“Screenagers” is a documentary about growing up in the digital age
Learn more about negotiating screen time with your kids
Self-regulation: How kids stay focused and control behaviour
Mastering emotional responses to whatever life throws at us
5 tips for parents who say “what is self-care?”
What can you do today to take care of yourself?
4 podcasts for parents looking for advice, inspiration, and a bit of fun
Informative sources of inspiration for multi-tasking moms and dads
Video shows how bad the ride home can be for some kids who play sports
Let’s change the ride home
Progress not perfection: keeping my AfL Parent Promise
Making the time to set a good example
Julie Lythcott-Haims’ Ted Talk takes on helicopter parenting and the “checklisted childhood”
When to-do lists can be more harmful than helpful
Why I made the AfL Parent Promise and how I am keeping it
How one role model stays active with her kids, no matter how busy
Study suggests that kids suffer from too much structured activity
Why it can inhibit cognitive development
Tips on how to manage the back to school madness
Savvy moms share their strategies
Questions to ask your kids while watching the Olympics
The Olympics provide a great opportunity for you to connect with your kids.
Silken Laumann promotes unstructured play for kids
The celebrated Olympian shares thoughts on keeping children active for life
Role Model spotlight: Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma
Ways to make every day enjoyable and healthy
Kids’ screen time, inactivity, and the growing ‘sleepidemic’
This vicious cycle is adversely affecting our children’s well being
The 2016 “Thank You, Mom” commercial is another heartbreaker
It takes someone strong, to make someone strong
Stop talking about “risky play” for kids and use “adventurous” instead
Understanding the difference between objective and perceived risk
How to be a more adventurous parent
My kids are now 10, 12, and 14 years old and they’re all physically literate. Or at least they’re well on their way. It’s been a journey that started when they were tiny and has continued every day since. I credit my tenacity and crazy sense of adventure for getting us all out of the … Continued
How these moms are passing along their love of movement
Turning early activities into lifelong habits
How to be an active example for your kids: advice from the pros
You can model active, healthy choices for your kids
This mom asked her son a scary question and his answer blew her away
Never forget what’s important to your children
An open letter response to Mark Zuckerberg: This one thing can help all children, everywhere
One of the most important foundations for a better life
New study highlights reasons adults stop playing sports
Inconvenience and repetition cited as major factors
Dads, here is a parenting resource especially for you
Top tips for today’s involved dads
5 things I’m doing differently with my third baby
Learning to give one’s third born a little more free reign