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Netflix's The Social Dilemma is the doco every parent scared of screentime should watch.

Holly Wainwright

OPINION: "Please, stop telling me to 'just enjoy this time' in lockdown with my kids."

"Check for plug sockets." 36 things we wish we knew before we moved out of home.

"I am my own worst critic": Recovering from depression is harder when you're a mum.

I’m keeping my husband’s name after the divorce. My mother-in-law is going to be furious.

QUARANTINE DIARY: How we survived 14 days, in a tiny hotel room with a 16-month old.

"I feel a visceral rage". I've been isolating with my four kids in Melbourne for over six months.

"Am I selfish? Vain?" I don't want kids because I don't want to sacrifice my sleep.

'I discovered I was the only parent in my mum's group giving the sex talk to my six year old.'

'I got pregnant at 21, on purpose. This is what I wish people knew about being a young mum.'

'My first year of motherhood is not like everyone else’s.' I'm a new mum overwhelmed with anger.

"What you are doing is monstrous.” A stranger on Facebook accused me of child abuse.

Makeup at four, pierced ears at five: Parents share their ‘age rules’ for their kids.

"There's an unwritten rule." I feel ashamed that I'm still breastfeeding my toddler.

'Just 12 annoying things my kids do that I'm not supposed to talk about.'

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

"No longer do heads turn." What Michelle Obama says about a woman's 'invisible years'.

Billi Fitzsimons

"We are not rich." 6 misconceptions people have about being a FIFO mum.

"I was asked why on earth anyone should have children. I thought of 11 reasons."

Holly Wainwright

Bleeding nipples, jealousy, agony: What I really want to say about why I'm not breastfeeding.

"Enjoy every moment." The 6 pieces of advice you should never, ever give a first time mum.

"I have no idea what I've done wrong." Why I distrust parents of estranged children.

Motherhood

"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

OPINION: 'Women are being sold a myth. Trust me, maternity leave is not a holiday.'

"My bladder is a mess." The unspoken things that happen to our bodies after childbirth.

Amy Nelmes Bissett

"I can't remember the last time I was happy." I'm a mum, and I don't know who I am anymore.

A model and a future tennis star: Inside Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's family life.

CONSTANCE HALL: 'To all the mums who don't have time for "me time".'

'I was desperate to have a child. Now there are days I wish I wasn't a mother.'

'As I tucked my daughter into bed, she told me she felt fat. So I lied to her.'

'Parenting is a job. A hard f***ing job. This is what happened when I quit.'

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

Jessie Stephens

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

"It's 4 months since I had a baby. There are 5 things I always get my husband to do."

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: Inside Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's family life.

"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.

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

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'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.

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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.

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"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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