Children
NOVEMBER 2018
All the best signs from the school climate change protests happening across Australia.
"To my seven year old: You didn't say 'I'm bored' once today. Thank you."
'I had the sex talk with my 9-year-old son. What I told him made him double over.'
'I don't think David Beckham kissing his daughter on the lips is weird. I do the same.'
Amanda's son was in a serious car crash. For weeks after, she felt like it happened to her.
'My goddaughter wants me to look after her baby for free. I said no, but she keeps pushing.'
A woman shared her negative pregnancy test on Facebook. Now, it's gone viral.
'I thought I was a "cool mum", but with six words my 6yo daughter made clear I was not.'
'It was 2am in the emergency department when my 5yo son asked if he was going to die.'
'To all the mums out there that can do their daughter's hair, I admire and envy you.'
'I found explicit photos on the secret Instagram of a 16yo girl I used to babysit. HELP!'
"The simple reason my 11-year-old doesn't do 'chores' at home."
'After losing my 4-month old baby, I was horrified by the comments from other mothers.'
"My 8-year-old son is worried about how he looks – is this my fault?" An expert explains.
Cruel or clever? Why this mum won't be telling her kids it's Christmas Eve this year.
We ask a clinical psychologist if it's ever OK to meddle with your kid's class selection.
The hardest conversation to have with a little girl in 2018.
'Forget the "must-have" toys, this is what every parent forgets about Christmas presents.'
6 things you need to know before your child starts school (that no one else will tell you).
20 things your child should know before starting kindergarten, according to experts.
Single-sex vs co-ed schools: How parents can decide the best option for their child.
WE FOUND IT: The best Christmas present you can give to the Grinch in your life.
"The 'photo ghost' is the sub-species of human that every family has living amongst them."
"Just when I thought I was nailing parenting, I forgot my son’s school prep orientation."
After making her daughter a packed lunch, this mum got called to come in for a meeting.
'He's playing, but is he learning? These kids' items are on my 2019 wish list.'
After just three months, a nanny dumped her family. Their response was... Odd.
"This is very difficult for me to say, but my name is Shona and I’m addicted to Bop It."
"The one thing my family does every Christmas, wherever we are in the world."
Please feel better about your day after reading this toilet training horror story.
'All the little things I didn't realise I'd miss when my youngest daughter starts school.'
"Just in time for Christmas, the newest stick to beat us parents with is 'toy shaming'."
Mum's hilarious Halloween fail makes her feel like the 'worst parent in the world'.
'The moment you know you're a reluctant soccer mum.'
Madeleine West on being a single mum to six children after her split from Shannon Bennett.
Every single night, six-year-old Sophia vomits over 20 times. But she's not sick.
The adorable moment Prince Harry helped a lost toddler track down his parents.
Michael's son was diagnosed with autism in 1998. What the doctor told him made him panic.
These are the gifts teacher really don't want you to buy them for Christmas this year.
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