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'A woman wrote 117 reasons not to have kids. As a mother, this is my rebuttal.'

'I was in the 'cool gang' of Mother's Group. I didn't like the person I became.'

TEGAN NATOLI: 'I've got a family of 5. Here's all the ways I save money with my shopping.'

Don't teach your kids about 'stranger danger' or 'tricky people'. Try these conversations instead.

'If you have mother's guilt, that might just be on you. Let me explain.'

Virginia Tapscott

'I'm an excellent wife and mum. But I can't seem to keep any friends.'

Angela Buenaventura

'My daughter’s toy doll is the one parenting worry I never saw coming.'

SA's Police Commissioner penned a letter to the state's 101st road casualty - his youngest son.

'I just bought my first home for $100,000. But there's a catch.'

'They serve no one.' The 5 myths we need to stop teaching our sons.

Sam Leighton-Dore

'I was told to run my family like a business. Here's why I find the idea repugnant.'

Virginia Tapscott

Mia Freedman on the good mother myth.

'I love my kids too much. Who am I?'

PARENTING CONFESSION: 'I’m struggling to be around my friends who don’t have babies.'

We wrote an open letter to The Real Housewives of Sydney. They've responded.

'My "self care" is a shower. My partner's running marathons. Seriously?'

Holly Wainwright

Keira had a big group of friends until she had a baby and she blames the ‘motherhood gap’.

MIA FREEDMAN: 'Wow. I think I just got nana-shamed.'

'I refuse to date across the salary divide. So I ended up becoming a solo mum.'

EXCLUSIVE: Jackie O talks about money, power and being on Hinge.

'I am 100 people deep on wait lists'. The reality of trying to find childcare right now.

Melissa Leong is leaving MasterChef Australia, here are the famous faces replacing her.

Motherhood

'Instagram gave me warped expectations about my first few hours as a mum.'

'If it bothers you, forgive me, but my kids will be handing out candy canes.'

Who is Lex Delarosa and is she trolling us all?

Mia Freedman on the good mother myth.

Martha Kalifatidis gets brutally honest about why you haven't seen her on Instagram.

PARENTING CONFESSIONS: 'My son's school is having a bake sale. There's a big problem I can't overlook.'

When Beulah gave birth to a baby girl, she'd been pregnant for more than 12 months.

The parenting style experts say is 'the best way to raise your kids'.

Sleep training their baby didn't work for these parents. But something very different did.

PARENTING CONFESSION: 'My father hates my baby daughter's name so much he won't use it.'

PARENTING CONFESSION: 'If I had my time again, I wouldn't have a vaginal birth.'

PARENTING CONFESSION: 'The bathroom habit I wish my husband would quit now that we have children.'

'My kids are my sun, not my world. This is the difference.'

'I’m lying in bed in the spare room, on sheets soaked with my own urine.'

'My parents pressured me to have kids. So yes, I do expect constant childcare.'

An open letter to parents on their phones, 'ignoring' their kids.

'I'm not a good mum and I feel like my kids are suffering.'

'I'm a stay-at-home mum and I feel like I've been erased from the parenting narrative.'

Virginia Tapscott

VIRGINIA TAPSCOTT: What I really hear when you say 'I could never be a stay-at-home mum.'

Virginia Tapscott

Leigh Campbell's honest parenting 'tool kit ' for when mum-life gets hard.

Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"

ANONYMUM: "I was too old when I had my kids."

This TikTok girl dad is calling out your 'dusty' son.

PARENTING CONFESSIONS: 'The behaviour of my friend's husband makes me uncomfortable.'

'35 years ago, my dad wrote his honest thoughts about fatherhood. After he died, Mum showed me.'

11 people share their childhood 'dad' moments that still make them cringe.

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It's been 3 years since Charlie Gard died. This is what his parents' lives look like now.

'My daughter doesn't owe you her affection. It's a violation of her boundaries.'

"They heckled me." Dave Hughes on attempting to perform comedy while isolating with his kids.

Chelsea McLaughlin

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