Parenting
Opinion
Opinion
I am a stay at home mother, please don't ask, 'Do you have a job?'
"My role is to provide childcare during business hours. That’s it. And that is enough. That is a full-time job. Just ask a nanny."
- by Polly Dunning
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Parenting
Do popular kids peak too soon?
'The assumption that popular kids are, by definition, mean failures-in-waiting strikes me as, well, mean.'
- by Kasey Edwards
Opinion
Opinion
There's a difference between helicopter parenting and plain old love
'We want the same as all good parents ever – simply for our kids to be secure and safe.'
- by Wendy Tuohy
Opinion
Education
How to succeed at school (we're talking to you, parents)
There's no manual for parents heading to school for the first time. Here's some tips.
- by Karen Hardy
MeToo Movement
Barbie's back: Toymaker Mattel posts surprise profit after doll revamp
Mattel reported a surprise quarterly profit as it benefited from its revamped line of Barbie dolls and its efforts to keep a lid on costs.
- by Uday Sampath
Opinion
Opinion
Please include fathers when making social arrangements for children
Most families have a point person for arrangements about children. It’s often the mother, but we shouldn't assume.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Opinion
What I want my daughter to know in her last year of school
Where have those 13 years gone and what does the future hold?
- by Karen Hardy
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Baby
How genetic counsellors and ultra-rapid testing help parents search for answers they dread
Ultra-rapid genetic testing could give families of critically ill newborns the answers they need, the answers they dread, or no answers at all.
- by Kate Aubusson
Victoria
The surprising ways Age readers chose their baby names
We asked readers how they decided on their child's surname. The volume of responses was enormous, very varied, and sometimes surprising.
Mother loses legal fight to give child double-barrelled surname
A legal stoush has erupted between a mother and a father over whether their baby daughter should have a double-barrelled surname on her birth certificate.
- by Tom Cowie
Schools
'The equivalent of taking a $30,000 pay cut': parents' sacrifice for children's schooling
On top of annual school fees of more than $27,000, Joseph Craven is preparing to pay thousands in additional costs.
- by Pallavi Singhal