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"On the drive my heart pounded": What happened when Erin left her baby alone in the car.

UNPOPULAR OPINION: Dear parents, your kids aren't lifestyle accessories.

The 2019 version of the Easter Egg Hunt is ruining childhoods. And parents, it has to stop.

Jeffrey Charles

'I'm not anti-natal, selfish or self-centred': Why 30-year-old Emma won't be having children.

'Cue the angry kids.' Mum shares the Build-A-Bear party that upset precisely everyone.

'On the day I gave birth, I got a $1 million dollar offer.'

Kristen Souvlis

"Travelling with my kids and younger, childless partner for the first time was terrifying."

Caroline Riches

"Pink just learned the hard way not to share naked photos of your kids."

'Mum wore every hat in existence': The unique positives of being the child of a single parent.

“My mum gave me anxiety and I’m begging other mothers not to do the same.”

Melissa Kehagias

"It's easier to do it myself". The sentence that's adding to every woman's mental load.

Holly Wainwright

"I left my son with my husband for a week and this is exactly what happened."

Why we haven't been able to look away from the case of William Tyrrell.

The mid-motherhood identity crisis: What happens when your babies start growing up.

Lauren is terminally ill. She has a bittersweet plan for how she'll be a mum to her girls.

Zoe Marshall writes: 'I've been yelling at my baby and I don't feel any guilt about it.'

Snowploughing is the new parenting trend that is ruining children's lives.

BIG W is having a flash sale and you can get a goddamn Dyson for under $350.

"Where have you been all my life?" Shoppers are writing loving odes to a $40 mop.

Jessica Chambers

"There is no one else": The unique mental load of being a single parent.

'I'm not nagging, I'm delegating.' Women are absolutely fed up with the mental load.

Motherhood

"On the drive my heart pounded": What happened when Erin left her baby alone in the car.

'When my son started school, he turned into a monster. But then I learnt the truth.'

We've just seen the actual size of a dilated cervix and, Mum, you deserve an apology.

Jenny Mollen accidentally dropped her son Sid. He fractured his skull.

Jessie Stephens

An expert says if you do any of these things as a parent, you're 'messing up' your child.

'On the day I gave birth, I got a $1 million dollar offer.'

Kristen Souvlis

Zoe Marshall: 'Becoming a parent made me realise how brave my mum was to leave my dad.'

"I was really scared": When Laura's son could swim better than her, she faced a lifelong fear.

Pregnant woman's rant goes viral after a stranger grabs her coffee and throws it away.

A mum shared a photo of her impeccably organised pantry. Her rules are being called 'feral'.

Two parents on having gender disappointment, because it's more common than we admit.

A 3-year-old boy accidentally locked his dad's iPad. Until the year 2067.

What we know about the controversial surgery that left Jimmy Giggle's twin son on a ventilator.

'What my toddler taught me about my eating disorder.'

The four-rule sign this mum made to stop her precious shower time being interrupted by kids.

"For years I was embarrassed by my daughter's behaviour. But she is not a 'brat'."

Colleen Wildenhaus

"We have to give our puppy away." The April Fools prank that went about 100 steps too far.

HALLELUJAH: Tantrum throwing could be a sign your kid is going to be rich and successful.

"He was scared of them": Mum Laura discovered what's wrong with the kids' clothing section.

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

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

ANONYMUM: "When I saw a penis on my 20-week scan, I wailed."

"The behaviour of my friend's husband has made me uncomfortable on a few occasions."

"I just knowingly ruined a man's life, but he destroyed mine first."

Fatherhood

"They demand I hand them a towel": How Sean 'tricked' his twins into helping him clean.

The 2019 version of the Easter Egg Hunt is ruining childhoods. And parents, it has to stop.

Jeffrey Charles

Zoe Marshall: 'Becoming a parent made me realise how brave my mum was to leave my dad.'

Two parents on having gender disappointment, because it's more common than we admit.

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