Lost in the supermarket, where paranoia is on sale

Grocery shopping with the kids doesn’t stress me out anymore. Not usually, anyway. The three of us tend to hit the Loblaws at Portland and Queen for...;

Why divorce makes me want to get married again

My kitchen was a mess of cardboard boxes and shelving units. The kids’ lunch plates were scattered on the countertop amid the usual pile of newspapers...;

The case for not punishing your kids

I got killed on CBC’s Steven and Chris show, where I’m the only dad on the parenting panel, when I argued that grounding kids was a bad idea. Not...;

A hotel room calls for some smooth moves

Hot sex can be tough when there’s a Strawberry Shortcake doll on your bedside table. There are things that turn me on, and then there’s my son’s...;

Navigating Christmas morning with my ex, my girlfriend, and the kids

My girlfriend and I were planning to have my ex-wife over for a Yuletide morning brunch. Yep, in the grand logistical nightmare that is holiday planning...;

Screw it, I’m getting my kids toys this Christmas

My friend Kiersten has already finished her holiday shopping. She’s been done for weeks. “You should probably keep quiet about that,” I said when...;

My son’s not playing hockey because hockey breeds jerks

Twenty years after leaving high school, here’s what I remember about the hockey players who went there: They actually circle jerked. One of the guys...;

Solving the father-daughter change-room dilemma

It happened this summer at the Scadding Court pool. My son and daughter and I were playing around the access ladder in the shallow end when an elderly...;

How to pack a school lunch for a picky eater

Lulu Cohen-Farnell, co-founder and president of Real Food for Real Kids, a local catering company that supplies meals to Toronto schoolchildren, was accidentally...;

When do you wash your sheets, and other dad dating quandaries

The dilemma: My kids were sleeping at my sister’s on Friday night. It was a treat for them; they were going to watch The Princess Bride. It was a treat...;