First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Today’s First Person is part of a week-long tribute to mothering. One of my ...

There’s a website called First World Problems. People write in about the trials and tribulations of being middle-class North Americans with nice clothes and comfy houses. Here’s one submission: “I ...

"There's nothing worse than having to wait in line at the DMV." "There's nothing worse than being out and having your phone die." "There's nothing worse than having a short in your iPhone charger ...

When I wrote last week about my guilt about flying too much, I fretted that I was airing a luxury problem. Not using social media means I don’t know if everyone hates me, but sometimes the voices I ...

As for a living, breathing example of a first-world problem, look no further than the Great Aga Plinth Catastrophe. Beneath large headlines, the Daily Telegraph reports the “costly and arduous task” ...