parenting

Okay, I admit it. I’m not Caillou’s parents. (Actually I think those parents are completely unreal...do they ever get frustrated?!) I have been known, as a parent, to yell.

My friend Nini is one of those energetic, positive people you want in your life. She’s a warm-hearted fast talker who shares sometimes funny, sometimes moving stories, at rapid fire.

What kind of week would it be if I didn’t write about the emotional school firsts? And like many other parents out there, this week I’m experiencing a first (again) — sending my youngest child off to kindergarten.

Though women have a choice as to whether they have kids, there's still an overwhelming social expectation that most of us will reproduce at some point. But is that really what you want?

In honour of Mother's Day on Sunday, happiness writer Astrid shares the unexpected gifts of motherhood that secretly melt her heart.