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Is society's total aversion to dirt responsible for the surge in diseases such as asthma, allergies, autoimmune diseases, and even obesity and coeliac disease?
No one takes alcohol more seriously than me; that's why people are surprised about my parenting choices.
Like many young girls, twin sisters Eva and Ami are desperate to have their ears pierced.
One family have taken co-sleeping to the next level β fashioning an 18ft bed big enough for their entire clan.
It's annoying to be considered indulgent and irresponsible by strangers just because my child dashes like lightning down the street.
If you cast you mind back to the most embarrassing subject you had to complete at school, sex education for many people would come out on top.
The behaviour we ignore is behaviour we accept
"Everything's going wrong," my daughter sobbed on my shoulder.
As parents, many of us are used to receiving disapproving stares and judgmental comments from strangers when our kids are being kids β and just how shaming it can feel.
Kids will often be stubborn, argumentative and destructive - and getting them to calm down, listen and behave with consideration can be an uphill struggle.
βIn schools, the response to kids who misbehave has remained much the same for generations: punish them.
Even the most progressive of parents can be forgiven for fumbling parts of the sex talk.
A new board game is encouraging girls to 'go with the flow' in more ways than one.
Experts suggest the skewed gender ratios for autism overlook how the condition manifests in girls.
A British dad has turned to the Internet to help him find a special cup for his 14-year-old son.
The Sydney mother of a four-year-old girl, who has severe cerebral palsy, is trying to find the family whose kind gesture made her and her daughter smile, on a particularly bad day.
Dressing up like Buzz Lightyear and channelling her favourite character has helped six-year-old Kate, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2012, better communicate with those around her.
My wife, Vanessa, thinks I worry too much. She's right. But whether we want to think about it or not, Emmett has a rough road ahead.
When a classmate told six-year-old Lex that her big brother was "weird" she didn't take it lying down.