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APRIL 2018

'As parents, when did we become so bonkers about first birthday parties?'
Three orphaned siblings are recovering in hospital together after car crash kills parents.
"Why I will always dread my daughter's birthday."
Nadia Bartel just announced her second pregnancy and cleared up an awkward misconception.
"Scummy Mummies get a bad rap. It's time to take back being a Hot Mess Mum."
'After I fell pregnant, I wasn't sure I wanted kids. What if I hated being a mum?'
A paediatric nutritionist explains: 'Hanger is one of the biggest influencing factors to toddler tantrums.'
"Printing out photos of my ex and his family left me feeling deflated. Is this what all families look like?"
'A new classroom setup had my daughter excited. By the end of the term she was worn out.'
TRACEY SPICER: "It took an 11-year-old to convince me of the benefits of NAPLAN."
The origin story behind the name Tiffany will make you see it in a whole new light.
"My son's NAPLAN results changed the way his teachers saw him."
A postnatal doula on why more women need to embrace the 'fourth trimester'.
'It's our first family holiday in years, and my mother-in-law has decided to tag along.'
Meg's three children have asthma. She knows how certain changes to your home can help.
Is it safe to cut whole food groups from your child's diet? A paediatric nutritionist explains.
The mum who is so open about who her favourite child is, she talked about it on TV.
SEALED SECTION: "Getting laid as a solo parent takes seven essential steps."
"My sons lost three brothers who they never met, then they faced the grief of their dad dying.”
"While my family has been lucky to so far avoid nits, we weren’t so lucky with warts."
Jules Sebastian: “I did that transition into motherhood badly."
Kyl and Brent won't tell anyone whether their child is a girl or a boy.
If you're the parent of a fussy eater, here's 7 simple changes you can make to their diet.
AFL Footy Show host Rebecca Maddern has just given birth to her first child.
Dave Hughes failed to recognise his own daughter live on-air. It didn't go down too well.
'Why so many mums will agree with me when I say I can't join the Facebook hate campaign.'
ADVICE, PLEASE: 'My mother-in-law has a very clear favourite between my son and daughter.'
A cheat sheet on how to ace the NAPLAN writing test is going viral. Should you use it?
'To my little boy: What I want you to know about Daddy's addiction to ice.'
Why this mum's brutally honest time-lapse is going viral.
"I'll never get over what I saw in there": What we now know about the incestuous Colt family.
'I don't like my adult child. What am I meant to do?'
Kate Hudson just announced she's expecting her third child with a stunning gender reveal.
"Gold standard babysitters have these three things": How to find the best sitter for you.
Naturopath who prescribed water-only diet to new mum jailed for starving 8-month-old baby.
A mum shares what it feels like to be threatened, spat on, and hit by her 10-yo son who has ADHD.
'When I heard Clara's blood test results, I went really cold all over. I knew it was bad.'
The beautiful story of a bullied boy and his adopted cat with the same rare conditions.
An open letter to the one girl who turned up to my daughter’s birthday party.
'Why my husband and I choose not to sit down to eat dinner as a family with the kids.'
"My dad isn't dead. But the man I remember is." The little-known disease tearing Australian families apart.
'How my second redemptive birth helped me overcome the trauma from my first.'
"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told 'every little girl needs her mum'."