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Zoe Marshall writes: 'I've been yelling at my baby and I don't feel any guilt about it.'

Zoe Marshall
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Ali Moore
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"Where have you been all my life?" Shoppers are writing loving odes to a $40 mop.

Jessica Chambers
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"There is no one else": The unique mental load of being a single parent. 

Nama Winston
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'I'm not nagging, I'm delegating.' Women are absolutely fed up with the mental load.

Gemma Hartley
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'The 6 amazing women I'm telling my daughters about this International Women's Day.'

Shona Hendley
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From The Kidult to The Seeker: The 5 types of parents you always see at the playground.

Laura Jackel
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'4 signs I (may possibly) love my cats more than my kids.'

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'I assumed postnatal depression was a women’s thing until I became a dad to twins.'

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Paisley's daughter Luna was six-months-old when she cut her grandparents out of her life.

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'My husband and I had a fight on date night. So we declared we aren't doing them anymore.'

Carla Gee
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The brilliant reason Constance Hall called out her husband on Dancing with the Stars.

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UNPOPULAR OPINION: "Teens need their privacy and this includes their phones."

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Zoe Marshall writes: "Please, please keep your mouth and hands away from my baby."

Zoe Marshall
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"Engage with your kids or don't come." The real problem with this restaurant owner's message to parents.

Nama Winston
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"What my boyfriend said when I asked why he's dating a 26-year-old with an 8-month-old baby."

Elizabeth Anile
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"My husband is an extrovert but I'm not. And it's making me feel like a bad parent."

Carla Gee
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RICHARD GLOVER: Parents don't punish kids like they used to.

Richard Glover
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Teachers don't let primary school students out without a hat. So why do we let teens?

Shona Hendley
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"When I was pregnant, none of the parenting books were about a mum like me."

Eliza Hull
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Why Zoe Marshall refuses to put her baby son in structured children's activities.

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Amy Nelmes Bissett
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"They have to run their own race." Julia Roberts on the saddest part of the college admissions scandal.

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"There is no one else": The unique mental load of being a single parent. 

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"As a mother of a victim of child abuse today has been exceptionally disturbing."

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"Someone had to protect her." Karl Stefanovic's son has spoken about his parents' divorce.

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