Family holidays are supposed to be relaxing and stress-free, but often they aren’t. Holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas can take you back in time to when you were a family with both parents living together under one roof. Holidays that have a strong cultural tradition of “family” can sometimes add a pinch of salt in [...]

Blended families are becoming more and more the norm. One in three Americans is a member of a blended family. I’m sure Canada’s statistics are very similar. Looking at my own family of four, 75% of my family is blended because my children have step-siblings. Bringing divorced parents together for special events, like graduations, weddings [...]

With spring now in full bloom in my hometown, I thought to myself the other day, “This is definitely lemonade stand weather!” Then I realized my daughter, who is almost 16, has interests beyond setting up her lemonade stand, which used to be a favorite activity of hers. My two sons, now 13 and 9, [...]