Ottawa winters can be quite brutal – but for the sake of his son, you’ll find columnist Jon Willing outdoors… and loving it The older I get, the less hardy I’ve become in Ottawa’s cold, damp winters. Winter activities […]
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Trust me
His son’s summer adventures bring back memories of growing up for columnist Chris Hunt The fear was there. My son laughed as he ran along his grandparent’s dock on the Ottawa River, but I knew what would happen once he […]
Celebrate the bros in your network
These ‘surrogate dads’ fill roles with their time and talent No Dad has the same role: each one has emerged from a different set of life circumstances into a familial context that is unique and particular to the dad who’s […]
Letting go, moving on
An Ottawa dad – and his 10-year-old daughter – find new ground after the end of a marriage Iremember it vividly. Standing in our apartment’s small kitchen before work, putting peanut butter and jam on toast, I began to […]
Fatherhood allows opportunities for reflection: Columnist James Gordon recognizes his own dad’s sacrifices now that he has boys of his own
Becoming a father puts a lot of things into perspective. Stuff that seemed so important, even all-consuming, when you were younger sort of melts away, replaced by this new, little being in the centre of your life. Material […]
Stuffed animals, night terrors and flying feminine hygiene products: Chris Hunt explains how fatherhood has changed him
I’m often asked by friends without children how fatherhood has changed my life. I usually answer with a story, and that story begins with me on what I thought was my deathbed. I’d been bedridden with a brutal fever for […]
A dad’s take: A new season, the end of an era(s)
This fall, big changes are looming for writer James Gordon and his family, as he returns to full-time work after a period at home with his two young boys.
The new, ‘awesomazing’ language of millennials
Joe Banks on the morphing of language between generations, and how the current elevation of superlatives has pushed conversation into a new orbit.