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Learning to read: What age is the “right” age?
Photo: Tony Lanz Jenna Levinson* was reading fluently by the age of four. “I remember I was wearing an Earth Day T-shirt with a picture of a globe on it,” recalls her mom, Stephanie. “And she said to...
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11 tips for creating an awesome treasure hunt
Photo: iStockphoto Want to send your kids on the ultimate birthday party treasure hunt? Here’s a quick how-to and some tips for a happy hunting! Plan your route: You can send the kids through a...
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How to get your kids to listen
Like a lot of six-year-olds, Frances Stacey-Ayuso likes to conduct “experiments”: mixing together random household liquids to see what will happen. And while her moms, Lisa Ayuso and Victoria Stacey,...
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When can kids stay home alone?
Every day after school, 12-year-old Elizabeth Green* and her younger siblings, Caitlin, 10, and Michael, 8, make the 10-minute walk home, unlock the door and settle in for few hours until their...
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What you should do when your kid has a bad teacher
Caedmon Dunbar was bored to tears by his fourth-grade French-immersion teacher. “He’d come home and say, ‘I can’t stand it—it’s the same worksheets every day! She just talks at us!’” says his mom,...
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How my son taught me to enjoy sports—sort of
Photo: iStockphoto Thunder Bay, Ont. writer Susan Goldberg is a transplanted Torontonian and one of two mothers to two boys. Follow along as she shares her family’s experiences. Two things you may not...
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Same-sex parents: Still just like everybody else
Photo: iStockphoto Newsflash! Just in case there was any doubt, another study has confirmed what by now should be common knowledge: that children raised by same-sex parents are doing just as well as...
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How to get the teacher you want
Jacob Sullivan* had always liked school, and he loved learning. But by grade four, says his mom, Carla Sullivan,* his attitude had changed, largely due to the dynamic with his teacher that year. “It...
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Gender in the classroom
Presented in partnership with Plan International Illustration: Melissa Cheung It’s 2016. We have gender parity in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. We know that “girls can do anything” and that...
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7 no-fail strategies to get your kid to listen
1. Make eye contact “I can call, ‘Come for dinner!’ repeatedly from another room, but if I go right up and look them in the eye and say, ‘Hi! Please come for dinner now,’ they’ll look up and say, ‘Oh,...
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