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"To our beach neighbours sunbaking brazenly with their children: I have a message for you."

From $50,826 a year to $2,380: 11 parents share how much they spend on their children's education.

'I left my 12yo son alone at the shops for 2 minutes. In that time, a man tried to grab him.'

Ten children to five different mothers: Eddie Murphy's complicated family life.

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Screen Time

OPINION: 'Mobile phone bans are making our kids irrelevant in the world they're growing into.'

What on earth is Tiktok? The social media app everyone under 20 seems to be on.

"I was a bad mum": Zoe Marshall on the guilt she felt after complaining about her child to a friend.

A crisis of parenting: What's really going wrong with our kids in 2019.

The grayscale hack that will have your kids handing your phone back.

"How the ‘Momo Challenge’ saved my family."

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"To our beach neighbours sunbaking brazenly with their children: I have a message for you."

From $50,826 a year to $2,380: 11 parents share how much they spend on their children's education.

'I left my 12yo son alone at the shops for 2 minutes. In that time, a man tried to grab him.'

Ten children to five different mothers: Eddie Murphy's complicated family life.

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