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Astrid and James, who struggle to find a balance between being mom and dad to two kids and being who they were before offspring.

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    Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 8 - Each Other
    6.8/10(83 votes)

    #1 - Each Other

    S2:E8

    When Felix’s best friend moves away, Astrid and James must confront the influence of the outside world on their kids.

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  2. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 9 - Teamwork
    6.8/10(84 votes)

    #2 - Teamwork

    S2:E9

    Getting away from their family for a night might prove to be harder than expected as Astrid and James try to divide and conquer at bedtime.

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  3. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 10 - Me Time
    6.8/10(85 votes)

    #3 - Me Time

    S2:E10

    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.

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  4. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 11 - Money
    6.8/10(80 votes)

    #4 - Money

    S2:E11

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

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  5. Children Ruin Everything Season 1 Episode 7 - Death
    6.7/10(92 votes)

    #5 - Death

    S1:E7

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

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  6. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 5 - Privacy
    6.7/10(85 votes)

    #6 - Privacy

    S2:E5

    Astrid and her sister suspect their mom is hiding something from them. They begin snooping around. Their mother appears to be dating someone new. A request to launch a new product at work leads James to agree to meet with Ennis' cousin.

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  7. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 13 - Arguments
    6.7/10(80 votes)

    #7 - Arguments

    S2:E13

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

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  8. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 15 - Momentum
    6.7/10(87 votes)

    #8 - Momentum

    S2:E15

    With potential buyers coming to look at their house sooner than they expected, Astrid and James try to rally the kids to clean and get out to the park before their open house begins, but their daughter Viv takes a vow to not ever leave their home.

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  9. Children Ruin Everything Season 3 Episode 8 - Hangover
    6.7/10(79 votes)

    #9 - Hangover

    S3:E8

    When Astrid and James wake up hungover, all they want to do is lie down in a quiet dark room. To have the day to themselves, they decide to let Felix and Viv go on their screens all day. There’s only one problem. The internet is down. And the kids are bored. Adding to their pounding headaches, their chaotic neighbor Rachel and her kids come over, requiring even more energy from Astrid and James. Rachel is having marital problems and refuses to leave. Or stop talking.

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  10. Children Ruin Everything Season 1 Episode 2 - Bodies
    6.6/10(110 votes)

    #10 - Bodies

    S1:E2

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

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  11. Children Ruin Everything Season 1 Episode 5 - Sick Days
    6.6/10(95 votes)

    #11 - Sick Days

    S1:E5

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

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  12. Children Ruin Everything Season 1 Episode 6 - Road Trip
    6.6/10(99 votes)

    #12 - Road Trip

    S1:E6

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

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  13. Children Ruin Everything Season 1 Episode 8 - Space
    6.6/10(88 votes)

    #13 - Space

    S1:E8

    Frustrated over their cluttered home full of kids' stuff, James and Astrid decide to purge.

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  14. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 1 - Sleep
    6.6/10(88 votes)

    #14 - Sleep

    S2:E1

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

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  15. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 4 - Screen Time
    6.6/10(83 votes)

    #15 - Screen Time

    S2:E4

    With their kids’ faces always buried in their screens, Astrid and James enact a weekend screen ban, but when Astrid inadvertently takes on an assignment at work and James gets put in charge of his company’s social media accounts, leading by example becomes more complicated than they originally thought. In a bid to get some work done, James takes the older kids to the park to distract them while he sneaks in some social media updates and Astrid stays home to put the baby down for a nap before launching into her own assignment. But without the hypnotic power of electronics, Astrid and James are in for an uphill battle.

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  16. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 16 - Parenting
    6.6/10(84 votes)

    #16 - Parenting

    S2:E16

    Astrid and James are forced to examine their differing parenting approaches to dealing with their daughter's behavior issues.

