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A Lot Of Different Humans With Kids

Susie Burrell

Susie Burrell

Mother of pre-schooler twins. Dietician. Psychologist. Common-sense guru.

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Melanie Dimmitt

Melanie Dimmitt

Mum. Journalist. Author of the book Special - Antidotes To The Obsessions That Come With a Child's Disability.

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Dr Justin Coulson

Dr Justin Coulson

Father of six girls. Doctor of Psychology. Broadcaster. Speaker. Founder of Happy Families.

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Rebecca Sparrow

Rebecca Sparrow

Sherpa to three small people. Founder of the Light House Plan, helping daughters navigate the tween and teen years.

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Zoe Marshall

Zoe Marshall

Mother of one, writer, podcaster, host of women's wellness events, What Women Want.

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Mandy Nolan

Mandy Nolan

Mother of five kids with three different dads,. Queen of the blended family. Comedian. Writer. Podcaster. Byronite.

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Carly Abrahams

Carly Abrahams

Mum of one. Founder of MumsPages and Mums The Word - Aus. Business woman. Walking parenting directory.

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Helen Vnuk

Helen Vnuk

Mum of two freethinking school-age kids. TV expert.

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Evie Farrell

Evie Farrell

Solo mum of one. Adventurer. Author. Rejecter of the 9-5.

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Shona Hendley

Shona Hendley

Mother of seven: three goats, two cats and two humans. Ex secondary school teacher. Animal advocate.

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Christie Hayes

Christie Hayes

Solo mum of two primary-school kids. Radio host. Actress. Podcaster. Ray of sunshine.

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Laura Jackel

Laura Jackel

Mum of two boys (born six years apart), freelance writer, podcaster and book lover.

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Sean Szeps

Sean Szeps

Wrangler of twins, writer of blogs, speaker of pods, dad to "gaybies".

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Andrew Daddo

Andrew Daddo

Dad to three young adults and teens. Podcast and TV host. Prolific kids and YA author. Dad-joke expert.

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Jessica Smith

Jessica Smith

Mum of three under five. Former paralympic swimmer. Writer. Speaker. Body image warrior.

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Nama Winston

Nama Winston

Solo mum of one almost-teen. Former lawyer, now writer. Proud WOC. Single parent advocate.

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Constance Hall

Constance Hall

Mum and step-mum to seven kids. Head of the million-strong Queen Army. Truth teller. Business Owner.

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Leigh Campbell

Leigh Campbell

Mum of one baby boy. Face expert. Podcast host. Ever-curious seeker of truth.

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Laura Byrne

Laura Byrne

Mum of one baby girl. Business owner. Bachelor winner. Lifestyle guru.

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Gabbie Stroud

Gabbie Stroud

Mum of two. Former teacher. Best-selling author. Education truth-bomb dropper.

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Amelia Lamont

Amelia Lamont

Mum to two small people. Midwife, sleep consultant, blogger.

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Holly Wainwright

Holly Wainwright

Mum of two primary school kids. Podcast host. Author. Queen of the 'I Don't' list.

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Drew Barrymore was 'the modern day Shirley Temple'. Then at 8, she found alcohol.

Belinda Jepsen
Belinda Jepsen
parent opinion

'My husband gifted himself a vasectomy for his 35th birthday. I wasn't ready.'

Tiare Snow
Tiare Snow
school

A speech from a Cranbrook prefect has summed up Australia's culture around sexual assault.

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
kids

'As a mum, there are things you must never say out loud. Unless you use the Sandwich Technique.'

Tarrin Lenard
Tarrin Lenard
parent opinion

40 new mums share the one piece of parenting advice that *actually* helped them.

Brielle Burns
Brielle Burns
kids

'I sent my daughters to Rocketeers, a school holiday program. It was their highlight.'

Michaela Fox
Michaela Fox
baby

An ad wants to show the reality of breastfeeding. But the uncensored version won't be aired.

Helen Vnuk
Helen Vnuk
kids

'A hairdryer isn't just for your hair'. The 6 best cleaning hacks from the founders of Mums Who Clean.

Brielle Burns
Brielle Burns
kids

Mamamia recaps Wife Swap: NO. THERE ARE SPIDERS EVERYWHERE.

Katie Stow
Katie Stow
kids

The six eyebrow-raising pieces of life advice Julia Morris wants you to follow.

Jessica Staveley
Jessica Staveley

Your Pregnant Body

Early signs. Dark nipples. Acne... Everything that happens to your body when you're expecting.

Tell Me

Ready For School

What age should they start? What do they need? Can you go, too? All about the launch into school days.

Tell Me
kids

Drew Barrymore was 'the modern day Shirley Temple'. Then at 8, she found alcohol.

Belinda Jepsen
Belinda Jepsen
kids

'As a mum, there are things you must never say out loud. Unless you use the Sandwich Technique.'

Tarrin Lenard
Tarrin Lenard
kids

'I sent my daughters to Rocketeers, a school holiday program. It was their highlight.'

Michaela Fox
Michaela Fox
kids

'A hairdryer isn't just for your hair'. The 6 best cleaning hacks from the founders of Mums Who Clean.

