Brandie is a long-time parenting editor, writer and spokesperson. Most recently editor-in-chief of Canadian Family magazine, Brandie has also been the parenting and relationships editor for the Toronto Star, founding editor of two Toronto Star websites, and an editor for Today's Parent. Brandie is a single mother of two in Toronto and a frequent television and radio guest on parenting topics. A former digital director at House & Home Media, she also consults on digital audience engagement. Contact her here.
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 225 of The New Family Podcast, where we learn from an experienced teacher how to instill and cultivate self-sufficiency in our kids. Most of us know that our kids could be more self-sufficient and helpful around the house than they are today. We look back…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 224 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a family lawyer about parental alienation and reunification therapy. I’ve talked a lot on this show about positive co-parenting, but sadly, there are still a lot of acrimonious divorces where positive co-parenting is just not…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 223 of The New Family Podcast, where we learn from a leading scientist how to have body positive conversations with our kids about healthy habits. You’ve heard this before — obesity rates among children and youth have nearly tripled over the past three decades. We…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 222 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to author and therapist John Kim about raising boys with healthy ideas about masculinity. We’ve heard a lot about toxic masculinity in the last year or so. But are we doing enough to provide men and…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 221 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to parenting author Ann Douglas about the important insights in her latest book, Happy Parents, Happy Kids. Today I am so delighted to have friend and colleague Ann Douglas back on the show. Ann is Canada’s…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 220 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to an author about raising kids with justice, mercy and kindness as guiding principles both for how we treat them and the traits will encourage them to develop. My guest on today’s show has an interesting…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 219 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a 15-year-old entrepreneur. At just 15 years old, Campbell Baron has run a successful social media video production company and rubbed shoulders with A-list entrepreneurs for his new podcast and video series, The Ones Who…
Photo by Rex Pickar from Unsplash When cold and flu season hits and one of your kids needs to stay home from school or daycare, it’s rarely at the start of a quiet Saturday when no one needs has a meeting or deadline or any particularly critical place to be. Here’s how to prepare for…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 218 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk about how to be and raise a strong, confident woman. For this episode it’s my pleasure to have a very wise woman back on the show. Amy Morin is a psychotherapist, social worker, therapeutic foster parent…
Thanks so much for coming by to check out Episode 217 of The New Family Podcast, where we talk to a creator of a hit TV show that presents the realities of being a modern-day working mother. For this episode I had the enormous pleasure of chatting with Catherine Reitman, creator and star of the…