Lisa and Spencer Rufiange are navigating the COVID-19 pandemic as a team. They are separated but remain close as co-parents of their 10-year-old daughter, Madison. “I’ve often joked — half joked — that he’s a better father than I am a mother,” Lisa Rufiange said. “He always has her best interests in mind and I think during this particular time, it’s a time to become more cooperative and more fluid, not less.” Often that is easier said than done.
For some Canadians, the fallout of the pandemic — job loss, school closures, financial strain (to name a few) — has amplified already difficult family circumstances. “The people who had sort of healthy functioning co-parenting relationships before this, for the most part, are finding that they’re