Are you one of those people who feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get things done? Well, as strange as it sounds, a personal concierge might just be the answer. They can take care of everything from taking the dog to the vet to buying birthday presents. Personal concierge Debbie […]

Overprotective parents are raising a generation of anti-social, obese and excessively cautious children, experts have claimed. Two parenting experts discussed the impact of ‘hovering helicopter parents’ in an article in the American Journal of Play. The claim that today’s children have virtually no opportunity for unsupervised ‘free play’, leaving them prone to obesity, poor physical […]

Placing children in the care of the teenager next door or a trusted young relative has long been a preferred alternative to hiring expensive agency-provided babysitters, both by money-conscious parents and teens looking to pocket some extra cash. But nanny agencies are calling for the NSW government to enforce a minimum age for child minders, […]

Sonia Kruger is trying to find another word for miracle. “I don’t really want to call it a miracle dress,” insists the stunning blonde as she twirls in a little black dress that makes her already small waist look even tinier. “Can you think of a better word than ‘miracle’?” The little black dress Sonia, […]

Parents have been warned of the dangers of social networking for years but now there is yet another reason to keep you kids offline — a new study has found that teenagers who use sites like Facebook and Twitter are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs than those who abstain. Researchers from the National […]

Testosterone has been getting teenage boys in trouble for centuries, but modern teens are in more danger than those in the past. A new study has found that today’s young men reach sexual maturity at 18 years old, four years earlier than males of 1800. But while their bodies are all grown up, modern teens’ […]

When it comes to a healthy heart, a happy marriage may be the key but when it comes to keeping weight off marriage doesn’t necessarily help, according to two separate studies. The results of both studies relied heavily on gender. The first study by the University of Rochester found that happily wedded people who undergo […]

They say you come for the winter, but stay for summer. Shonagh Walker finds herself loving every second of her summer in Vail, Colorado.

It has been 55 years since Yves Saint Laurent first sent pants down the runway, and while it has become de rigueur to see women wearing trousers to work, tuxedos out at night and jeans on the weekend, this season sees a new crop of pants take centre stage. Forget the usual classic straight legged […]

Teenagers have been nearly impossible to drag out of bed on school mornings for decades — and now it appears there might be method in their madness. A new study conducted by the University of California has shown that students learn better if classes start later in the morning. Related: Parents fed up with breastfeeding […]