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SEPTEMBER 2015

The secret to staying sane through school pick up to dinner time.
The beautiful "rainbow babies" photo that's honouring children born after loss.
7 things any parent who has ever bought a new car will understand.
Thank you, to a silent army of grandparents.
Someone with a cold sore kissed baby Brooke on the mouth and she got herpes.
Harper Beckham hasn't had a single haircut since she was born.
Actor writes a letter to the child with autism who was escorted out of his show.
A dad's ingenious trick for his daughter who is scared of monsters.
Eight things that inevitably occur at every child's birthday party.
12 sad but true Murphy's Laws of parenting.
Hayden Panettiere speaks about her battle with postpartum depression.
When there's one kid in class who's good at everything.
The questions new mums don't want to be asked. Ever.
Will artificial wombs make pregnancy a thing of the past?
"My son got a trophy just for showing up and it made his year."
MIA: My son is finishing school and it is ripping my heart apart.
We need to stop pretending that sugar and birthday cakes are the problem.
The 10-year-old comic who's as good as the best adult stand-ups. If not better.
"I became a mum and lost my friends."
The cringe-worthy confessions from parents of "ugly" kids.
Why don't Disney princesses wear glasses?
10 signs you live with a preschool girl child.
"The seven secrets I'm keeping from my children."
6 ways to keep your kids entertained these school holidays (for less than $100).
A coldsore kiss almost killed Claire's baby.
The book about balls that's causing outrage from parents.
Mum of two girls tries for a boy. Ends up pregnant with quintuplets.
A transgender waitress shares a heartwarming story of acceptance.
The note a midwife wants you to put on your front door after you give birth.
Why Lara and Sam are hounded by the paparazzi. And how they can stop them.
Model Coco Rocha's brilliant response to bottle feeding shamers.
5 sneaky ways to get your kids to eat more calcium.
The most ridiculous things anti-vaxxers say.
'The way schools teach reading may kill a love for books.'
Jessica Rowe is a "very" crap housewife. Just ask her husband.
A little boy's accident with his swimming shorts; “He was screaming a scream I hadn’t heard before.”
For every parent driven crazy by school homework...
The 7 things I’d sell my best friend or step over my mother for.
The Australian dance teacher who's just admitted to assaulting his students.
Sickening new details have been revealed in the case of Bella Bond, aka "Baby Doe".
The letter that probably made this 13-year-old rethink his request for independence.
Brooklyn Beckham's superstar parents still control his Instagram account.
Dora the Explorer is turning 15 and we are officially 100 years old.
Eleanor's story: The beautiful little girl who hasn't eaten in two years.
"Why I will tell my kids to have children while they’re young."
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
If you've tried to make your child’s life "perfect", there's something you should know.
Childcare workers reveal the creepiest things kids have said to them.
Dear Americans: Do NOT vote this man in. He is an anti-vaxxer.
Parents tried to teach their son a lesson. And it backfired in the most tragic way.
'He is not naughty. He is suffering and nothing can change that.'
'My identical twins are now a boy and a girl.'
Researchers have found the age you will be the happiest.
Would you let your child go to school with a convicted murderer?
Telling an MP to express more milk if she wants to vote is "insulting" and "badly out of date".
Our schools are letting girls down.
Baby girl dies in Perth hospital as father appears in court charged with alleged assault.
Why we need more "Jacks" in politics.
Seven steps to making the most of a family holiday.
No child should suffer like Daniel Morcombe. This bill seeks to ensure that.
To those who said the No Jab No Pay laws wouldn't work...
The Turnbull Government might have some benefits for stay-at-home mums.
William Tyrrell's parents have written a devastating open letter.
Victoria Beckham is disappointed by Harper's choice of future career.
"Sorry everyone, but Hugh Jackman kissed me."
"Did you miss the leadership spill last night? Don't worry, me too..."
8 things every parent who does the school pick up will understand.
BIANCA DYE: 'I regret not having a baby sooner - but don't judge me for IVF.'
'Why are we feeding our kids so much junk?'
William Tyrell: Forensic profiler reveals details about three-year-old's suspected kidnapper
Widowed father recreates stunning photos of his late wife with his daughter.
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
To find out or not to find out? The truth behind finding out the sex of your baby.
'I was an ice addict. Now I am a happy mum.'
The bane of one waitress's life? The 10-year-old food snob.
Adorable photos of Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's baby are here.
When parents can't decide on a baby name, so they just use both.
NSW MP: 'If we want more women in parliament, this has to change'.
What happens when bigotry spreads to your child's school newsletter?
Taylor Swift fights with her mum. Just like the rest of us.
Photos of cage used to restrain boy with autism at Canberra school become public.
Jessica Simpson's dad pulls the "don't you know who I am?!" tactic. Totally works.
A physiotherapist explains why you shouldn't do sit ups after baby.
Got a spare baby carrier? You can now donate them to refugee women.
The exclusive school that paid a paedophile $64,000 to go away quietly.
Two boys escape kindergarten by digging their way out.
A 'Christians first' policy wouldn't have saved Aylan Kurdi.
The school principal who built a cage for a boy with autism has been fired.
How to talk to kids about the refugee crisis.
7 ways to raise resilient kids - without the "when I was your age" talk.
Father expected to be charged over six-year-old daughter's death in Brisbane.
Aylan’s tragic death was not a one-off.
“As soon as I gave birth, I saw these everyday things in a completely different light.”
14 of the most iconic TV friendships of all time.
The exquisitely beautiful photos that capture this family's tragedy
"Today is not a day to complain about parenting."
A 6-year-old girl has been found dead in her Brisbane home.
Footballer Greg Inglis has chosen Fathers Day to reveal a secret son.
There's a super strain of head lice coming and they CANNOT BE KILLED.
"Don't judge me, but... I yelled at someone else's child."
Rosie Recaps: In the Night Garden.
Photographer captures newborns seconds after they're born, still in their foetal positions.
Fertility vampires: those who suck away a woman's baby-making years.
Parents warn of meningococcal B signs after quick action saves daughter's life.
Why is everyone getting a lolly for just playing school sports?
The watermelon cake that's blowing our minds.
Policewoman: Parents are sending their kids the wrong message about police.
6 things I buy for my kids (that are ACTUALLY for me).
A letter to the mother of the boy who drowned.
Heck, no: An anti-vaccination childcare centre might be coming to Australia.
"I used to say I'd never track my child. Until I had my own kids."
"Five things I hope the future has in store for my kids."
Signs your child is being cyberbullied.
Hot cars kill 50 children each year across Australia and the US.
One year after tragedy, Olympian Libby Trickett has given birth to her first child.
Jennifer Love Hewitt's post-baby business meeting didn't go so well.
The teenager who faked a pregnancy... for 10 months.
It's one year to the day that Robin Bailey's husband took his life.
Curious George has been axed from ABC Kids and parents are pissed.
The Sandra Bullock Facebook post is beautiful, but not what it seems.
Meet the woman whose baby will be delivered by dolphins.
A thank you to early childhood educators everywhere.
"On Father's Day we wait. Will he turn up? Will he show?"
Benedict Cumberbatch has given his newborn son a very dapper name.
"My 11 rules for grandparents."
Calm down, people. This 'protecting the children' hysteria has gone too far.
Searching for inspiration for your baby's name? Open the dictionary.
The amazing facts you never knew about breastfeeding.

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