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How To Inspire Children To Read For Pleasure

How can schools encourage children to read for pleasure" Introduce the author, says Sue Woodroofe, Principal of The Grammar School at Leeds When I sto ...

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Remote Learning Might Stay After Covid Ends?and As A Teacher

As a teacher and a mom, I was heartbroken when I heard that remote learning might remain a permanent option in Ontario, post-COVID. Of course I� ...

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Competition: Win A Luxury Family Lodge Holiday In Padstow, C

We have teamed up with Padstow Holiday Village by Lovat Parks, nestled just a quick downhill stroll through farm fields from the delightful, tradition ...

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How School Mobile Phone Bans Benefit Pupils

Lisa Kerr discusses the senior school’s mobile-phone policy, which has recently been updated to be more restrictive and in line with that of th ...

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A fun, easy way to dye Easter eggs

by Laura Falin posted in Life & Home We dye Easter eggs every year. They\'ve run the spectrum from strange color combinations and stickers everywhere ...

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Two new baby bottles with interesting tricks

by Joyce Slaton posted in Products & Prizes Baby bottles are one of those things that are tough to buy, because though some babies have fierce prefer ...

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How to handle a screaming toddler

Photo: iStockphoto My toddler is going through a shrieking phase: When she spots a friend; when she doesn?t want to put on her shoes; when she?s simpl ...

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Minion Cupcakes

I am that mom that sends cupcakes to school for her kid’s birthday, please don’t hate me, I like baking. One of the kids in my son� ...

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5 ways to avoid an unnecessary C-section

Photo: iStockphoto 1. Start smart (and early). Talk to your doctor about optimizing your health, exercising and achieving a healthy weight before tryi ...

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What really happens during newborn photo shoots

Photo: Abbie Rogers When you have your new precious bundle of joy, you inevitably want to capture how tiny and sweet and squishy they are. So you book ...

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What you need to know about placenta encapsulation

After three pregnancies and repeated bouts of postpartum depression, Natasha Longridge decided to try something different when her fourth baby was bo ...

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Adele's hilarious, hairy pregnancy side effect

by Carolyn Robertson posted in Celebrities Weight gain, strange cravings, getting up a dozen times a night to go pee: These are the pregnancy side ef ...

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What you need to know about failure to thrive

Photo: Sasha Emmons Riley* was a textbook healthy baby. He was content and easygoing, and throughout most of his first year, was trending between the ...

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3 tips for teaching your toddler manners

Photo: Getty Images Richard Bohn loves it when his two-year-old son, Parker, says please and thank you. ?I think to myself, ?Yeah, he?s got it. I?m ...

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How to make a donut-shaped cake

Photo: Roberto Caruso 1. To make a doughnut-shaped cake, place an oven-safe drinking glass wrapped in foil in the centre of an 8- or 9-in. round pan. ...

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Could your kid have celiac disease"

Photo: Tony Lanz ?Mama, my arms are too tired to colour.? When three-year-old Alyson uttered those words, her mom, Tera Gariepy, knew it was time to t ...

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Why some parents are giving their kids weed

Illustration: Caitlin Doherty The day before Mandy McKnight gave her then six-year-old son Liam cannabis oil for the first time, he had 70 serious ton ...

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#HowIFeedMyBaby: a letter from Sasha

Day one: nursing my son, Julian, at home. With my first baby, breastfeeding just didn?t work. I spent hours with lactation consultants, trying to mak ...

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9 tips for bringing your kids to a baseball game

Photo: Katie Dupuis The first time we took our daughter Sophie to a Toronto Blue Jays game, she was six months old. It was a cold May day, and I start ...

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I hate Earth Day

Lately Earth Day has become the new Christmas, an annual holiday celebrated with zeal at schools across the country. During a spring assembly at my d ...

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#HowIFeedMyBaby

Especially in the beginning, breastfeeding can be overwhelming. You?re getting conflicting advice from way too many experts, you?re Googling things y ...

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Books to read with your kids for Earth Day

by Laura Falin posted in Life & Home Can I make a confession" I nearly forgot today was Earth Day. Not because I don\'t care about the environment, b ...

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5 Mother's Day gift ideas under $20

by Sabrina Garibian posted in Products & Prizes It\'s Mother\'s Day and I\'m sitting on my balcony in silence, reading a good book and drinking a hot ...

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Latest WTF trend?paying people to name your baby

Photo: iStock Wine With Everything. Cherries in the Snow. Back to the Fuchsia. If you ask me, naming lipstick (or nail polish, or My Little Ponies, fo ...

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Cooking with kids: Recipe for disaster"

Illustration: Rachel Idzerda Only 12 percent of Canadian kids help their parents make dinner on a regular basis, according to a recent study. Can?t sa ...

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Chrissy Teigen buys herself the best push present

Photo: Chrissy Teigen via Instagram We feel ya, Chrissy…we totally feel your pain! Chrissy Teigen and John Legend welcomed sweet baby Luna last ...

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15 cool breastfeeding facts

Photo: Jade Beall 1. Cup size has nothing to do with your milk storage capacity. Hormones are what trigger your mammary glands to secrete milk. 2. No ...

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Classic skipping songs

Credit: adwriter We?ve got the lyrics to eight of your favourite skipping songs: Apples, Peaches, Pears and Plums Apples, peaches, pears and plums, Ju ...

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9 easy make-ahead breakfast recipes

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Mother?s Day breakfast in bed printable banner

by Kami Bigler posted in Life & Home Mother?s Day is right around the corner. Are you ready" There are so many great ways to honor mom. Some are larg ...

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7 teething myths

Photo: iStock It?s pretty cute when your baby?s pearly whites start to poke through her gums. But teething can also cause crankiness, which is decided ...

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10 old wives’ tales for predicting gender

?So, are you having a boy or a girl"? Every pregnant woman has been asked this question?several times. Even if you?re choosing to not find out the se ...

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Does your kid need a therapist"

Photo: Getty Images My son was three when I took him to see a mental health professional for the first time. Ari was little, but challenging in so man ...

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How to get your kid to stop biting his nails

Photo: iStockphoto I’m a nail-biter. I’ve hid my fingertips since my early school-aged years. So, imagine my reaction when my seven-year ...