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MAY 2023

'Sorry kids, but I might be an "eggshell parent".'
'Know what rent your neighbours are paying.’ The best 13 hacks for saving on household expenses.
Is your past still controlling your present? How to heal your inner child.
'We wrote a book about bringing up girls. Almost every mother had the same response.'
'You start to parent your parents.' The reality of being in the sandwich generation.
Modern Etiquette: 'I’m a paediatric nurse, these are 10 things I wish I could tell my patients’ families.'
‘I’m a primary school teacher, and I don’t make my own kids do Homework. Here’s why.’
'Don't buy a new car': 6 steps a financial adviser wants you to follow before having a baby.
'I'm always the most glam mum at the school gates. Please stop hating me for it.'
Victoria Beckham shared her makeup 'rules' for Harper. Here's what 7 mums had to say about theirs.
What is a 'reverse sleep in' and why you probably need one.
We're calling it: these are the best childhood books.
Sam Frost said breastfeeding was 'harder than labour'. I instantly felt relieved.
Inducing labour at 39 weeks has been declared 'safer'. Here's what mums have to say about it.
From $30,000 to $50,000: How much Aussie parents are gifting their kids to buy a home in 2023.
HOLLY WAINWRIGHT: I have one strict mobile phone rule for my daughter. I could never follow it myself.
Modern Etiquette: 'I'm a nanny, these are 10 things I wish I could tell the families I work for.'
As a single parent now, Kim Kardashian says it’s the nights that are the hardest part.
‘My wife was rushed to hospital with our unborn baby. Then the unthinkable happened.'
'I never felt an obsessive desire to have a baby.' Experts explain what it means if you've never had 'baby fever.'
‘I asked 3 women why I should have kids. It made me decide not to.’
'Mums don't own being tired. There, I said it.'
Yumi Stynes is talking to her 8-year-old about sex. Here's why you should too.
'It's all exes and eggs. Why I don't want to hang out with my 30-something friends.'
'My mum died suddenly in lockdown. Here's what I wish I'd said before she died.'
'I'm addicted to the thing which is killing me.' I am a teenager and I wish I never got a phone.
An ode to 'Other Mothers', because for some of us, it wasn’t our mothers who raised us.
At 17, Keira Knightley starred in Pirates of the Caribbean. She needed 'years of therapy' afterwards.
'I’ve carried 7 children, but only delivered 2: To the babies that I never got to hold.'
'I was an extremely stressed mum of three. Then I started "insourcing".'
'Yes, you can still be sexy.' A GP on the most common new-mum worries.
The 5 parenting rules that no one is talking about.
'Like Robert De Niro, my dad is an older dad. Here's what I want you to know.'
The 9 extremely serious parenting questions I have for Kate and William.
These identical twins married identical twins. Now they're telling us how they keep the spark alive.
'My mother-in-law is staying with us. Here are 7 ways we're avoiding a disaster.'
Mamamia Recommends: Sydney’s family-friendly concert introducing kids to instruments.
'Why does it itch so much?’ 8 questions parents have about eczema, answered by a dermatologist.
'My mum never wanted to be the cool mum. Here's why I'm thankful for that now.'
'Toddlers are the best!' 17 women on their favourite age to parent (so far).
'I’d rather go to Europe than spend $20K freezing my eggs.' Why I won’t be preserving my fertility.
'As a mum of a 12-year-old with a phone, this 3-minute viral ad broke me.'
‘I was a shell of my normal self’. What a doctor wants you to know about postpartum depression.
'Say goodbye to your Saturday mornings!' 7 parents and an expert on kids' extracurriculars.
A very important theory about why Nicole and Keith love a red carpet PDA.
Abbie Chatfield asked me to explain why raising a son is different to raising a daughter. Here’s the truth.