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Some of our children’s favourite cartoons are damaging their ability to concentrate, a new study has claimed. Psychologists in the US found that four-year-olds shown clips of modern fast-paced animations, such as the popular Spongebob Squarepants, performed significantly worse in memory, attention and logic tests than those who spent their time drawing instead. Related: Overprotective […]

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 […]

A child that prefers broccoli to ice cream might seem like a biological impossibility but scientists think it could be as simple as getting pregnant women to eat more vegetables themselves. A new study published in Pediatrics found that babies can develop a taste for healthy foods in the womb. Researchers from Philadelphia’s Monell Chemical […]

The MasterChef contest is tough, but it’s nothing compared to the battle she’s won with her weight. Most contestants on MasterChef Australia are more worried about dishing up their desserts than the kilojoule content, but not weight-conscious Rachel McSweeney. She is determined to keep her hands off the sweets! The 45-year-old mum from Perth has […]

Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster present their beautiful baby boy and explain why their family is now complete. Looking dewy-skinned and relaxed, Penny Lancaster doesn’t look like a woman who has just turned 40, let alone one who gave birth a little over a month ago. “I never thought I’d be breastfeeding at 40,” she […]

It’s L day for me today… Launch Day. My book, Love Wisdom Motherhood. is heading out into the wider world. And I keep pinching myself when I think about who is launching it for me — our Governor-General Quentin Bryce. She is one of the fabulous women that I interviewed for my book. What a […]

It’s been just five months since singer Celine Dion gave birth to twin boys, but her body has never looked better! The new mum said losing her baby weight fast after her pregnancy wasn’t her ultimate goal. “It’s not important. I’m not a model,” she told Canada’s eTalk. “I’m not there to wear a size […]

Please let me start by saying that I love my husband and kids. But the truth is I never had a yearning to be a parent. If I had not married Michael, who desperately wanted children, I doubt I would have become a mother. To complicate things, both my pregnancies were difficult, so I did […]

Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr announced the name of her new baby via her Facebook profile earlier today. “Thank you for all your lovely comments,” she posted. “We have a beautiful little boy named Flynn.” Miranda went on to confirm baby Flynn’s date of birth as January 6, 2011 and that he was born after a […]

“I had always been 15-20kg overweight, but the kilos really piled on while breastfeeding my youngest daughter, Hallie. But even when Hallie turned two, my weight wouldn’t shift. “Then in February 2009 my weight problems hit crisis point when I suddenly started to notice numbness in my hands and feet. I was chronically fatigued, couldn’t […]