Children Ruin Everything - Episode Guide

James and Astrid try to have a nice family dinner to celebrate a special occasion, but their young children make it challenging.

Pressured to not look like a dad for an upcoming work event, James takes his kids out on a shopping trip.

James and Astrid attempt to get some alone time, but the kids keep getting in the way. Meanwhile, Dawn and Bo renew their vows.

While Astrid is away on a business trip, James struggles to keep the Tooth Fairy tradition alive.

Despite getting sick, Astrid and James have to organize a kids birthday party and Felix seems to be growing up faster than Astrid thought.

As they race against time, The Berneys struggle to survive a chaotic road trip to Manitoulin Island.

Following a brush with death, James and Astrid realize they need to make a death plan, including finding legal guardians for Felix and Viv.

On the season finale, frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge.

With a new baby refusing to sleep and a return to the office looming for Astrid, she and James consider desperate measures.

Feeling like parenthood has eroded her friendships, Astrid jumps at a playdate, and James attempts to keep his own commitments.

Astrid tries to reconnect with her younger colleagues, while James struggles to follow the urologist's orders after a surgery.

Astrid and James impose a family screen ban, but getting work done while following their own rules proves harder than expected.

As Astrid and Dawn try to discover what their mom is hiding from them, James recruits family members to help pitch a new product at work.

Nisha announces her retirement from being default babysitter, while an opportunity at James' work causes a rift between their kids.

As their kids start to define who they are, Astrid and James must navigate how their own pasts shape what they pass down to their children.

When their son Felix's best friend moves away, Astrid and James try and help Felix make a new friend, but a sleepover soon has them questioning if Felix's potential new bestie might be a bad influence on their son.

As Astrid and James prepare to celebrate a special occasion, their ‘hook-up-aversary', all that stands between them and a much-needed night together is getting their kids to bed. From a pillow fight turned too rough to a baby that will not sleep, their simple plan of re-watching the bad movie that first brought them together is thrown into jeopardy. When Astrid's sister's husband, Bo, shows up at their door following a fight with his wife, it quickly becomes clear that this hook-up-aversary will not be anything like they planned.

Running an errand, Astrid gets some much-needed alone time, but she might be on borrowed time before the chaos of her house finds her.

When an unexpected expense puts Astrid and James over their budget, they must attempt to tighten their belts while still keeping a promise.

With their lives getting increasing hectic, Astrid and James decide a family daytrip might be the thing that will help them all reconnect.

Reaching a tipping point, Astrid and James need to vent about their growing list of grievances toward one another.

A new house means new beginnings, but to have the fresh start they envision, Astrid and James will have to confront both their families.

As they desperately attempt to get out of their house for the day, Astrid and James are forced to confront Viv's fear of change.

When Astrid and James get called in to school, they find themselves wrestling with their competing philosophies on raising their kids.

Astrid and James wrestle with differing opinions on how to move forward with an important decision affecting Viv.

After Felix and Viv slack on their chores and get caught in a lie, Astrid and James realize their discipline style can use a little work.

When Astrid has to give a presentation to the World Cup Committee, her confidence falls after the kids ridicule her during a practice run.

After Felix shrinks all his clothes, Astrid and James are forced to buy him a new wardrobe but shopping for clothes isn't so easy.

When Astrid and James are able to book Jeffrey, the babysitter of their dreams, Viv's crush on him threatens to ruin everything.

After hearing about Dawn's spontaneous trip, Astrid is set on being spontaneous herself, even if that means playing hooky from her duties.

Astrid and James think they've planned the perfect hangover day, but the kids, the neighbours and a bad internet connection have other plans

After Astrid and James are consistently late for meetings with the school counsellor, Astrid is determined to get Viv to school on time.

After an unexpected change at Gero's, James tries to busy himself with fixing a broken toilet. Astrid thinks she's due for a raise.

When Felix shows signs of pre-teen rebellion, Astrid and James realize that this next phase of parenting might be the hardest one yet.

After Nisha gets in a fender bender, Astrid decides to help her buy a new car; James' stay-at-home duties eclipse his job search efforts.

Astrid and James question whether they're raising monsters when Felix and Viv refuse to pitch in around the house.

James, feeling left out, inserts himself in Ennis' dodgeball tournament; Astrid struggles to get Viv to control her emotions.

When James finds an old game console, he and Astrid attempt to find free time to play; but a bedtime routine threatens to eat up all of it.

After feeling pushed out of Dawn's pregnancy by her surrogate, Astrid, encouraged by James, begins to suspect her of something sinister.

After Felix gets in trouble for defacing school property, Felix's teacher Mr. Dongall makes James feel like an inattentive parent.

Astrid realizes how hard she was on Nisha during her teenage years and tries to make up for it; James misses the good old days of work.

During a family emergency, with both James and Astrid busy at work, they need to rethink their childcare plan.

In order to get the house to themselves for some much needed together time, Astrid and James tell a lie that takes on a life of its own.

When James and Astrid start feeling shut out of Felix's life, they go to great lengths to get Felix to open up again.

Astrid discovers that someone has taken out a peace bond against her, preventing her from chaperoning Viv's class field trip.

When Viv has friends over, Astrid and James learn that the only thing scarier than their own children are other people's children.

Astrid tries to steer Viv's interests away from outdated children's books while James attempts to foster Felix's interest in drawing.

Astrid can't find her phone, and James wants Ennis to actually do his job at work.