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A Toronto boy recording dystopia on his phone.

A Toronto boy recording dystopia on his phone.

Opinion: How's the "End of History" working out for ya?

Francis Fukuyama declared liberal democracy the final form of human civilization in 1989. He was spectacularly wrong about history. He was spectacularly right about his own career trajectory.

Cassandra is Tired

Mar 2314 min read

Family navigates life through the trenches of modern parenthood

Family navigates life through the trenches of modern parenthood

Intel from the Trenches: Parenting in 2026 by the numbers

Survey says: We're (mostly) fucked!

Cassandra is Tired

Mar 510 min read

A group of neighbourhood families gathers together outside for a social evening.

A group of neighbourhood families gathers together outside for a social evening.

How to build the village you were supposed to have

It takes a village. Many of us don't have one. But like good Gen Xers, we'll just figure it out ourselves, I guess.

Cassandra is Tired

Feb 2714 min read

Three families in Toronto are isolated in their homes. Their children look longingly out the window.

Three families in Toronto are isolated in their homes. Their children look longingly out the window.

We know more than any generation of parents before us. Why are we still not OK?

Clinical psychiatrist Dr. Jean Clinton explains why collecting all the parenting research on earth is still not the same as having a village outside your front door.

Cassandra is Tired

Feb 238 min read

A bunch of single moms momming in Toronto. AI generated.

A bunch of single moms momming in Toronto. AI generated.

The Recovery Was a Lottery. Single Mothers Lost

In Toronto, "all in this together" was a marketing slogan. For single mom households, the reality was statistical erasure reframed as personal failure.

Cassandra is Tired

Feb 2213 min read

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