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When The Helicopter Parent Has To Abandon The Chopper
There comes a time when teenagers don't need their mums the way they used to.
Lana Hirschowitz
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Googling Your Symptoms Is Not What The Doctor Ordered
Turns out Dr Google isn't even a licensed physician.
Eva Katalin Kondoros
You Don't Need A Gift Simply For Being A Mother
The gift doesn't define the person who receives it any more than it explains the person who bought it.
Robert Daly
My Super-Clean House Isn't Brushing Feminism Under The Carpet
What is it about me cleaning my house that makes you feel like it's a competition?
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9 Things I Wish The Internet Would Stop Telling Me To Do
Telling a confirmed worrier like myself not to worry is a bad idea.
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I Don't Want My Son To Think He Has To Be Prince Charming
Gender stereotypes in fairy tales are Grimm.
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Bathing In Tea Is Not As Calming As You'd Expect
It turned out to the be the most stressful tea I didn't drink.
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The Difference Between Your Child's Birthday At Six and 16
A lot can change in 10 short years.
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Please Stop Telling Me I Need To Change My Life
Sleep more, sleep less, eat more, eat less, stress more, stress less...
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It's Time To Put My Child In The Driver's Seat
This morning I realised with a hideous, stomach-churning lurch that in all likelihood, 2017 will be the last year I'm going to be driving my son to school. The 3:30pm pick-up will also soon be a memor...
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The Instagram Photo Taken In 1969
Have selfies really changed photography that much?
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Why I Stopped Asking The Internet How To Parent
Don't worry, everyone still manages to have an opinion.
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Love Is Not The Secret To A Happy Marriage
You've gotta really like the person.
Elyse Butler
The Photo of Your Child You Don't Want To Go Viral
Once you put a photo up on social media, you can't take it back.
Paul Harizan
If You Could Eat What You Wanted AND Lose Weight, Would You?
It might sound good in theory, but the reality is appalling.
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When Your Child Is Not Longer Just Yours
On Saturday, I dropped my son at his first day of work. I'm not too embarrassed to say I shed a tear, and it wasn't even when he asked me to drop him a little distance off the actual destination so he...
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To The Parents Of The Kids Who Partied At My House
When my son informed me that he was having your kids over I was a tiny bit nervous. You can probably guess why.
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We Need To Teach Our Sons About Sexual Consent
I've tried so hard to teach my son about rape culture without making him believe all men are bad. Because they're not.
Dmitry Kalinovsky
The Birth Of Your Child Is Not The Most Important Day
It was more than 15 years ago that I had my only child. Like a lot of other mums, I remember it like it happened yesterday. But unlike a lot of other parents, I don't remember a lot of joy from that day.
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If Leggings Are Pants, Slippers Can Be Shoes
The leggings phenomenon has taken over in such a way that we hardly even look twice when we see people at the supermarket or trotting around the suburbs in lycra-type leggings. So why can't we introduce that same joy to our feet?
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