Estimated homeless figures in the United States range from 600,000 to 2.5 million. Of the homeless population: 39% are under the age of 18, 5% are unaccompanied minors, 40% are… Read More

I remember the first time my eldest son really 'saw' a homeless person.  He was about five, and we were in downtown Toronto together.  Where we live, about an hour… Read More

I almost didn't take this picture.  I was coming home from dropping off my son at school when I saw how gorgeous the morning light was.  I didn't have my… Read More

Everyone struggles with feelings. We don't feel like getting off the couch, eating healthier or putting the kids in bed on time, so often we don't. Worse, families dissolve every… Read More

(Photo by Andrew Balet. Used with permission.) I remember walking through this laboratory of Thomas Edison as a child. (It's been painstakingly preserved outside Detroit Michigan.)  It's the room where… Read More

Life gets complicated quickly for parents.  As if raising toddlers wasn't demanding enough, it gets even trickier as your kids get older. Once they hit school...they develop lives. They make… Read More

I caught this shot last month while on vacation with my family in Haliburton, Ontario.  Everyone else was asleep that morning.  I slipped out of our cabin and saw the… Read More

In the spirit of Reggie's post, Looking Back, I want to reflect today on what I might do differently if I could start raising my kids all over again.  But… Read More

I still remember the first day of kindergarten for both of my sons so very clearly, like it was yesterday. But right now, we're preparing for two new firsts a… Read More

When we talk about parents finding partners to help them parent beyond their capacity, we are drawn again and again to the church.  That's at the heart of the Orange… Read More