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Close call with car makes cyclist dad see red

I am as careful and conscientious a bike rider as you will find. I do everything I can to not be hit by a car, writes Late in the Game columnist.

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My parent has cancer and it really sucks

Maya Silver was 15 when her mom was diagnosed with cancer.

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Do you know where your children hang out online?

Tweens and teens keep mom and dad happy with ‘clean’ Facebook profiles, but spend their time — unmonitored — on newer social networks geared at young users

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Moms are main breadwinner in record 40 per cent of U.S. families with kids

Growing influence of breadwinner moms up from 11 per cent in 1960

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My father is a great dad in all the ways that matter

The other day I came across a few snapshots of my father. He looks as pleased as punch in all of them.

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Top Chef Canada judge Shereen Arazm Koules always makes it home for dinner

Toronto native and mother of three Shereen Arazm Koules often feels guilty

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Mount Sinai launches birth study to probe effects of environment, genes

The Ontario Birth Study, the largest yet in Canada, starts its tracking in utero and will follow subjects through early childhood.

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Guelph Outdoor Preschool takes the classroom to the meadow

Unique licensed daycare to open this month gets children outside to play, explore and connect with nature. Learn more at stardispatches.com.

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Parents honour family and honourary grandparents in naming their three boys

This Oakville couple considered many factors before settling on Kai Daniel, Taelin Lees, and Adekin Carter

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First year with twins an achievement worth celebrating

My wife and I threw a party for our baby boy and girl to celebrate their first birthday recently.

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5 tips to get kids moving again

Your kids don't have to join expensive sports teams to get exercise.

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Storytelling boosts vocabulary, memory and self-esteem

New book, Tell Me a Story, says sharing tales about the day, family history and folk lore is important for kids' cognitive and emotional development.

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Feeding Our Future summer lunch program to hit 1 million mark this summer

Program that launched in Toronto and expanded across teh country, helps relieve child hunger when school lunch initiatives end for the season.

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Working mothers urged to drop guilt as study finds kids do fine

Children whose mothers work during their early years do as well at school as those with stay-at-home mothers, new research has found.

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Father's Day: GTA families pay tribute to the special men in their lives

A single dad of three girls, a father of strong character and positive influence, and an uncle who’s stepped in to fill a void among our Father’s Day honourees

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Father's Day: Readers write in with words of love for dad

Wives, sons and daughters share their appreciation in heartfelt letters.

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How a mouse made us buy a house

While mice are cute in fairy tales, in real life they’re kind of icky and can cause you to run out and find a real estate agent.

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Natalie MacMaster relies on ‘cramming abilities’ to juggle 5 kids, a farm and...

Juno Award-winning fiddler takes kids on the road, home schools and teaches at camp Leahy every summer

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Should you put off kindergarten for your child?

An increasing number of parents are opting to ‘redshirt’ kids born late in the year.

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Preschoolers with poor eating habits have greater risk of heart disease as...

Eating in front of television, drinking juice, and all-day snacking among the other bad habits that ruin mealtimes

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