Parent Opinion - Mamamia

'I gave my daughter a mental health day off school. A stranger shamed me for it.'

'The other kids feel unsafe around your son': 6 mums on the parenting moment that broke them.

'Loneliness, overwhelm, boredom: Being a mum looks different in 2021.'

Joanna Lamb Hilbert

'I don't have any children. And yes, that is a complete sentence.'

Monique Hutchinson

'For years, I vowed I never wanted to be a mum. I was wrong.'

Mindy Morgan Avitia

'As a first-time mother, following 'Insta-mums' wasn't helpful. It was toxic.'

I've been estranged for my dad for 10 years. This Father's Day, I'm celebrating myself.

'This year, Father's Day hurts.'

'I'm a proud formula feeding parent. Here's what I want you to know.'

"We feel that time is ticking." The immeasurable loss of new parents.

'You make allowances for him but not me.' What it's like to have a husband and son with ADHD.

'I dealt with my parenting struggles by complaining about my husband. Here's why I stopped.'

“It’s asking the impossible”: Why Dr Kerry Chant’s words about childcare broke me.

"How can you sleep so soundly?" A letter to every new father, from the mother of your child.

I have a favourite child. Here's why.

My twins’ imaginations are big and colourful, and they love telling stories. Now there’s an audiobook they can be a part of.

'You treat me differently.' A letter to my happily married friends, from your newly separated friend.

OPINION: 'I know numbers are tight, but please don't ask me to leave my baby at home.'

Samari Jayarajah

'I'm 3 kids deep into motherhood. Here are 6 things I wish I knew as a first-time mum.'

Joanna Lamb Hilbert

An open letter to the parents sending their child to preschool for the first time.

'I thought having kids in my 20s would make my 40s easier. I was wrong.'

'I let my husband take care of our family dinner. Here's what happened.'

Motherhood

'Loneliness, overwhelm, boredom: Being a mum looks different in 2021.'

Joanna Lamb Hilbert

PARENT OPINION: 'What I learned about preserving memories from my parents.’

'I was waiting for a man to have a baby with. Then at 40, I decided to do it on my own.'

Billi Fitzsimons

'As a struggling new mum, I hit rock bottom. This is what happened when I finally asked for help.'

'I never had trouble getting job interviews. Then I discovered "The Mummy Gap".'

"Setting boundaries and saying 'no' makes me angry, so I now have a 'yes' list."

'They say it takes a village to raise a baby. But my phone is eerily silent.'

Rachel O'Connor

'A pair of Kmart knickers changed everything about how I see my post-baby body.'

Heather Leonard

Why the day after Mother's Day is often the hardest.

8 high-profile Australian mums on what they were never told about motherhood.

Billi Fitzsimons

An ode to 'Other Mothers', because for some of us, it wasn’t our mothers who raised us.

'This Mother's Day, I don't want a gift card. I want my partner to share the mental load.'

'Last Mother's Day, I was about to call my mum. Then my dad phoned.'

'My doctor didn't believe I was having menopausal symptoms at my age.'

10 Mother's Day cards that didn't exist. Until now.

Jessie Stephens

"I lie here with a broken heart." Camilla Franks has shared the heartbreak of removing her ovaries.

'I've been pregnant in my 20s, 30s and 40s and here's what differed each time around.'

A model and a rising tennis star: The lives of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's three kids.

'For Mother's Day, I bought my mum the hair straightener everyone is talking about.'

5 genius Mother's Day gift ideas, because you can't give her spa vouchers forever.

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."

The 8 best TV dads, ranked.

Chelsea McLaughlin

7 genius ways to celebrate Father's Day when you can't physically be with your dad.

8 Father's Day ideas the Mamamia team have on rotation, because they're that good.

Eleanor Katelaris

A model and a rising tennis star: The lives of Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's three kids.

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'I didn't just cry, I sobbed.' A letter to the teacher who failed my son.

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"A series of small moments made me realise I had to change my drinking habits around my kids."

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.

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"You are not alone." The Veronicas' Lisa Origliasso on her recent ectopic pregnancy.

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A hidden wife and three secret kids: Everything we know about Kim Jong Un's mysterious family.

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"I can't wait to hug her." 8 women share what it's like to be away from their mums in isolation.

'2020 is my daughter's final year of primary school, and we both feel ripped off.'

11 years, 3 kids and a cancer diagnosis: Michael Bublé's life with Luisana Lopilato.

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"It isn't easy on my own." Katie Price on homeschooling her son Harvey during COVID-19.

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"My legs are bored." 14 parents share their kids' most memorable little moments.

"I want to understand what he has to say." What it's like to raise a Deaf child.

Angelina Jolie's six kids aren't babies anymore. They're all grown up and we can hardly deal.

Chelsea McLaughlin

"What if people tease him?" Sophie Cachia just voiced every school-age parent's first-day anxieties.

3 mums share how they established their babies' sleep cycles in the first 6 months.

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