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Who makes dinner in your house? More importantly, who does the post-meal cleanup? Who loads the dishwasher, wipes down the counter, empties the sink stopper of all that trapped food and who rinses out the cat food tins before tossing them into the recycling bin?

Parenting expert Kathy Lynn shares her tips on how to make the transition into stepparenthood as seamless as possible

In today’s news: the secret to perfect homemade tofu; Prince Andrew and the pedophile; China’s artificial hymen industry; children only make older parents happier; and stalking rates are higher in eastern Canada.

Big budget commercials will have you laughing (and cringing); Telus will unlock your phone for $50; a service that writes your online dating profile for you; babies fed solid food before four months are more likely to be obese; and we’re one step closer to a universal flu vaccine.

I recently had the pleasure of going on vacation with my daughter, my boyfriend, and his two children. It was an amazing and memorable trip, but I’ve never spent an entire week, 24/7, with his children before.