From feminist parenting and extended parental leave to moms and dads who may openly and legally get stoned, here?s some of what we can expect to change for families in the new year.
Feminist parenting

In perhaps more than any other way, parenting in a post-Harvey Weinstein 2018 will be all about teaching our kids about consent. It will also be about looking at our own actions, suppressed experiences and examining how we?re all implicated in sexual harassment and assault?it?s everyone?s reckoning. While the #MeToo revolution has triggered a crisis in Hollywood, media, politics and workplaces everywhere, it?s also an enlightening opportunity to think about how we raise children to be feminist, body-confident, compassionate and respectful little humans, regardless of gender.
Longer parental leaves

New parents planning to take parental leave in 2018 will be able to spread their employment insurance benefits over 18 months instead of 12, but many will have to wait for the go-ahead from the provinces and their employers before they can actually take the extra time off.
These extended benefits give workers in federally regulated workplaces like banks, transport companies, telecoms and public service the option of taking extra time off, but the other 92 percent of Canadian workers will have to wait for the provinces and their employers to be entitled to extended leave. So far, Ontario is the only province that has publicly announced it will adjust its pare...