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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...
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...
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...
For this episode we speak to child psychologist Dr. Vanessa LaPointe. Vanessa is the author of two books, including her latest Parenting Rig...
With this episode we're continuing our exploration into the lives of families affected by incarceration. I'm joined by Andrea Page, the foun...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Start asking around groups of parents, perhaps especially moms, and increasingly it seems we're hanging on by a thread. With competing deman...
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...
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...
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...
The departure for college or university represents a huge shift in our relationship with our nearly adult children. But, wow, can seem that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
There are times when the dynamics between our kids and their friends are sort of baffling. When things are going smoothly, everything is gre...
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...
This is the second of a two-part series Money Matters, which takes a look at some of the financial implications of raising kids today. In th...
This is the first of a two-part series that explores how money matters affect families. I've got two amazing guests for this episode. The fi...
Long before we learn to speak, we communicate through laughter and tears. That's because these non-verbal expressions come factory-installed...
At least here at home, we see girls picking up academic awards on assembly days at schools and we know that for years, women have been out-g...
This episode we're joined by esteemed parenting writer Teresa Pitman. Teresa has been writing about raising kids for more than 30 years, and...
Most of us know that our kids could be more self-sufficient and helpful around the house than they are today. We look back on our own childh...
I've talked a lot on this show about positive co-parenting, but sadly, there are still a lot of acrimonious divorces where positive co-paren...
You've heard this before — obesity rates among children and youth have nearly tripled over the past three decades. We know kids today are, o...
We've heard a lot about toxic masculinity in the last year or so. But are we doing enough to provide men and boys with newer, more evolved,...
Today I am so delighted to have friend and colleague Ann Douglas back on the show. Ann is Canada's most trusted and prolific parenting write...
My guest on today's show has an interesting personal story to tell about differentiating her own parenting experience from the fundamentalis...
At just 15 years old, Campbell Baron has run a successful social media video production company and rubbed shoulders with A-list entrepreneu...
For this episode it's my pleasure to have a very wise woman back on the show. Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, social worker, therapeutic fos...
For this episode I had the enormous pleasure of chatting with Catherine Reitman, creator and star of the hit CBC show Working Moms, now unde...
As you know, it's so critical that we address the fact that kids are far too sedentary these days. Today I'm joined by Amy Tepperman, founde...
We try our best to prepare for parenthood while we await the arrival of our first-born babies, but there's really only so much we can know u...
I don't think I've met a parent who doesn't feel — at least some of the time — that the 24 hours in a day are insufficient. With the year co...
For this special episode, we look back on some of the best parenting advice shared on the show in 2018. It is definitely hard to choose from...
For this special holiday episode of The New Family Podcast, I asked listeners to send me voice messages about their favourite holiday tradit...
Women talk a lot about emotional labour — carrying the mental load of things that need to be arranged for their families and the weight of w...
Those of you who are regular listeners will know that I'm a big advocate for positive co-parenting. It's becoming less and less unusual to s...
For years my guest for this episode and his former wife lived in a mixed-orientation marriage. Matt Nightingale had shared with his wife, Lu...
A big part of being able to take care of a family is also looking after your relationship with your partner. My guest for this episode, New...
Everyone asks kids, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" But what if that's the wrong question? My guest for this episode, Dr. Rumeet...
Part of my reason for starting the website, and later, this podcast, was because I didn't see families like my own — an usually amicable pos...
At dining room tables and homework desks all over the place, math can be the source of a lot of drama and frustration. Approaches to math cu...
There are few among us who are aren't plagued by a feeling — at least some of the time — that the pace of life is a little out of hand. You...
It's said that something like one in five people will be affected by some level of mental illness at at least one point in their lifetime. T...
For a lot of us, there are some tricky dynamics around schoolwork, with parents often in an unfortunate role of homework police. Many of us...
As you know, I love telling you the stories of people who are defining family in interesting ways. My guest for this episode has found a won...