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ASK HOLLY: 'How do I stop helicoptering my son when he seems so hopeless?'

Holly Wainwright

'There's a new "toxic boy mum" trend. And I think I might be one.'

ASK HOLLY: 'My son has no plans for after school. How can I help him?'

Holly Wainwright

An open letter to other women with split families on Christmas.

'Everyone loved my mum, but she didn't love me.'

'I'm a teacher who would constantly judge mums on their lunchboxes. Now, I get it.'

'I was sick of my mother-in-law playing the victim, so I did something drastic.'

'The reason I was denied a pay rise at work was deeply hurtful.'

What it’s really like inside the minds of tweens in 2024.

'When I finally told my husband I was leaving him, his reaction spoke volumes.'

'My daughter started dating an older man. Then she left me alone with him.'

Why we need to stop calling parenting issues 'seasons'.

'We’ve decided we’re only having one child... it doesn’t stop the comments.'

OPINION: 'No amount of cherishing your kid now will let you skip feeling melancholy later.'

Kelley opened her DMs to 'regretful parents.' She was inundated with stories.

Women told us the one thing their dad did that made them close. The answers were unexpected.

'I’m scared of what will happen if I choose to not have kids.'

'When your child has a tantrum in public, there's one thing I want to say to you.'

'My distant, strict parents are now loving, attentive grandparents. It hurts more than I expected.'

The unspoken politics of playdates (from a 'hot mess' mum of three).

'My dad went into aged care at 90. What happened next horrified me.'

'I was reading bedtime stories with a glass of wine. A question from my son stopped me in my tracks.'

Motherhood

Ariane's baby was just a few months old when the hallucinations started.

Jess Mauboy always wanted to be a mum. She didn't expect the way it changed her.

'It's every mum's worst fear - what will happen when I die?'

Josephine Agostino

'I’m a psychologist and I still had a breakdown after having my first baby.'

'I felt like I was the perfect mother. Until I had my third child.'

The six words no grieving mother wants to hear.

'My first blood relative was my son. This is what it's like growing up adopted in Australia.'

'After a miscarriage I started bleeding at work. What happened next defined me.'

Sonja Pototzki-Raymond

'When she was alive, I spoke to my mother every day. But I've never visited her grave.'

Mother's Day needs to go have a good lie down.

10 women on the moment they realised their mother was a narcissist.

'To the outside world my mum was perfect. Behind closed doors she was a monster.'

Women told us the one thing their mum did that made them close. They all said the same thing.

'When my baby passed away, my work cancelled my maternity leave.'

'Oversized shirts and knit pants are my uniform. Everyone asks where I get the best ones.'

Alisha was sobbing in the waiting room with her baby when a woman approached her.

'I'm pregnant for the second time, and there's one mistake I'm fighting not to repeat.'

Angela Buenaventura

'I thought I had accepted my infertility. Then my boss made a comment.'

Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's kids are all grown up. These are their lives now.

'I never thought I'd escape my depression. Then something unexpected saved my life.'

Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"

ANONYMUM: "I was too old when I had my kids."

Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's kids are all grown up. These are their lives now.

Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso's ultra-private life.

Shannen Findlay

This TikTok girl dad is calling out your 'dusty' son.

PARENTING CONFESSIONS: 'The behaviour of my friend's husband makes me uncomfortable.'

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Angelina Jolie's six kids aren't babies anymore. They're all grown up and we can hardly deal.

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'I've been pregnant in my 20s, 30s and 40s and here's what differed each time around.'

'I didn't just cry, I sobbed.' A letter to the teacher who failed my son.

From Frozen to Moana: 7 Disney+ theme nights to try at home this winter.

"A series of small moments made me realise I had to change my drinking habits around my kids."

It's been 3 years since Charlie Gard died. This is what his parents' lives look like now.

'My daughter doesn't owe you her affection. It's a violation of her boundaries.'

"They heckled me." Dave Hughes on attempting to perform comedy while isolating with his kids.

Chelsea McLaughlin

Precisely no one can work out whether Grimes and Elon Musk's baby name is a... joke.

Chelsea McLaughlin

"You are not alone." The Veronicas' Lisa Origliasso on her recent ectopic pregnancy.

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A hidden wife and three secret kids: Everything we know about Kim Jong Un's mysterious family.

Chelsea McLaughlin

"I can't wait to hug her." 8 women share what it's like to be away from their mums in isolation.

'2020 is my daughter's final year of primary school, and we both feel ripped off.'

"It isn't easy on my own." Katie Price on homeschooling her son Harvey during COVID-19.

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"My legs are bored." 14 parents share their kids' most memorable little moments.

"I want to understand what he has to say." What it's like to raise a Deaf child.

"What if people tease him?" Sophie Cachia just voiced every school-age parent's first-day anxieties.

3 mums share how they established their babies' sleep cycles in the first 6 months.

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