250: Comedian Charlie Demers on Modern-Day Fatherhood
For this 250th episode of the podcast we're taking a look at the state of modern fatherhood. First we're talking to stand-up comedian, write...
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The New Family Podcast is the show that explores what families really look like today and the issues that matter to us most. Twice a week we interview some of the most compelling people whos...
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249: How to Keep Math Trauma from Holding You or Your Kids Back
Today we welcome Vanessa Vakharia back to the show. Vanessa is the founder of a unique tutoring facility called The Math Guru here in Toront...
248: Examining your own issues so you can parent your best
For this episode we speak to child psychologist Dr. Vanessa LaPointe. Vanessa is the author of two books, including her latest Parenting Rig...
247: Connecting youth mental health to incarceration
With this episode we're continuing our exploration into the lives of families affected by incarceration. I'm joined by Andrea Page, the foun...
246: Parenting When Dad's in Prison
This week begins our foray into the lives of families affected by incarceration. It's not an easy subject, but it's one that affects many Ca...
245: The Many Faces of Solo Moms
We're joined this week by Dr. Marika Lindholm, a sociologist and advocate for the diverse group of women raising kids solo. She's the co-edi...
244: A Conversation with Non-binary Activist Jeffrey Marsh
This week we welcome Jeffrey Marsh to the show. Jeffrey is one of the world's foremost commentators on non-binary identity and activism. The...
243: Growing Up with Two Moms
We're back to exploring family in its many with this episode, where we're joined by Emily McGranachan, who tells us about growing up with tw...
242: Mission Critical - Cultivating Community
We're continuing our exploration of what it'll take to make parenting more sustainable, this week with a focus on how critical it is to cult...
241: Preventing Parenting Burnout
Start asking around groups of parents, perhaps especially moms, and increasingly it seems we're hanging on by a thread. With competing deman...
240: Making Parenthood More Sustainable
We kick off the fall with one of several episodes coming up that explores what it will take to make modern-day parenthood more sustainable a...
239: Raising a Baby Born Too Soon
I'm joined for this episode by Tammy Sharrow, a long-time neonatal nurse and associate professor of nursing at Mount Royal University in Cal...
238: Olympian Silken Laumann on Raising Kids to Embrace Vulnerability
It's an absolute thrill for me to welcome celebrated, four-time Canadian Olympian Silken Laumann to the show. Many of you will remember Silk...
237: Preparing for your teen to leave the nest
The departure for college or university represents a huge shift in our relationship with our nearly adult children. But, wow, can seem that...
236: How This Young Man Recovered from Video Game Addiction
I'm joined for this episode by a mother and her adult son. Elaine and Jake Uskoski are here to share their experience with Jake's video game...
235: Stephanie Land on Motherhood and Poverty
It's my delight to be able to bring you a remarkable and important story today. I'm joined by author Stephanie Land, who has become known fo...
234: The Beautiful Thing About Gathering Community
For this episode, we welcome Leisse Wilcox back on the show. Leisse is a writer, coach, speaker and mom of three. She writes a very inspirin...
233: Cooking for a More Allergic World
Cooking for a group, sending lunch to school, is a different business these days. Something like 40 per cent of children are affected by lif...
232: Helping Kids Navigate Friendships
There are times when the dynamics between our kids and their friends are sort of baffling. When things are going smoothly, everything is gre...
231: The New (Digital) Childhood
Parents do a lot of hand wringing about the amount of time our kids spend on devices. And there are some good reasons for that. Naturally we...