Brielle Burns
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'I'd been hiding my new body since my baby was born. An olive green swimsuit changed everything.'

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Pregnancy

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"Are you sure it’s only one in there?" The 20 most annoying things to say to a pregnant woman.

Charlotte Begg
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Feeling baby kicks but... not pregnant? Here's what's happening.

Erin Docherty
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'The silence in that room was deafening.' What we all need to know about stillbirth.

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Amy Schumer's C-section scar and 9 other celebs who've shown us their real post-baby bodies.

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Pregnant at 19 and a second baby on the way: Inside Alex Nation's relationships on and off TV.

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Brielle Burns
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Turia Pitt knows what it's like to start from scratch. Now she's teaching mums how to do the same.

Gemma Bath
Gemma Bath
pregnancy

'My whole life I was never sure I wanted kids. Then I turned 33 and started to panic.'

Gabi Elgood
Gabi Elgood
pregnancy

"My journey to hell and back": What I want people to know about Hyperemesis Gravidarum.

Emilie Baekken
Emilie Baekken
pregnancy

'I told my family about my pregnancy early. Then I was sent a "thoughtful reminder".'

Deni Kirkova
Deni Kirkova
pregnancy

'I'm torn between getting the COVID-19 vaccine to see my family, and having a second child.'

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
pregnancy

Expectation v reality: 'What I learned from 3 pregnancies, and the months that followed.'

Naomi Foxall
Naomi Foxall
pregnancy

'I've lost 6 babies. It almost destroyed my relationship with my husband and son.'

Trudi Boatwright
Trudi Boatwright
pregnancy

A surprise wedding and a baby on the way: A look into Frances Abbott's life in the public eye.

Brielle Burns
Brielle Burns
pregnancy

'I went through IVF 17 years ago. Back then, infertility was a private struggle.'

Theresa Miller
Theresa Miller
pregnancy

"For three weeks I was a mother." The particular pain of miscarriage in your 40s.

Jo Buckman
Jo Buckman
pregnancy

"I felt so acutely not enough." The day I finally faced my fertility.

Jess Carey
Jess Carey
pregnancy

My birth story: “I wanted a drug-free water birth but I got a 63-hour ordeal.”

Laura Jackel
Laura Jackel
pregnancy

"People love to ask about baby plans": My 5 steps for surviving infertility at Christmas.

Ceci Jeffries
Ceci Jeffries
pregnancy

Tokophobia is an extreme fear of childbirth. Here's how to recognise and treat it.

The Conversation
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pregnancy

4 simple lifestyle changes to make if you’re trying to conceive.

Naomi Foxall
Naomi Foxall
school

A speech from a Cranbrook prefect has summed up Australia's culture around sexual assault.

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
school

A former Sydney schoolgirl started a petition for sexual consent. 1200 students told their harrowing stories.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
school

Uniforms, teachers and technology: The 7 best back to school tips for Aussie parents.

Nama Winston
Nama Winston
school

From Roxy Jacenko to Carrie Bickmore: 25 Aussie celebs share their awkward high school photos.

Brielle Burns
Brielle Burns

Teens

teens

“It’s not right or fair, but it’s reality”: An open letter to my gay teen.

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teens

"Happy one month to my girl." JoJo Siwa has introduced the world to her girlfriend.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
teens

"It will get easier, they said. They lied." No one tells you how hard it is to raise a teenager.

Mandy Nolan
Mandy Nolan
teens

When she was 12, Grace Hyland told her dad she was trans. The timing was crucial.

Gemma Bath
Gemma Bath
teens

"Hurtful, spiteful and nasty." 14 mums share their kids' honest 'worst age.'

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Gemma Bath
teens

'It's time we take responsibility for the sons we raise.' The hard truth about sexual assault.

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Anonymous
teens

"The p*ssy pass has expired." The day I realised my teenage son is a misogynist.

Modern Parent
Modern Parent
teens

"F**king poor people." Ivanka Trump's former best friend on what she was like growing up.

Jessica Staveley
Jessica Staveley
teens

'I challenged my teen to cook 5 meals for us this week. Here's how they turned out.'

Nama Winston
Nama Winston
teens

Heartbreak High is coming to Netflix this month. This is what the cast have been up to.

Keryn Donnelly
Keryn Donnelly
teens

'My 17yo is currently staying somewhere else.' 15 parents share their experience with teenagers.

Helen Vnuk
Helen Vnuk
teens

"I call him 'Little Donald.'" The lavish life and childhood Barron Trump.

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
teens

Where are they now? The kids from My So-Called Life, 26 years later.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
teens

In a beachside NSW town, a suicide cluster has left a community - and all of us - seeking answers.

Fiona Higgins
Fiona Higgins
teens

I need to talk about a brutal parenting milestone: When they no longer want to hang out with you.

Nama Winston
Nama Winston
teens

Deborra-Lee Furness has been married to Hugh Jackman for 24 years. People keep telling her she's "lucky".

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
teens

Sweet Valley Twins, Point Horror: If you grew up in the 90s, here are 8 books you definitely read.

Emma Gillman
Emma Gillman
teens

'I was added to a group called: All the people that hate Natasha.' In 2020, cyberbullying is worse than ever.

