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Spicy takes, honest thoughts, partnership advice, and laughs about all things parenting. Pull up a chair and join the conversation.

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Parents and two children posing for the camera, to illustrate that many families are choosing to use Mom's last name

7 min read

Why More Families Are Choosing to Use Mom’s Last Name

To girls laugh and smile at the camera

7 min read

Why Childhood Friendships Matter So Much

Making peanut butter cookies when you miss your mom

5 min read

Why I Make Peanut Butter Cookies When I Miss My Mom

A kid eats breakfast while holding their phone, sucked in by screen time

7 min read

Can Kids Moderate Their Own Screen Time? Or Is It Asking Too Much?

Two parents sit side-by-side looking frustrated as their kids play behind them

6 min read

I Tried Split-Shift Parenting—Here’s Why It Failed Miserably

The writer, Jenn Dunstan, with her teens and her toddler

5 min read

Raising Teenagers and a Toddler—At the Same Time 

Teenagers sitting in a personalized dorm room, not the work of a dorm room designer

4 min read

Forget Designer Dorm Rooms—Let Kids Make Their Own Space

Grandmother reading to her grandchild, to illustrate skipping some problematic children's books

4 min read

Why I Won’t Read These Problematic Children’s Books to My Grandchildren

5 min read

Why Choosing Canadian Beef Is a Climate-Conscious Move 

Mother and daughter learning emotional regulation today

8 min read

Why Learning Emotional Regulation is a Critical Skill for Parents

Child in a multicoloured striped coat stuck in the rain, to illustrate natural consequences parenting

5 min read

Natural Consequences Parenting Gets a Bad Rap — But Why?

Dad and child loading the washer together, to teach household responsibility

6 min read

Is This Toddler Laundry Hack Going Too Far?

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