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Brandie Weikle
December 2, 2019

Podcast Episode 250: Comedian Charlie Demers on Modern-Day Fatherhood

Brandie Weikle
November 25, 2019

Blended family dynamics can complicate the heck out of losing a loved one — let’s talk about it

Brandie Weikle
November 25, 2019

Podcast Episode 249: How to Keep Math Trauma from Holding You or Your Kids Back

Brandie Weikle
November 18, 2019

Podcast Episode 248: Examining your own issues so you can parent your best

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Podcast Episode 250: Comedian Charlie Demers on Modern-Day Fatherhood

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 250 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk about…

Podcast Episode 249: How to Keep Math Trauma from Holding You or Your Kids Back

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 249 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to…

Podcast Episode 248: Examining your own issues so you can parent your best

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 248 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to…

Podcast Episode 247: Connecting youth mental health to incarceration

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 247 of The New Family Podcast, where we speak with a mother and mental health advocate about the underlying connections between poor mental health and incarceration. With this episode we’re continuing our exploration into the lives of families affected by incarceration. I’m joined by Andrea…

Podcast Episode 246: Parenting When Dad’s in Prison

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 246 of The New Family Podcast, where we speak with a family affected by having one parent in prison. This week begins our foray into the lives of families affected by incarceration. It’s not an easy subject, but it’s one that affects many Canadian families…

Podcast Episode 245: The Many Faces of Solo Moms

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 245 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a sociologist about what it takes to ease the struggles solo moms face today. We’re joined this week by Dr. Marika Lindholm, a sociologist and advocate for the diverse group of women raising kids solo….

Podcast Episode 244: A Conversation with Non-binary Activist Jeffrey Marsh

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 244 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a non-binary and genderfluid activist. This week we welcome Jeffrey Marsh to the show. Jeffrey is one of the world’s foremost commentators on non-binary identity and activism. They rose to prominence with inspirational viral videos,…

Podcast Episode 243: Growing Up with Two Moms

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 243 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a woman who grew up with two moms. We’re back to exploring family in its many forms with this episode, where we’re joined by Emily McGranachan, who talk to us about growing up with two…

Podcast Episode 242: Mission Critical – Cultivating Community

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 242 of The New Family Podcast, where we explore the importance of building community as parents. We’re continuing our exploration of what it’ll take to make parenting more sustainable, this week with a focus on how critical it is to cultivate community and share our…

Podcast Episode 241: Preventing Parenting Burnout

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 240 of The New Family Podcast, where we explore the realities of parenting burnout and how to prevent it. Start asking around groups of parents, perhaps especially moms, and increasingly it seems we’re hanging on by a thread. With competing demands of work and family,…

Podcast Episode 240: Making Parenthood More Sustainable

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 240 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a professor and author about what it would takes to make parenting more sustainable. We kick off the fall with one of several episodes coming up that explores what it will take to make modern-day…

1000 Families Project: A Family Raised in Three Countries

1,000 Families Project: Growing Up in 3 Different Countries

A young journalist tells the story of her international upbringing, growing up in 3 different countries. Until recently, I thought my family was very traditional and that we didn’t really have special family stories. However, a few weeks ago I had a conversation with my friends about families, and it was then that I realized…

Podcast Episode 239: Raising a Baby Born Too Soon

Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 239 of The New Family Podcast, where we explore what it takes to be a parent to a premature baby. I’m joined for this episode by Tammy Sharrow, a long-time neonatal nurse and associate professor of nursing at Mount Royal University in Calgary. Along with…

Welcome to The New Family!

Brandie Weikle

June 29, 2014

Thank you for visiting The New Family, a blog site celebrating modern family life.

Our aim is to inform and inspire while reflecting the wide variety of people and partnerships heading up today’s families. You’ll find musings on the everyday, both the good stuff and bad, as well as thought-provoking posts on the issues parents are talking about most.

The project, “I bet we can find 1,000 ways to be a family” is doing just that. We’ll share the first-person stories of the your unique families. Click here to email us with a photo of your crew and at least 750 words about what family life is like for you. Whether you parent with a partner, extended family member, friends you can’t live without or on your own, we want to hear from you.

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