Parenting News
Adults laugh at ‘pot-smoking tot’
Network writer A SHOCKING video that appears to show a toddler smoking marijuana has been uploaded online, sparking a manhunt for its parents.
HEALTH Mums who eat junk food warned
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Sue Dunlevy National Health Reporter
MUMS who gorge on junk food during pregnancy may program their kids to crave the same foods and become obese, a conference was told.
Teacher told: ‘Unfriend students or quit’
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By Rebecca Klein
A 79-YEAR-old substitute teacher has decided to leave her job after she was instructed to unfriend students on Facebook - and her students are not happy about it.
Baby girl abandoned on doorstep
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Clementine Cuneo Police Reporter
A WOMAN believed to be the mother of a baby girl left on an Auburn home’s doorstep late on Monday night has come forward.
Cereals no longer brekkie of choice
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LISA CORNISH
SMOOTHIES on the run or a quick cup of coffee are replacing Australia’s favourite cereals as the nation’s go-to breakfasts.
Poll Who’s your daddy? The answer may surprise you
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DEBRA KILLALEA
IT’S a question most of us would either know, or have a fairly good idea about. But do we really know if the man we call dad is actually who we think he is? Maybe not.
Locals fume at ‘royal treatment’
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AAP and Network writers
A STORM of outrage has erupted over the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s tour of New Zealand, sparked by, of all things, a car seat for Prince George.
[Insert Kicker here] You’re a learner, not an expert
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ANGELA MOLLARD
YOU know what? Modern parenting really isn’t that bad, and we should worry less about the things we might be getting wrong, Angela Mollard writes.
Donor egg overseas demand up
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Lisa Cornish
PEOPLE desperate to start a family are flocking to IVF clinics in many overseas countries in search of a donor egg.
‘Why we chose not to have kids’
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REBECCA SULLIVAN Lifestyle reporter
ONE couple reveals why they made the conscious decision not to have children for the good of the planet.
Why should I pay for your kid?
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MATT YOUNG
OPINION: “The proposal for childless Australians to financially support families is ludicrous, and I’m not going to pay for your choice to have a child.”
How to have top-class kids
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Laura Chalmers
WANT to produce smarter, more sociable children? Turns out it’s not all down to your socioeconomic status - there’s one other critical factor.
Bratty teen wins uni scholarship
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Joe Tacopino
THE bratty teen who sued her mum and dad for child support is now bragging about the hefty scholarship she won from a university.
Baby contest Bonds baby competition turns feral
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Susie O'Brien
THE Bonds baby competition has turned nasty once again, with some parents blasting finalist babies online as “plain and weird” and “hideous”.
Should the childless be taxed?
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Wendy Tuohy
SHOULD Aussies with no kids pay more taxes to enable people with kids to be taxed less? That’s a suggestion by a US columnist who thinks we should cough up.
Poland Priest says Lego ‘a tool of Satan’
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A PRIEST has warned that monster and zombie Legos are a tool of Satan that can“destroy” children’s souls.
BRITAIN Unloving parents face jail
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News Corp Australia
PARENTS who deny their children love or affection could be jailed under new child neglect laws in Britain.
Healthy Five habits all parents should teach their kids
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Dr Cindy Pan
PARENTS can teach their children how to get the most out of life by staying healthy with these five simple rules.
Couple jailed for smacking kids
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AFP
A COUPLE have been sent to prison for beating their four children in Sweden, where smacking kids is a criminal offence.
Four kids bad for mum’s heart
AFP
HAVING four or more children could be bad for a mother’s heart, according to a new study.
School comparisons won’t add up
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Tanya Chilcott
COMPARING the performance of schools might be about to get harder for parents. Find out why.
Consumer Gen Z cynical, need constant change
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SUE DUNLEVY
THEY are cynical, entrepreneurial, individualistic, want constant change and generation Z could be the reason your favourite brands are about to disappear.
Where do you stand on prickly issue?
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Laura Chalmers
QUEENSLAND parents are leading the nation in “conscientious objection” to vaccination. Where do you stand?
HEALTH Wealthy parents don’t immunise
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SUE DUNLEVY, LISA CORNISH
ABOUT 15,000 parents have recorded a conscientious objection to vaccinating their children and parents in Australia’s wealthiest suburbs outright refuse to.
Woman finds mum after 27 years
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AP
A WOMAN who was abandoned as a newborn in a Burger King restaurant 27 years ago has found her birth mother after a three-week Facebook appeal.
Mediterranean diet could help IVF
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Press Association
SCIENTISTS believe there is hope that a Mediterranean diet could help boost the fertility of couples undergoing IVF.
FITNESS Inactive mothers ‘set bad example’
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PA
INACTIVE mothers may be preventing their children getting enough exercise by setting a bad example.
Miracle Baby ‘thrown’ from mum’s womb after crash
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STAFF WRITERS
HIS parents were killed in a horror crash on the way to the maternity ward. It’s a miracle this bub survived, but how he came into the world is even more puzzling.
Mother’s Facebook lesson gets out of hand
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CAVAN SIECZKOWSK
ONE woman wanted to teach her twelve-year-old daughter a valuable lesson about the reach of social media. It soon spiralled out of control.
‘I’ve fathered 98 children, and won’t stop’
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MATT YOUNG
TALK about sexercise. This man has fathered a whopping 98 children in the space of 12 years — and has no plans to stop.