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JUNE 2020

"I could see the disapproving look": I was told my outfit wasn't "appropriate" for a mum.
'My biggest parenting regret is that when things were bad, I never asked for help.'
"According to these 11 'bad parenting traits', I'm the worst parent ever."
"My kid is having birthday cake for lunch": Just 19 tweets that sum up parenting halfway through 2020.
'I was trying to do everything and failing': 6 dads on how the pandemic changed their parenting.
'My husband has a disability. I don't. This is what I wish I'd known before we had a kid.'
'For 10 hours a day, work allows me to pretend that I don’t have a child with cancer.'
Mandy Nolan: 'Housework is killing us. So I'm quitting.'
"I can't remember the last time I was happy." I'm a mum, and I don't know who I am anymore.
'I'm a single mum and it's not my job to ensure my 6-year-old has a relationship with her dad.'
The 4 little details we all missed in the Cambridge family's Father's Day photos.
'My children are 9 months apart. And people tell me it's impossible.'
"I wish I'd been less busy": 20 women share their single biggest regret about parenting.
Gemma Ward was Australia's most popular supermodel. Then she disappeared from the spotlight.
"I’ve been ripped a new one." Imagine if we announced births exactly how they really were.
"The bell doesn’t dismiss you, I do." 8 lines literally every teacher has said.
"I never thought I would be the nagging wife": A message to my husband, 8 years in.
'My 12-year-old was talking to adult men’: 3 things I've learnt about leaving kids alone online.
Opinion: 'It’s time to acknowledge our childcare system is broken.'
'At 35, I decided to have a baby on my own. Here's what no one told me about IVF.'
Constance Hall: "Too short, too fat, too loud." I spent my whole life being told I wasn't enough.
'The Stauffer family were condemned for 'rehoming' their adopted son. I understand their decision.'
A powerful photo, a tragic ending: The story of Devonte Hart, and the parents who killed him.
Joe and Karen adopted six blind children. This is what their life is like.
'I rewarded my son to prevent his outbursts. Now, he threatens me to get his way.'