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Holly Wainwright: For God's sake, don't take your child out to dinner.

Holly Wainwright

'After 4 kids, this is what I've learnt to accept about being the "other" parent.'

9 Christmas presents you’d only give to the kids of your frenemies.

'I need to talk about the supposed "new rules" for bringing kids to restaurants.'

Samari Jayarajah

Empty airports, hazmat suits and face shields: I just flew into London with my two kids.

Alex Hyndman Hill

PARENT OPINION: A birthday isn’t a valid reason for kids to miss school.

My estranged parents still see my two older kids. I refuse to let them meet my youngest.

Tara Blair Ball

"I cringe when he comes in for a kiss." I've been trying to leave my husband for two years.

Jennifer M. Wilson

My parents split when I was 17. Then my mum started dating a 23-year-old woman.

'I became a foster mum for my brother's baby. 6 years in, I feel like I'm drowning.'

"Thank you, Chrissy Teigen, for showing why we need to document the ‘ugly’ milestones in life."

PARENT OPINION: Why I'm no longer thanking my husband and kids for doing their 'fair share'.

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: Parents, I think it might be time to give up on 'family dinner'.

Holly Wainwright

"I was exhausted to the point of tears." What this mum selfie doesn't show.

'People constantly ask why my son is the way he is. I don't have the answers.'

"I couldn’t understand why I was so resentful." Mum guilt stopped me from being a good parent.

"The void is always there." What you know to be true if you grew up without your mum.

Danielle Snelling

What we're really saying when we praise the 'tired mum'.

A message to all the people who've told me I "let myself go" since giving birth.

"Daddy was just tickling Mummy": My very honest recap of what it's like to have sex as a parent.

'There are certain things you shouldn't say to the parent of a child with Down syndrome. I've heard them all.'

You're juggling glass balls and plastic balls. What you choose to drop changes everything.

Jessie Stephens

Motherhood

Retiring from acting and becoming a mum at 47: Cameron Diaz's 30-year life in the spotlight.

“I actually got quite resentful.” Why these women had to break up with their mother's group.

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

"I’m not sure why I never got around to having you." A letter to the baby I dreamed of but never had.

Lori Welch Brown

"I couldn’t understand why I was so resentful." Mum guilt stopped me from being a good parent.

A model and a future tennis star: What Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's kids are up to now.

Early pregnancy symptoms: 9 common signs you're pregnant (other than missing your period).

'My teeth were damaged from the vomiting.' What it's really like to be sick during pregnancy.

From discharge to body hair: A complete guide to 21 lesser-known pregnancy symptoms.

'What I learned from being vegetarian during pregnancy.'

"We wanted to become mums and our journey to parenthood was a little different to most."

"It's gross and humiliating: I'm constantly ashamed by the state of my house."

'My husband died suddenly and left me a single mum. I've since learnt 2 lessons about grief.'

Katy Perry, Emily Skye and Ashley Graham: "Post-baby bodies" look different in 2020.

Holly Wainwright

The sippy-cup graveyard, and 8 things you just accept as normal after you become a mum.

Ashley Graham's stretch marks and 9 other celebs who've shown us their real post-baby bodies.

"The loneliness I felt was so loud and overwhelming." When my sister fell pregnant and I couldn’t.

'This is what I would tell all new mums about going to mothers' group.'

2 hours, 2 days, 4 days and 1 week: What Ellie's stomach looked like in the days after giving birth.

In 2009, Octomum was the world's most famous mother. This is what her life looks like now.

Jessica Staveley

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."

A model and a future tennis star: What Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's kids are up to now.

"Stop setting the bar so low. I'm a father, not a babysitter."

'She was waking eight times a night.' Mia Freedman on how sleep school saved her as a new mum.

"My wife is the real miracle." A dad's emotional tribute, moments after the birth of his 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.

Chelsea McLaughlin

Precisely no one can work out whether Grimes and Elon Musk's baby name is a... joke.

Chelsea McLaughlin

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

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

Chelsea McLaughlin

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

Chelsea McLaughlin

"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.

Billi Fitzsimons

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

Chelsea McLaughlin

"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.

Parent committees and 'nude' lunchboxes: The things I'm saying no to this school year.

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