Parenting stories

Ann Kaplan Mulholland: “I gave birth on a Friday and went back to work on Monday”

Ann Kaplan Mulholland: “I gave birth on a Friday and went back to work on Monday”

The Real Housewives of Toronto star and mother of eight made hard sacrifices to become a self-made millionaire. When her sister passed away, she gave Kaplan Mulholland the “greatest gift”: custody of her niece and nephew.

Catherine Reitman: “At the end of the day, do I like who’s looking back at me?”

Catherine Reitman: “At the end of the day, do I like who’s looking back at me?”

The creator and star of the hilarious comedy series Workin’ Moms on maternal insecurity and parenting wins.

Heather Ogden: “I won’t say it was easy, but I had a goal and I was driven”

Heather Ogden: “I won’t say it was easy, but I had a goal and I was driven”

Heather Ogden played the lead in Swan Lake just five months after giving birth to her son, Léo. But the ballet dancer says that getting back into pirouette shape wasn’t the hardest part of balancing ballet with Baby.

Matt Dusk: “She is really my litmus test for music”

Matt Dusk: “She is really my litmus test for music”

Why the Canadian crooner’s 18-month-old daughter, Kaia, inspired him to record his first full-length holiday album.

Jodie Sweetin: “Life is always going to present you with stuff that is challenging”

Jodie Sweetin: “Life is always going to present you with stuff that is challenging”

The Fuller House star on teaching her daughters the power of gratitude.

Taylor Hanson: “In a big family, you’re part of a crew”

Taylor Hanson: “In a big family, you’re part of a crew”

The lead singer of Hanson is a father of five and an uncle to many. The rock singer talks about why bigger is better when it comes to family.

Dolly Parton: “It wasn’t meant for me to have kids”

Dolly Parton: “It wasn’t meant for me to have kids”

Singer Dolly Parton says growing up in a big family gave her the maternal instincts needed to be generous with kids, but she's never wanted her own.

Elvira Kurt: “We ended our relationship, but we didn’t end our family”

Elvira Kurt: “We ended our relationship, but we didn’t end our family”

The comedian and mother of two discusses the origins of her unbreakable family.

The Property Brothers: “We weren’t sheltered or babied in any way”

The Property Brothers: “We weren’t sheltered or babied in any way”

From seven-year-old entrepreneurs selling coat hangers to the “great dads” they plan to become, twins Jonathan and Drew Scott talk about how they’ve been shaped by their parents, Joanne and Jim.

Kordale Lewis: “Be the parent that you didn’t have as a child”

Kordale Lewis: “Be the parent that you didn’t have as a child”

A father of three before he turned 18, Kordale Lewis and his fiancé, Kaleb Anthony, became Instagram-famous when a photo of them doing their daughters’ hair went viral. They now have a new baby with a familiar surrogate: Lewis’s high school girlfriend.