This simple baby and parenting class is making babies smarter
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This simple baby and parenting class is making babies smarter

Rolled out by researchers in Vietnam,there are now calls for it to be trialled in Australia.

  • byAisha Dow

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Our little jellyfish has become a bride and her dad is lost for words

Our little jellyfish has become a bride and her dad is lost for words

There are no words to capture what a father feels for his daughter.

  • byAnson Cameron
Japan’s lower house passes joint-custody bill bringing hope to Australian parents

Japan’s lower house passes joint-custody bill bringing hope to Australian parents

Dozens of children,including at least 89 with Australian parents,have been abducted in Japan by one parent under a century-old law.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
When did motherhood become a performance sport?

When did motherhood become a performance sport?

The internet is awash with different versions of the role. From the yummy mummy,curating my Insta-squares like a magazine,to the tiger or freebirth mum.

  • byRachael Mogan McIntosh
I gave birth to twins,and it inspired a crime novel

I gave birth to twins,and it inspired a crime novel

Identical twins are genetically the same person. DNA – the great crime solver – is unable to pinpoint a single suspect.

  • byKerryn Mayne
Mind the baby,Boomer:How more grandparents are ending up on the childcare frontline

Mind the baby,Boomer:How more grandparents are ending up on the childcare frontline

Who’s looking after the kids? Increasingly,it’s Gran and Gramps.

  • byJenna Price
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Does banning my child from wearing ‘merch’ make me a bad parent?
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Does banning my child from wearing ‘merch’ make me a bad parent?

My two-year-old has learnt the art of pester power,but I’m digging in my heels,even if it means going up against The Wiggles.

  • byMelissa Singer
The stakes are too high for dragging our feet over asbestos mulch
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City life

The stakes are too high for dragging our feet over asbestos mulch

As a parent who has seen the devastating effects exposure can have,my worst nightmare is my children playing at a park and coming into contact with asbestos.

  • byTess Dickie
Costly childcare’s a slippery slope. So why haven’t we learnt?
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Childcare

Costly childcare’s a slippery slope. So why haven’t we learnt?

The faults in Australia’s childcare model have been obvious for years. It’s time for a sweeping overhaul.

  • byMatt Wade
My granddaughter pretends she’s running late for work. Should I worry?
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My granddaughter pretends she’s running late for work. Should I worry?

Copying parental behaviour is usually just child’s play,writes our Modern Guru. Unless ...

  • byDanny Katz
My son says he doesn’t want to have children. It’s not my job to convince him
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Opinion

My son says he doesn’t want to have children. It’s not my job to convince him

Having a baby is the rare thing you can’t back out of. Tatts,vasectomies,vows,all reversible. Babies,not so much. What if you do it and realise it’s not for you?

  • byKate Halfpenny