parent opinion
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Carolyn Tate
parent opinion
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parent opinion
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parent opinion
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Daryl Higgins
parent opinion
'If you have mother's guilt, that might just be on you. Let me explain.'
Virginia Tapscott
parent opinion
'I'm an excellent wife and mum. But I can't seem to keep any friends.'
Angela Buenaventura
parent opinion
'My daughter’s toy doll is the one parenting worry I never saw coming.'
Kate Smithers
parent opinion
SA's Police Commissioner penned a letter to the state's 101st road casualty - his youngest son.
Isabella Ross
parent opinion
'I just bought my first home for $100,000. But there's a catch.'
Laura Jackel
parent opinion
'They serve no one.' The 5 myths we need to stop teaching our sons.
Sam Leighton-Dore
parent opinion
'I was told to run my family like a business. Here's why I find the idea repugnant.'
Virginia Tapscott
parent opinion
Mia Freedman on the good mother myth.
Mia Freedman
parent opinion
'I love my kids too much. Who am I?'
Laurel Pantin
parent opinion
PARENTING CONFESSION: 'I’m struggling to be around my friends who don’t have babies.'
Anonymous
parent opinion
We wrote an open letter to The Real Housewives of Sydney. They've responded.
Tara Watson
parent opinion
'My "self care" is a shower. My partner's running marathons. Seriously?'
Holly Wainwright
parent opinion
Keira had a big group of friends until she had a baby and she blames the ‘motherhood gap’.
Nicole Madigan
parent opinion
MIA FREEDMAN: 'Wow. I think I just got nana-shamed.'
Mia Freedman
parent opinion
'I refuse to date across the salary divide. So I ended up becoming a solo mum.'
Rachel Toyer
parent opinion
EXCLUSIVE: Jackie O talks about money, power and being on Hinge.
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parent opinion
'I am 100 people deep on wait lists'. The reality of trying to find childcare right now.
Gemma Bath
parent opinion
Melissa Leong is leaving MasterChef Australia, here are the famous faces replacing her.
Basmah Qazi
Motherhood
baby
'Instagram gave me warped expectations about my first few hours as a mum.'
Gemma Bath
kids
'If it bothers you, forgive me, but my kids will be handing out candy canes.'
Anonymous
kids
Who is Lex Delarosa and is she trolling us all?
Nicole Madigan
parent opinion
Mia Freedman on the good mother myth.
Mia Freedman
celebrity
Martha Kalifatidis gets brutally honest about why you haven't seen her on Instagram.
Tara Watson
kids
PARENTING CONFESSIONS: 'My son's school is having a bake sale. There's a big problem I can't overlook.'
Anonymous
pregnancy
When Beulah gave birth to a baby girl, she'd been pregnant for more than 12 months.
Gemma Bath
kids
The parenting style experts say is 'the best way to raise your kids'.
Anonymous
baby
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Cindy Lever
baby
PARENTING CONFESSION: 'My father hates my baby daughter's name so much he won't use it.'
Anonymous
pregnancy
PARENTING CONFESSION: 'If I had my time again, I wouldn't have a vaginal birth.'
Anonymous
parent opinion
PARENTING CONFESSION: 'The bathroom habit I wish my husband would quit now that we have children.'
Anonymous
parent opinion
'My kids are my sun, not my world. This is the difference.'
Nicole Madigan
health
'I’m lying in bed in the spare room, on sheets soaked with my own urine.'
Anonymous
parent opinion
'My parents pressured me to have kids. So yes, I do expect constant childcare.'
Lisa Hamilton
parent opinion
An open letter to parents on their phones, 'ignoring' their kids.
Jennifer Hicks
kids
'I'm not a good mum and I feel like my kids are suffering.'
Anonymous
parent opinion
'I'm a stay-at-home mum and I feel like I've been erased from the parenting narrative.'
Virginia Tapscott
parent opinion
VIRGINIA TAPSCOTT: What I really hear when you say 'I could never be a stay-at-home mum.'
Virginia Tapscott
kids
Leigh Campbell's honest parenting 'tool kit ' for when mum-life gets hard.
Laura Jackel
friendship
Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"
Anonymous
kids
ANONYMUM: "I was too old when I had my kids."
Anonymous
parent opinion
This TikTok girl dad is calling out your 'dusty' son.
Nicole Madigan
kids
PARENTING CONFESSIONS: 'The behaviour of my friend's husband makes me uncomfortable.'
Anonymous
parent opinion
'35 years ago, my dad wrote his honest thoughts about fatherhood. After he died, Mum showed me.'
Alix Nicholson
real life
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movies
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family
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parent opinion
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kids
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celebrity
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news
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kids
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