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Your kids need to burn off energy: boisterous but safe self-isolation play...
Kids get hurt. It’s as much a part of being a kid as a runny nose/supermarket temper tantrum/not eating vegetables! They skin things, cut things, *gulp* break things…and the last thing you want...
View ArticleWith camps shut, families face summer in the great indoors
Welcome to summer in the great indoors. Parents around the country are learning their children’s summer camps will be cancelled, delayed or moved online as the fallout from the coronavirus seeps into...
View ArticleWhat do the kids say? K-12 students sound off on school
NEW YORK — Parents have weighed in on reopening schools. Teachers have weighed in. Public health experts, too, along with cities, states and President Donald Trump. But what about the kids themselves?...
View ArticleParents brace for school, work disruptions ahead of uncertain school year
Toronto mom Emma Trousdale would love to send her two kids to school full time. But even if she chooses that option over remote learning, she expects they’ll end up spending a considerable amount of...
View ArticleDisney Plus launches beta test for streaming watch parties in Canada
Disney Plus is testing a new feature exclusively with Canadian subscribers that recreates the experience of watching TV with a group of family and friends. The streaming service says it recently...
View ArticleTrick-or-What? Pandemic Halloween is a mixed bag all around
NEW YORK — Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drive-thru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties and parades. Wider paths through corn mazes. The family holiday so...
View ArticleToy safety group releases annual list of top 10 ‘worst’ toys
BOSTON — Cute plastic animals with tiny accessories that pose a choking hazard, Black Panther-inspired claws with the potential to cause facial or eye injuries, and green slime that could be harmful if...
View ArticleYou Can Name The New Police Dog Puppies!
Parents, tell your kids to put on their thinking caps! It’s their opportunity to suggest potential names for 13 German Shepherd puppies who will be born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre this...
View Article6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published for racist images
BOSTON — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that...
View ArticleKids, the RCMP wants YOU to name their baby horses!
Retired Mountie Katherine Hansen, shown in a handout photo, was overjoyed when she was offered a second stint in the RCMP’s iconic Musical Ride this summer, but they were dashed in March when just days...
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