Parenting

If a woman's principal feeling toward her child is disinterest, it may be a sign of postnatal depression.

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And what to do about it.

Trawling The Age's new interactive database of Victoria's top 100 names for the past 90 years has revealed a host of quirky facts.

There was a time in living memory when one in every 11 boys born in Victoria was called John.

"I think: what will they do when they get to my age?"

Does your name get misspelt a lot? Do you get mistaken for someone of the wrong gender? This might explain it.

I had a sinking feeling that something was desperately wrong with my 10-year-old daughter.

Shops and cafes and pubs are fine, but it’s important to have spaces where you’re free to be a citizen - not a consumer.

My daughter is having nightmares, which means that I am too, and I'm furious. Hey, I never claimed to be Florence Nightingale.

Our changing tastes and judgmental tendencies have parents striving to give their kids 'the ultimate personal brand'.

Instead of being a joyous experience, their baby’s birth can be terrifying for some fathers, writes Cindy Lever