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"If you’re with a mum and her kid, please, just take the picture."

'I took two years of maternity leave. 300 applications later, I can't get a job.'

"As a mum, I've apparently ruined my chances at happiness. But that's bollocks."

'Waleed Aly spoke about his son's autism. Then the news about Courtney Herron's killer came on.'

Amy Schumer has broken the sacred rule of new motherhood: Only your baby matters.

Holly Wainwright

Sylvia Flote modelled maternity wear with a fake bump. Now she's pregnant, she wants us to know the truth.

'As a mum watching the drama between Tati Westbrook and James Charles unfold, I feel sick.'

"From one single mother to another, you're definitely not alone on Mother's Day."

"I enjoy it much more now": 4 single mums tell us what their Mother's Day looks like.

"She survived so I could thrive." A thank you letter to my immigrant mum this Mother's Day.

The people we're thinking of today, while the world is talking about Meghan Markle's baby.

The obstetrician's comment that tells us exactly why more women want home births.

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"It was the greatest decision": Why all 'adult children' should move out before their 20s.

"On the drive my heart pounded": What happened when Erin left her baby alone in the car.

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The 2019 version of the Easter Egg Hunt is ruining childhoods. And parents, it has to stop.

Jeffrey Charles

'I'm not anti-natal, selfish or self-centred': Why 30-year-old Emma won't be having children.

'Cue the angry kids.' Mum shares the Build-A-Bear party that upset precisely everyone.

'On the day I gave birth, I got a $1 million dollar offer.'

Kristen Souvlis

Exactly what life will be like for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's baby boy.

"Travelling with my kids and younger, childless partner for the first time was terrifying."

Caroline Riches

"Pink just learned the hard way not to share naked photos of your kids."

Motherhood

The new travel pram that's so adorable it'll make you want to have a baby (or another one).

Five things to eat when you're trying to get pregnant (and what your partner should eat too).

"Sleep isn't a milestone." The advice baby sleep experts want exhausted parents to know.

'I was born without a uterus. So my best friend had a baby for me.'

'I took two years of maternity leave. 300 applications later, I can't get a job.'

"You weren’t perfect. But you were good enough": A letter to the mums struggling to breastfeed.

"I've been pregnant four times in five years. Only two of our babies made it earthside."

Rachael Tickner

'They never forget anything': 5 ways being a teacher gets you ready for becoming a parent.

"As a mum, I've apparently ruined my chances at happiness. But that's bollocks."

"I am having an affair with a dad from the school gates and I don't want it to end."

"We are so immensely in love!" Barry Hall and Lauren Brant welcome a baby boy.

Billi FitzSimons

'My mum attacked me when I was two. For years I was terrified I would harm my own children.'

'I thought Mothers' Group was for social outcasts and friendless women. I was so wrong.'

All of the helpful parents have come to tell Kim Kardashian she hasn't put Psalm to bed right.

Billi FitzSimons

"My son's school gives an award for sitting still at assembly. I think it's disgraceful."

'Bedtime fading' is supposed to get your toddler to sleep. We asked an expert if it works.

"Please stop telling parents to 'enjoy your kids while they're young.'"

Yes, toddlers and teens are developmentally similar. And finally, it all makes sense.

"It's more work than I’m willing to put in." 4 women on the moment they knew they didn't want kids.

'Boys can be Emma.' The Wiggles' Emma and Lachy's Instagram post has upset a lot of parents.

Anonymum: "My best friend dumped me after I had kids. Do I give up on her?"

ANONYMUM: "When I saw a penis on my 20-week scan, I wailed."

"The behaviour of my friend's husband has made me uncomfortable on a few occasions."

"I just knowingly ruined a man's life, but he destroyed mine first."

Fatherhood

The new travel pram that's so adorable it'll make you want to have a baby (or another one).

Five things to eat when you're trying to get pregnant (and what your partner should eat too).

6 things your husband is thinking about becoming a dad, but won't bring up unless you ask.

"They demand I hand them a towel": How Sean 'tricked' his twins into helping him clean.

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