Get the script on your marriage

It’s 7 o’clock on Tuesday night. You’re home alone. Do you know where your husband is? He may be working late, like he said. Or, if he is part of the estimated 35 per cent of men who stray, he may be with someone else. If you’re in doubt, says Liz Landers, author of a disturbing—and brutally honest—book about how to tell if your partner is cheating, there are clues. But not just any clues. According to Landers, they’re the same clues every man who has ever strayed, in the modern history of cheating, has ever said to his significant other.

Posted in Family on 12/04/2008 - 0 Comments

The (Im)Perfect Christmas

“Anyone want another glass of wine?” Judging by the shouts of approval and laughter, the answer was yes. I scanned the beaming faces. Crammed into my brother Mike’s beautifully renovated old farm house in Dunrobin, outside of Ottawa, were my 22 immediate, extended and honorary family members, gathered for Christmas dinner. It was noisy. It was chaotic. And it was the best Christmas we’d ever had.

Posted in Family on 12/04/2008 - 0 Comments

Love by arrangement

For most of her childhood, Reva Seth was the girl with the exotic parents. Sure, they had darker skin. And they were Canadian. But even on a good day, her American friends in the New Jersey suburb where she lived would be hard-pressed to consider those things really exotic. What's more, her parents didn't behave

Posted in Family on 11/30/2008 - 0 Comments

Be a better sister: Do's and don'ts

Sisters -- Love them or hate them, you can't, as they say, live without them. But whether she's your best friend or your worst critic, Canadian psychologist Vikki Stark says your sister is the most powerful influence in your life. She can affect your career choice, your body image and even how you handle

Posted in Family on 11/30/2008 - 0 Comments

Helping Kids Grow Up

The most popular girl in school sweetly offers a classmate a harmless little compliment—“Cute skirt, where did you get it? It’s so adorable”. Nice kid, right? Maybe not. In today’s clannish world of teens, it’s more likely to be a stab in the back. It could be snidely settling a score, taking down the opposition or ensuring social status within a teenaged tribe. Whatever the reason, it may be anything but nice.

Posted in Family on 11/20/2008 - 0 Comments