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'I just joined an online mothers' group. I've never felt more judged.'

Rhiana Harrison

My 23-year-old son was at the lockdown protests on Saturday. This is how I feel.

OPINION: Dear LinkedIn, please don't call me a 'stay-at-home-mum'.

HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: What I learned from Pixie Curtis' extravagant birthday wish list.

Holly Wainwright

"It seems to have happened so fast." The pain of being a single mum to almost adult sons.

Monica Zwolsman

'I didn't want a second child. But I ended up at the IVF clinic anyway.'

'Most mums only appear in selfies with their kids. Here's what's wrong with that picture.'

"How did I get here?" The day Jacinta Tynan became a single mum.

'My teen daughter was struggling with her mental health. The right decision was for us to be apart.'

'I was so focused on my son's ADHD, I completely dropped the ball with his little sister.'

Tell me you have preschoolers without telling me you have preschoolers.

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

"She says and does nothing": My friend and I are clashing over an incident between our kids.

PARENT OPINION: 'I'm a mum of four. Having a family has made me unemployable.'

'My husband asked me to choose between him and our 20-year-old daughter. I refused.'

Do I really want to have kids? A psychologist shares the 3 questions to ask yourself.

'You are exhausted on every level.' An open letter to mums of kids with ADHD.

LEIGH CAMPBELL: 4 things I learned from my recent pregnancy loss.

'After years of IVF, I finally became a mum. I never expected the guilt.'

Tracey Montgomery

6 things I know to be true if you have an indecisive child.

'Apparently all the school parents are giving their kids debit cards. Here's why I'm not.'

Mum, WTF: I asked my mum 7 questions about what it was like to raise two sets of twins.

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'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.

The day I learned about 'intensive mothering' I stopped feeling guilty.

"Please, stop asking the mothers."

"My eyes are saying 'what the actual f**k'": Every new mum has a photo like this.

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

"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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Jessica Chambers

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

'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.

Chelsea McLaughlin

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

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"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.

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"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.

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