The latest parenting news from Australia and around the world.
Co-sleeping with your baby puts them at risk
Babies who sleep with their parents face a five-fold risk of dying of cot death.
Meet the hero mum from the London attack
When Ingrid Loyau-Kennett
Your handbag is a toilet
Would you ever eat a breath mint that you dropped on a toilet seat? How about using mascara or lip gloss that had been dangled over the bowl while being flushed?
BRW RICH 200: Gina Rinehart tops it, Yenda Lee makes it and Therese Rein gets axed
Yenda Lee of Bing Lee has made her debut in the BRW annual Rich 200.
Oklahoma tornado: teacher saves the lives of six students
Numerous stories of heroism are emerging as the search for survivors of the Oklahoma tornado - being described as "the biggest
Parents distress over "ugly baby" joke
Sydney parents Michael and Melanie Richmond say they are "still in shock and dumbfounded" after a Facebook image of their daughter
Are rides at carnivals and school fetes safe?
The boy who fell from a carnival ride at a school fete in Brisbane has come out of his coma.
Disgraced dance teacher: why didn't police act sooner?
Disgraced dance teacher Grant Davies first came to police attention for alleged child sex offences in 2007.
Happy news for mum who lost 2 kids in nanny case
A New York mother who discovered her two children murdered in the family bathtub after being allegedly stabbed by their nanny has announced
Barely teens and already in rehab
Australian girls being treated for alcohol addiction are now as young as 13.
Fancy a little foreplay in the delivery suite?
Raw food, orgasms, green smoothies and yoga are all pregnant women need to have an 'ecstatic' birth.