children

Meet the muses behind Robert Munsch’s most iconic stories

They were the kids who inspired some of the legendary author’s best-loved stories. Now, they’re all grown up.

Avalynn Kwok, 4, puts on her face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 as her parents drop her off at Lynn Valley Elementary School for her first day of kindergarten, in North Vancouver, B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP)

COVID vaccines for children are here. How well have we protected the kids so far?

Vaxx Populi: The answer varies by province, but some jurisdictions could do a lot more when it comes to masking and rapid testing

The pandemic has proven that kids are not as resilient as we think

Children’s ability to bounce back has been pushed to a breaking point, and exposed some ugly inequalities

a girl wearing glasses playing video games on a couch (Igor Alecsander/Getty Images)

Why are my kids so dull?

Scott Gilmore: It’s not just mine, either. Teen drinking is down, high school dropout rates have fallen. Why have they become so tediously responsible?

Jane Philpott: On Canada’s own crisis of separating kids from parents

Trudeau’s Indigenous services minister talks about how to address the alarming rates of Indigenous children being taken by child welfare services

King Donald the Madman

Allen Abel in Washington: As the storm clouds close in on the White House, the U.S. president lashes out—at Canada, Mexico, Congress and immigrants

Why some parents are scared of vaccines

An estimated three per cent of parents are deciding against immunization, while another 15-20 percent fall into the ‘vaccine-hesitant’ group

Why my two children have different last names

Most Canadians think married couples should share a last name. This family chose a different route

Our seven-year-old son told us he was gay

A child coming out is now likely to be supported, polls show. One mom’s story

The fight for diaper-changing tables in men’s washrooms

Should all mens washrooms in Canada have diaper-changing tables, or is there no place for the state in the nation’s public loos?

The unintended consequences of boosting parental leave

Changing EI parental leave provisions may change the season of births in Canada and the distribution of health, education, and development outcomes

What a child benefit policy can and should do (beyond buying votes)

Let’s not forget that a well-designed child benefits policy can improve well-being, employment, and kids’ lives