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School dumps boyfriends-girlfriends
TALK of boyfriends and girlfriends has been banned at a school in Sydney's north. More kids news
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What can Becks teach us about parenting?
DAVID Beckham isn't necessarily the first guy who pops into your head when you try to come up with a model father, but we can learn something from him. More kids news
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Mum 'offers teen sex to Super Bowl fans'
'A MOTHER has been arrested after she traveled over a thousand miles to pimp out her 15-year-old daughter for sex with Super Bowl fans. More Parenting News
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School dumps boyfriends-girlfriends
TALK of boyfriends and girlfriends has been banned at a school in Sydney's north.
What can Becks teach us about parenting?
DAVID Beckham isn't necessarily the first guy who pops into your head when you try to come up with a model father, but we can learn something from him.
How do you cope in the hardest circumstances?
MERIAH Nichols is deaf. She has post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and bipolar disorder. And then a woman in a shop called her daughter a 'mongoloid retard'.
Ways you're destroying your kids
YOU want the best for your children, right? You'd better avoid these eight actions 'that will guarantee your child will suffer from a sense of entitlement and chronic emotional problems throughout life.'
Where's justice for my beautiful boy?
JOSHUA Taylor was just 14 but he killed himself after being bullied to breaking point. His mother, Cherie, shares her story in the hope it will prevent another tragedy.
Why teens are more powerful than ever
THEY'VE got power beyond their numbers, years and economic influence. So what's driving today's teenagers and why can't gen Y stop looking back?
Teen blues should be taken seriously
PARENTS should take the teenage blues seriously, says a scientist who has tracked the mental health of almost 2000 adolescents for 14 years.
Our kids dumber than 10 years ago
OUR teens are alarmingly stupid on a global scale, with half lacking basic maths and almost a third illiterate. What is dumbing them down?
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MEET the parents who decided to make their stay-at-home weekends more fun by recreating famous movie scenes with their baby.
Sleep-deprived dad's awesome note for daycare
WHEN this father was asked to fill out a complex daycare personality survey for his 11-month-old daughter, he decided to have some fun.
Babies 'killed by contaminated IV bags'
A BATCH of nutrient bags used by a French hospital to feed babies has been recalled after three infants died because of bacterial contamination.
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Rock that nap
WHILE these kids were sleeping their creative mum got busy making nap-time into a work of art.
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Prince William turns 31
The 31 best (and cutest) images of everyone's favourite king-in-waiting as he celebrates his 31st birthday.
31'Fitmum' busts pregnancy myths
SHARNY Kieser "got so fat" after having four children because she let her cravings control her. Now, the trainer - who says overweight people are "fat and lazy" - has set herself a huge challenge for baby #5.
Women really don't know their bodies
MANY women are still in the dark when it comes to their bodies, believing that certain sex positions increase the chance of pregnancy and unaware of the negative effect ageing and obesity has on reproduction.
Smoking mums 'can turn babies gay'
SMOKING and drug use during pregnancy can raise the chance of having a child who turns out to be gay, a leading neuroscientist claims.
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'Fitmum' busts pregnancy myths
SHARNY Kieser "got so fat" after having four children because she let her cravings control her. Now, the trainer - who says overweight people are "fat and lazy" - has set herself a huge challenge for baby #5. More Pregnancy News
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