relationships

Teaching Children About Healthy Relationships: A Guide for Parents

Teaching Children About Healthy Relationships: A Guide for Parents

Building and fostering relationships are an essential part of life. This guide can help you give your child a headstart.

Stefanie Peachey

It’s never too late to learn how to sext (if you want to)

It’s never too late to learn how to sext (if you want to)

While online dating after my marriage ended, I immediately found myself in salty exchanges. Figuring out how I wanted to respond took much, much longer.

Nadine Araksi, Chatelaine

How are most moms STILL the default parent in 2022?!

How are most moms STILL the default parent in 2022?!

Erin Pepler

The 19 words that have saved me from countless fights with my husband

The 19 words that have saved me from countless fights with my husband

Amy Tector, Chatelaine

Nothing prepares you for the moment your best mom-friend moves away

Nothing prepares you for the moment your best mom-friend moves away

Sky England

After we split, my emotionally absent ex became Dad of the Year

After we split, my emotionally absent ex became Dad of the Year

When we were married, he flat out refused to to be an active parent. Since our separation, he is suddenly all about daddy-daughter time

Mae Peterson

How to handle an overstepping mother-in-law

How to handle an overstepping mother-in-law

The relationship between a new parent and their mother-in-law can be fraught. Setting some boundaries will benefit everyone.

Jessica Leeder

I had sex 4 weeks after giving birth

Postpartum care

I had sex 4 weeks after giving birth

Real talk about what it’s like to lose your postnatal virginity only a month after baby, from The Rebel Mama’s Handbook for (Cool) Moms

Erica Moore

My husband and I got a sleep divorce—and it's helped our marriage

My husband and I got a sleep divorce—and it's helped our marriage

It’s a bit out of the norm, but I think a lot of couples secretly yearn for our arrangement.

Leah Rumack

How to get your partner to (actually) do more chores

How to get your partner to (actually) do more chores

If you are getting tired of doing 90 percent of the chores in the house—we hear you. Here are some tips for negotiating who does what.

Micah Toub

Will your relationships survive the rifts caused by COVID choices?

Will your relationships survive the rifts caused by COVID choices?

Friendships and families have been strained by conflicts over pandemic behaviour. Should we forgive and forget, or has COVID revealed our true colours?

Cassandra Drudi

What parents need to know about couples therapy—including if it actually works

What parents need to know about couples therapy—including if it actually works

Having the same fight over and over? Ready for some outside help? Here's everything you need to know about marriage counselling.

Sarah Treleaven

Is it normal that I want to kill my spouse after having a baby?

Is it normal that I want to kill my spouse after having a baby?

Fighting with your partner after baby is almost a certainty, but there are ways to ease the hate you feel for your spouse.

Amy Green

What to drop off at your friend's house if everyone has COVID

What to drop off at your friend's house if everyone has COVID

With variants spreading more easily, whole families are coming down with COVID. If you know a family that is sick, here's what they need most.

Louise Gleeson

I love my kid’s mom, but I miss my wife

I love my kid’s mom, but I miss my wife

When we slowly emerged from the familiar fog of new parenthood, it occurred to me that I longed for the person my wife was before she was a mother.

Matthew Builder

My entire social life is other parents at school pickup

My entire social life is other parents at school pickup

Instead of giving my daughter a five-minute warning, I’m the one who needs to be dragged away from my new COVID BFFs at pickup and drop-off.

Caitlin Crawshaw

19 memes that sum up how parents feel this Valentine's Day

19 memes that sum up how parents feel this Valentine's Day

Jessica Pollack

I swore off sex after I had kids

I swore off sex after I had kids

There was a time when I would throw up a little in my mouth when my husband touched me. Slowly but surely, we brought sexy back.

Today's Parent

7 ways early motherhood is not at all what I expected

7 ways early motherhood is not at all what I expected

When I first looked into my baby’s eyes seven months ago I was over the moon with joy—and blissfully unaware of what was to come.

Micaela Hardy-Moffat

My dad uninvited us from Christmas dinner because my kid is transgender

My dad uninvited us from Christmas dinner because my kid is transgender

We shared the news so he and and my mom would use my daughter's new name and preferred pronouns. In response, he shut us out completely.

Rev. Michelle Scrimgeour-Brown