Parenting and Families
Helpful advice
A dad's guide to Mother's Day
CHRISTOPHER SCANLON Christopher Scanlon shares some handy dos and don'ts.
Mummy cards
Do mums need business cards?
Letitia Rowlands The women who hand out ‘mummy cards’ at playgrounds.
Post-baby identity
Motherhood as a ‘permanent branding’
SARAH MACDONALD Sarah MacDonald on reclaiming a new self-identity after parenthood.
Same sex parents
Are we as comfortable with same sex parents as we think we are?
KASEY EDWARDS Uncovering the hidden prejudices against Mumbians.
Post-traumatic parturition syndrome
Should dads be in the delivery room?
Monica Dux Are dads-to-be a help or a hindrance during childbirth?
Mother groups
Why I'm scared to go to a 'birth club'
KATE FRIDKIS Kate Fridkis on why she isn't ready to think of herself as a mum yet.
Parenting
What's the most confronting question your child will ever ask?
KASEY EDWARDS Sometimes it takes a (very curious) child to show you’re not as sexually liberated as you think.
Parenting regrets
I regret having too much time with my kids
SARAH MACDONALD What do our regrets say about us? SARAH MACDONALD on the ultimate Catch-22 of parenting.
Girls as victims
Raising girls as victims
AMY GRAY Are teenage girls really in the middle of a psychological catastrophe?
Boy or girl?
The problem with gender reveal parties
KASEY EDWARDS Inside the bizarre new trend of letting your baker reveal your baby's sex.
Born again dads
Do men become better fathers after divorce?
SARAH MACDONALD A family split can often force men to renegotiate work schedules and reassess how much quality time they really spend with their children
Step parenting
Raising children who aren't your own
KARLA DONDIO Should step parents even attempt to build a bond that can't be replicated?
The predator stigma
How should men act around children?
CHRISTOPHER SCANLON Is the fear of being perceived as a child predator going too far?
Child care
Guilt-free child care
Elizabeth Byrne Why grandparents are bearing the brunt of the government's inaction.
Politics of pregnancy
Judging pregnant women
RUBY HAMAD How pregnancy turns a woman's body into public property.
Understanding Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
AMY GRAY When Elliott was born his mother was told he had six months to live. Seven years later, Elliot is still here. This is their story.
Tech addiction
Can kids develop internet-use disorder?
SARAH MACDONALD Pathologising technology is 'clearly stupid', but how much is too much?
Men and conception
A man's guide to IVF
CHRISTOPHER SCANLON "If you ever wanted proof that God is a man, just have a look at IVF."
Mothers’ milk bank
Crowdsourcing breast milk
WINSOME WALKER The women who formed a Facebook group for the peer-to-peer sharing of breast milk.
Pregnancy myths
Should we care about pregnancy myths?
MEGAN JOHNSTON Research shows you can't really believe all you're are told about having a child.
Parenting
Protecting children from a breakup
ELLY TAYLOR Why it doesn’t always help to tell your kids the full story of your divorce.
New strategy
The problem with raising "good girls"
KASEY EDWARDS Should parents stop encouraging their daughters to play nice?
Single parenting
Being a Muslim single mum
RAIDAH SHAH IDIL Raidah Shah Idil explains the silent struggles of Muslim single parents.
Back to school
5 ways to pack your kids off to school
AMY GRAY A veteran's guide to navigating through the admin-ageddon.
The parent trap
Using work to escape from fatherhood
CHRISTOPHER SCANLON Is this the real reason why men with young children are doing more overtime than anyone?
Social plague
Do you know a PRIK?
Simon Tedeschi The Purposeful Rejection of Immunization in Kids (PRIK) is perhaps a greater plague than measles itself.
Pink power
Has Barbie got better in 2013?
KASEY EDWARDS With Michelle Obama singing her praises is it time to re-think Barbie as a good role model?
Sorry kids...
'We’re not doing Santa'
ANTONIA HAYES Is it so bad to refuse to lie to your kids about a fictional old man?
Entertaining infants
Five things I learned at a toddler’s birthday party
DOM KNIGHT Dom Knight negotiates a strange new world of party etiquette.
Real life
Meticulous bohemia
Andie Fox When has the 'earth mother' become such an aspirational figure?
Maternity wear
Is this really what maternity wear looks like?
SAFFRON HOWDEN The confusing image of size six models modelling "Disney Princess" maternity T-shirts.
Social etiquette
The baby number 2 question
KASEY EDWARDS How to deal with "polite questions" about your baby plans.
Motherhood mantra
Adequate: the new 'excellent' for mums
Michaela Fox The many reasons to embrace this mantra.
Real life
I hated breast feeding
KASEY EDWARDS Cracked nipples, mastitis and social isolation, breast feeding isn't always the blissful bonding time that it's made out to be.
Destructive mums
‘Mummy groups’ are ruining grown-up spaces
ALECIA SIMMONDS Fair claim or simply absurd?
Parenting
Complaining about motherhood
Andie Fox Why is complaining about your children such a taboo?
Parenthood
Raising sons that respect women
KASEY EDWARDS A six-step guide to bringing up a feminist son, and why he's going to thank you for it.
Parenting
Raising boys that feminists hate
KASEY EDWARDS The new parenting guide that teaches boys to ‘control and dominate’.
Parenting
The male circumcision debate
SARAH MACDONALD And is it an absolutely irreversible decision once it's been made?
Parenting
Are we teaching sexism to preschoolers?
KASEY EDWARDS How children's shows are perpetuating the gender divide.
Parenting
How not to punish your teenager
ELLY TAYLOR Why shame-based punishments will do more harm than good.
Parenting
Bedtime stories are good for you
PAUL CHAI Bedtime tales, however fanciful, are good for bonding as well as kids' brains.
Ties that bind
Fathers and their daughters
SARAH MACDONALD SARAH MACDONALD reflects on how we revere first man in our lives.
Body image
Size zero Minnie
KASEY EDWARDS What happens when even a mouse is no longer allowed to be short and curvy?
Parenting
Relinquishing my son to state care
Pam Rogers One mother explains the difficult decision she made with her severely disabled son.
Fatherhood
This is what good parenting looks like
Christopher Scanlon Father wears skirt in public to show solidarity with his son who likes to dress as a girl.
When you have kids and your friends don't
SONJA EBBELS What happens to friendships when kids come along and interupt them?
Letting go of a stored embryo
JEN VUK 100,000 frozen embryoss are in storage in Australia and yet demand is now ''outstripping supply by about 20 to one".
Parenting
Being a teenage parent
Antonia Hayes Being a teenage parent isn't ideal but it also doesn't mean you've "ruined your life".
Parenting
The many benefits of the house husband
SARAH MACDONALD One study says the stay-at-home dad arrangement is the most beneficial for the child.
Modern parenting
The great lies of childhood
Andie Fox Should we really care about whether children spend enough time climbing trees?
