Parenting
10 Tips on Raising a Child With an Olympic Go-Getter Spirit
This mother-daughter duo shares their best tips for helping kids develop their own winning attitude, and how to deal with success and failure.
How to Help Kids Get a Grip on Math Anxiety
When math anxiety rears its ugly head, what can you do to help your panicked child? Here are some useful tips on how to deal with—and ultimately eradicate—the evil that is math anxiety.
Together We Can Bake a Difference
For the second year in a row families, students and schools across Canada will participate in We Bake for Change, an initiative of WE Day, made possible in Canada by Robin Hood. Last year, young Canadians proved they know the recipe for positive change, as their individual and school bake sales raised more than $330,000 in support of Free The Children partner communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
How to Have a Mindful 2016
The end of a year and beginning of the next is often a time for reflection. Time to consider both good and bad from the year that’s been and to plan for changes and good intentions for the year to come.
How Can I Help a Syrian Refugee?
A realistic guide to the things we can all do to help Syrian refugees.
Six Tools for Talking with Teachers
There will undoubtedly come a time when we may feel the need to speak with the teacher about a problem that our child is experiencing, whether at the teacher’s request or at our own. Here are six tools for making the most of a parent-teacher meeting.
How Did I End up with That Kid?
How to set clear expectations for the behaviour you want to see this year, in school and at home.
A Bright Idea for Bright Kids
Enter Bright Bean, a brand-new Canadian company started by a band of parents who sought the expertise of educators (and who became pretty darn savvy along the way themselves) about the toys that would maximize a child’s potential. Their new online shop sells the high-quality, educational toys kids thrive with—and they’ve taken out all the guesswork by lining it up based on specific milestones, ages and stages of kids from birth up to age 12.
The Summer Activity Conundrum
Do you fill summer up with planned activities or let the kids entertain themselves? Our expert takes on the issue of bringing balance to the lazy days of summer.