Toddler

Toddler behaviour

Screaming tantrums in public and the notorious terrible twos: Learn how to handle the many ups and downs of toddler behaviour while maintaining your sanity.

Pretend Play May Help Kids’ Mental Health

Pretend Play May Help Kids’ Mental Health

Toddlers with stronger pretend-play skills had fewer emotional and behavioural difficulties by the time they reached early primary school.

Vanessa Grant

How To Encourage Independent Play Without Guilt

How To Encourage Independent Play Without Guilt

Independent play boosts your child’s development—and gives you a break. Learn how to encourage solo play at every age, guilt-free.

Khadijah Elsayed

What To Say (And Not Say) When Your Toddler Hits You

What To Say (And Not Say) When Your Toddler Hits You

Your child isn’t a monster. Toddlers hit sometimes. Learn how to react so you can move through this phase as quickly as possible.

Siobhan Chirico

Think Baby Proofing Was Hard? Just Wait Until They Start Walking

Think Baby Proofing Was Hard? Just Wait Until They Start Walking

Here’s how to outsmart your curious kid and make every room safe—before they beat you to it.

Courtney Leiva

5 Ways To Show Your Toddler Love Every Day

5 Ways To Show Your Toddler Love Every Day

Build a stronger bond with your toddler through everyday love, expert tips on handling tantrums, and routines that support emotional growth.

Anne Marie Kirsten

Toddler Frustration: Key Facts For Parents

Toddler Frustration: Key Facts For Parents

Toddler tantrums stressing you out? Experts break down why toddler frustration and share simple ways to handle meltdowns (and keep your cool too).

Courtney Leiva

How To Transition Your Kid From A Crib To A Toddler Bed

How To Transition Your Kid From A Crib To A Toddler Bed

Is your former baby ready for a toddler bed? What you need to know before you make the move.

Courtney Leiva

The Surprising Reason Your Child Won't Sleep

The Surprising Reason Your Child Won't Sleep

Author and sleep expert Maccall Gordon explains why intense, sensitive, stubborn kids never seem to sleep—and what you can do about it.

Maccall Gordon

Why Your Toddler Only Wants Mom And What to Do About It

Why Your Toddler Only Wants Mom And What to Do About It

Parental favouritism is normal, but it stings. Here’s why it happens and how to handle it.

Stefanie Peachey

Is Your Toddler Pointing Non-Stop? Why That's Great News

Is Your Toddler Pointing Non-Stop? Why That's Great News

Squirrel! Balloon! Cookie! When toddlers point, they’re not just saying, ‘Hey, look at this!’—they’re actually showing off some serious smarts.

Courtney Leiva

How To Manage Toddler Temper Tantrums

How To Manage Toddler Temper Tantrums

Dealing with temper tantrums can be challenging, but they are a normal part of child development.

Kristen Miller

A Therapist's Guide To Managing Tantrums In Toddlers

A Therapist's Guide To Managing Tantrums In Toddlers

Therapist shares how to identify triggers and implement strategies to manage toddler tantrums

Michael Vallejo, LCSW

This is the big secret to understanding your toddler

Toddler behaviour

This is the big secret to understanding your toddler

The terrible twos can be tough, but there are proven ways to decode your toddler's actions—and applied behaviour analysis is one of them.

Allison Kenien

27 wildly relatable memes about toddlers

Toddler behaviour

27 wildly relatable memes about toddlers

Welcome to my life. Toddlers are a unique and relentless kind of wacked. Naturally, that leads to some hilarious toddler memes.

Jessica Pollack

You're not imagining it, toddlers are actually harder than newborns

Toddler behaviour

You're not imagining it, toddlers are actually harder than newborns

Never, in the history of time, has a newborn tried to put on their own socks, push their own stroller or buckle their own car seat.

Natalie Stechyson

6 things you should go ahead and let your toddler do

Toddler behaviour

6 things you should go ahead and let your toddler do

We all want to keep the chaos at bay, but you might be making your life harder by wielding too much control over your kid.

Kristen Thompson

I’m worried about my under-socialized COVID toddler

Toddler behaviour

I’m worried about my under-socialized COVID toddler

For a whole crop of kids, COVID-19 hit right at the time they’d typically be honing their social skills. My toddler is one of them.

Justine Feron

Why your toddler insists on watching you poop

Toddler behaviour

Why your toddler insists on watching you poop

It’s jarring, it’s uncomfortable and it’s just weird. But believe it or not, it’s weirdly normal for kids to want to watch you do your business.

Dawn Yanek

What to do if your toddler bites—or gets bitten—at daycare

Toddler behaviour

What to do if your toddler bites—or gets bitten—at daycare

Baby and toddler biting is a very normal stage of development, but it’s still a tricky situation to deal with when it happens at your kid’s daycare.

Jen Cutts

Again, again! Why your kid wants to do the same activity over and over

Again, again! Why your kid wants to do the same activity over and over

Read the same book five times in one sitting? It can actually be helping your kid. Here's how to approach repetition without losing your sanity.

Cathie Kryczka