Jessica Staveley
Jessica Staveley
teens

Just 10 thoughts literally every parent has while teaching their kid to drive.

Alex Merton-McCann
Alex Merton-McCann
teens

For 5 years Anita’s family were told they couldn’t stay in Australia. All because her son has Down syndrome.

Gemma Bath
Gemma Bath
parent opinion

OPINION: Sorry, but doing the grocery shop without the kids is not "me-time."

Laura Jackel
Laura Jackel
kids

The 6 things I wish I'd been told about returning to work after having a child.

Nilu Noble
Nilu Noble
kids

'The 4 most common misconceptions I face as an autistic woman.'

Deb Shepparton
Deb Shepparton
school

A former Sydney schoolgirl started a petition for sexual consent. 1200 students told their harrowing stories.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
baby

The real message hiding in Meghan and Harry's pregnancy announcement.

Holly Wainwright
Holly Wainwright
pregnancy

"Are you sure it’s only one in there?" The 20 most annoying things to say to a pregnant woman.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
parent opinion

"Please, stop asking the mothers."

Tarrin Lenard
Tarrin Lenard
kids

From Kamala Harris to Pierce Brosnan: 10 famous people whose kids you didn't know were models.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
kids

Where the kids from Modern Family are now, 12 years later.

Brielle Burns
Brielle Burns
kids

19 years and 3 kids later, Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen are still Hollywood's most private couple.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
kids

'You don’t always have to be the star.' Five life lessons kids' learn from playing rugby league.

Jacqui McCallum
Jacqui McCallum
kids

The 'basket trick' and 10 other genius time saving parenting hacks.

Brielle Burns
Brielle Burns
baby

'I'd been hiding my new body since my baby was born. An olive green swimsuit changed everything.'

Tiare Snow
Tiare Snow
kids

A famous husband and 5 'feral' sons: Sophie Ellis-Bextor's life after 'Murder on the Dancefloor'.

Helen Vnuk
Helen Vnuk
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"Maybe I am a monster." My life was perfect. Having a fourth child changed everything.

Tarrin Lenard
Tarrin Lenard
parent opinion

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: The 15 most annoying things non-parents say to parents.

Holly Wainwright
Holly Wainwright
kids

Kristen Wiig is married with two kids. You would never know it.

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
kids

"As a mother..." The 14 most annoying things parents say to non-parents.

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
baby

If baby Oakley was born in NSW and not QLD, she might have had a chance at a normal life.

Jenna Fearnley
Jenna Fearnley
kids

Drew Barrymore has been married three times. Last year, she "swore off men".

Chelsea McLaughlin
Chelsea McLaughlin
teens

“It’s not right or fair, but it’s reality”: An open letter to my gay teen.

Nama Winston
Nama Winston
kids

'Four months ago I lost my son in a tragic accident. A medium has changed everything.'

Anne-marie Taplin
Anne-marie Taplin
parent opinion

'For 3 years I helped raise my partner's kids. Losing them when we split up was devastating.'

Anonymous
Anonymous
kids

The strange saga of The Nugget, the kids' toy that became a viral sex couch.

Gemma Bath
Gemma Bath
baby

"My eyes are saying 'what the actual f**k'": Every new mum has a photo like this.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
pregnancy

Feeling baby kicks but... not pregnant? Here's what's happening.

Erin Docherty
Erin Docherty
kids

'In lockdown, my wife got close to her colleague. Within weeks, our marriage was over.'

Anonymous
Anonymous
parent opinion

'I've been married for 13 years. But to have a child right now would be morally wrong.'

Anonymous
Anonymous
parent opinion

'I'm a new school mum, and I need to vent about lunchboxes.'

Katie Bowman
Katie Bowman
pregnancy

'The silence in that room was deafening.' What we all need to know about stillbirth.

Dr Ashleigh Smith
Dr Ashleigh Smith
teens

"Happy one month to my girl." JoJo Siwa has introduced the world to her girlfriend.

Charlotte Begg
Charlotte Begg
kids

'In one year, I've completely changed the way I parent.'

Natalie Esler
Natalie Esler
parent opinion

"I was called the 'jealous, interfering' mother-in-law. Inside, I was suffering."

Linda Moctezuma
Linda Moctezuma
baby

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: A strange man in a leather jacket watched me give birth.

Holly Wainwright
Holly Wainwright
baby

Reportedly expecting a child: Inside Joel Edgerton and Christine Centenera's relationship.

mamamia-team
mamamia-team
kids

Where are the kids from The Sound of Music now?

mamamia-team
mamamia-team
parent opinion

“Mum didn’t get up from bed today.” How I learnt to accept being the sick mum.

fleur marks
fleur marks
baby

As Paula and Carlton fought for custody, DNA showed their baby girl belonged to neither of them.

Helen Vnuk
Helen Vnuk
parent opinion

"What did you do?" My friends don’t understand my estrangement from my daughter.

Beth Bruno
Beth Bruno
kids

"Sentenced to indefinite solitary confinement." Becoming a mum made me a terrible friend.

Kelsey Jane
Kelsey Jane
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