Wing Starfighter: Unboxing and review

Meet American Girl's first-ever Civil Rights-era doll, Melody

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American Girl dolls: Love ’em or loathe ’em?

Mom makes American Boy doll for son’s birthday

What happens when girls are free to imagine they can be anything

Education

Lego unveils its new "Fun at the Park" set, which includes a young boy in a wheelchair. This mom couldn't be happier.

Finally! Lego set includes a minifigure using a wheelchair

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The best toys for kids with special needs

7 things I've learned from my daughter's diagnosis

News

Barbie just got the best makeover and we're loving it

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Major news for Barbie– she can finally wear flats!

Barbie Rock ’N Royals Erika Doll: Unboxing and review

The ultimate toy guide 2015: 22 toys for big kids

Are your kids hockey nuts? Here's some hockey&#x2d;themed toys to start adding to their collection.

19 awesome hockey&#x2d;themed toys

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys are finally here!

The ultimate toy guide 2014: 30 toys for preschoolers

The ultimate toy guide 2014: 17 toys for big kids

Sports

This little stuffed bunny hopped right into the lap of luxury when he got left behind at a hotel.

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Your kid can be a Lego hero with these new 3D heads

You’ve got to check out this new collection of Disney dolls!

Donkey is the funniest word ever to this adorable kid

5 times Santa gave us the feels (and all the tears)

Toys

15 awesome remote-controlled toys

39 cool new Star Wars Rogue One toys

Which of these 12 iconic toys will make it into the Hall of Fame?

10 cute play kitchens

RECALL: Hedstrom Sensory Combo Pack

26 awesome Pokémon toys

Every sleep-deprived parent needs this doll

Hot diggity: Sneak peek of Lego Friends' new amusement park series!

23 classic toys every kid needs

Has Lego become too violent?

Recall: Imaginarium Safari Stacking Cubes from Toys R Us

How to clean plastic toys

Ballerina Misty Copeland unveils her very own Barbie doll

This Is What Parenting Will Look Like In 2026

Mom makes the most awesome play kitchen—out of cardboard boxes

Meet American Girl's first-ever Civil Rights-era doll

Finally! Lego set includes a minifigure in a wheelchair

Barbie just got the best makeover and we're loving it

19 awesome hockey-themed toys

This stuffed bunny's life is better than mine: VIP treatment at an Irish hotel for a forgotten toy