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  17. Children Ruin Everything Season 3 Episode 3 - Confidence
    6.6/10(79 votes)

    #17 - Confidence

    S3:E3

    After the site of the future World Cup Village is closed due to goose poop contamination, Astrid is in charge of bringing the issue to the World Cup Committee. But after a disastrous meeting with Councillor Flynn, head of the committee, and an embarrassing practice round with her family, Astrid’s confidence takes a nosedive. Meanwhile, James is determined to teach Viv how to ride a bike in one afternoon.

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  18. Children Ruin Everything Season 3 Episode 7 - Spontaneity
    6.6/10(76 votes)

    #18 - Spontaneity

    S3:E7

    When Astrid hears about Dawn's spontaneous trip to South America, she is determined to find a little spontaneity in her own life. With Astrid's convincing, she and James play hooky from work and buy tickets to a weekday matinee performance of Jagged Little Pill, the musical. But their plans are up in the air after getting a phone call from Viv's school saying she’s sick and needs to be sent home.

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  19. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 3 - Dignity
    6.5/10(83 votes)

    #19 - Dignity

    S2:E3

    Following embarrassing run-ins with her boss and co-workers, Astrid feels on the back foot and disconnected from her younger co-workers. Astrid realizes her best move might be to attend a drink night with the rest of her team.

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  20. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 7 - Identity
    6.5/10(80 votes)

    #20 - Identity

    S2:E7

    When Astrid and James’ daughter Viv answers on a school assignment that she is Indigenous instead of her actual heritage, Indian, Astrid begins to feel guilty that she has not properly taught Viv about their family history. But as Astrid tries to share their cultural heritage with Viv, she quickly realizes she may not be well versed in it either. As Astrid struggles to impart their shared past on her daughter, James struggles with a growing sense that in spite of being a natural, their son Felix might not love baseball the way James did growing up.

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  21. Children Ruin Everything Season 2 Episode 14 - Expectations
    6.5/10(77 votes)

    #21 - Expectations

    S2:E14

    With a move out of the city and their home of a decade looming, Astrid and James look back on when they first moved in. With Astrid set to give birth to her first child, her mother and sister do not see eye to eye on Astrid's birth plan.

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  22. Children Ruin Everything Season 3 Episode 1 - Therapy
    6.5/10(82 votes)

    #22 - Therapy

    S3:E1

    While waiting on the results of an evaluation for Viv, Astrid and James feel the pressure of figuring out how to best help their possibly neurodivergent child. But when Viv’s new doctor, guest star Emma Hunter, rubs Astrid the wrong way, Astrid tries coming up with her own strategies for Viv. Meanwhile, at Gero’s Grocery, the enlistment of Fintekoäly – a tech company hired to automate checkouts at Gero’s – makes Marla uneasy.

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  23. Children Ruin Everything Season 3 Episode 5 - Clothes
    6.5/10(81 votes)

    #23 - Clothes

    S3:E5

    When Felix shrinks all his clothes doing laundry for the first time, Astrid and James are forced to buy him a new wardrobe. But shopping for clothes isn’t so easy now that Felix is developing his own style. On top of everything, Astrid and James wrestle with societal norms when Viv wants to start wearing crop tops. At Gero’s Grocery, Marla is working on a plan to start a fast fashion line.

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  24. Children Ruin Everything Season 3 Episode 9 - Leaving the House
    6.5/10(78 votes)

    #24 - Leaving the House

    S3:E9

    Astrid wonders if she's responsible for passing neurodivergent genes on to her daughter, Viv. So, when Astrid and James are consistently late for Viv's early morning meetings with the school counselor, Astrid is determined to get Viv to school on time in order for Viv to get the support she needs. As a family, they come up with a time management plan to get out of the house on time, but something always takes them off track. At Gero's Grocery, James gets hit with some unexpected news.

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  25. Children Ruin Everything Season 1 Episode 1 - Meals
    6.4/10(133 votes)

    #25 - Meals

    S1:E1

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"Each Other" is the best rated episode of "Children Ruin Everything". It scored 6.8/10 based on 83 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/14/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Teamwork".