Sex, marriage and relationships

Bringing Sexy Back

5 things you can do to put the sizzle back in your relationship

Strong Parental Relationships Build Happy Children

So says David Code, author of To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First. Code explained to Today's Parent editor Caroline Connell why he thinks our children need less attention and our partners more

How to Introduce Your Date to Your Kids

Rebecca Eckler explores the rights and wrongs of introducing your new flame to your kids

Marriage Tune-up

You're not desperate for help — yet. Here's what marriage counsellors can teach you about preserving your marriage, starting now

A Blended Gay Family

How two gay couples and two children became a family

Clicking for Love: Online Dating for Single Parents

How the dating scene has gone high-tech for single moms and dads

Parenting Pair

Canada's skating sweethearts, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, talk about their newest challenge — raising their son

The Friendly Divorce

The end of marriage doesn't have to signal the beginning of war

A Stepmother's Story

One woman shares her struggles to embrace her partner's child

Lift Your Libido

Help for harried parents who've lost that loving feeling

The Great Divide: When Parenting Styles Differ

Having babies is easy compared with agreeing on how to raise them

Crazy In Love

It's official: Falling in love - whether it's with a sweetheart or a newborn - turns our brains into pleasure-seeking, foggy-thinking mushballs

Libido Quiz

Parents have sex lives? Who knew!

Preventive Measures

The latest birth control options for moms

A Little Romance

"It's possible to be a loving and successful husband without being Sir Lancelot"

Single and Social? Reader Tips for the Social Life of Single Parents

Can single parents have a grown-up social life? Here's how a few TP readers do (and don't do) it

Is Your Marriage Ready for a Baby?

The first year of parenthood is no cakewalk. Here's how to come through it stronger than ever

Kids and Divorce: An Age-By-Age Guide

The news that Mom and Dad are separating hits a two-year-old and a 10-year-old differently. Here's how to help them handle it at any age

Overnight Success: Vacations Without the Kids

How to make your little getaway work for you and your kids.

That Lovin' Feeling

Looking for ways to reconnect with your partner? Discover how other busy parents keep the spark alive

10 Habits of Happy Couples

Simple ways to keep relationships strong

That Lovin' Feeling

How to rekindle your sex life after baby

And Baby Makes Conflict

The five most common relationship hurdles new parents face and how to get over them

Etiquette for Exes

Excerpted from Ex-Etiquette: Good Behavior After a Divorce or Separation, Chicago Review Press 2004.

Todaysparent.com 2005 Sex Survey Results

Get a peek inside the bedrooms of other parents

The Power of Pals

Here’s how (and why) to keep your circle of friends strong

Still Not Getting Any?

Your babies have grown, but now your sex life faces new challenges with young teens in the house

Are You Getting Any? Your Post-baby Sex Life

Why your post-baby sex life may be a few rolls in the hay short of its former self

Involved Dad, Happy Couple

“Becoming productively and passionately involved with his children may be the best thing a father can do for his marriage.”

Now We Are Three

That tiny baby has brought enormous changes to your life. How can couples keep their relationship strong when just being a parent is so all-consuming?