For Ottawa dad Chris Hunt, the magic of Christmases past and present provide fuel for the soul It was a mere minute past midnight and I was cowering in a stairwell. Outside, the only thing colder than the black night […]
Memoirs of a New Dad
First-day fears
Columnist Chris Hunt spent his first day of kindergarten pining for his mom. Years later, he wonders if the same was in store for his toddler son I remember sitting in my first circle group on my first day of […]
Super Mom
When Chris Hunt’s son needed help, Riley’s mother did what all good parents do – she put his needs first I didn’t see it. Truth be told, I thought everything was fine. But as my son sadly put his head […]
Universal debt
Like his father before him, Chris Hunt gladly makes sacrifices for his son It was the black hours of the early morning and I was shivering. Beside me, wrapped warmly in the blankets he’d ripped from me only moments before, […]
A promise is a promise
Less work, more play: columnist Chris Hunt plans to put parenting first in 2019 I can honestly say I’ve never made a New Year’s resolution in my life. Well, not any I planned to keep. Sure, I’ve heralded many a […]
Meet the master
A meeting with his son’s teacher showed our columnist who was (really) the boss Over the past six years, my son Riley has evolved into a master manipulator. An expert at getting what he wants, he shrewdly employs pleas, […]
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 […]
Memoirs of a new dad: A time of transition
Watching his young son happily enter kindergarten, writer Chris Hunt came to realize that as a dad, maybe he really doesn’t have to have all the answers.
Memoirs of a new dad: School daze
Chris Hunt ponders the emotional rollercoaster of sending his four-year-old son off to school this fall, and wonders who will better adjust to the transition – parent or child.
A father’s winter of discontent
Could a tough season of defiance and tantrums eventually give way to a fresh new phase of kindness and sweetness? Chris Hunt certainly hopes so.