Family

Two parents and a couple of kids used to be the norm. But these days, thanks to rocketing property prices, all sorts of people find themselves living together. Navigate the pros and cons of co-habiting with these tips to help make yours a happy home, whatever your living arrangements. The Housemates Students have long lived […]

First-born? Piggy in the middle? Or always the baby? Clinical psychologist Linda Blair reveals how birth order in the family can affect every aspect of your life. From the moment you first draw breath, a number of factors are at work to shape your character. Unravelling all of them would be a major undertaking. However, […]

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Three generations of Kerr women talk to Bryce Corbett, who discovers how tragedy taught them the importance of having a mum. Mother’s Day is especially poignant in the Kerr household. Not least because two generations of the women whose gene pool gave the world Miranda Kerr lost their mothers when they were only very young. […]

TV cook Lyndey Milan’s son Blair died suddenly from cancer on April 17 last year. He was just 29 years old. Here, Lyndey reveals how his death has torn a hole in her life. As Blair’s mother, people might expect me to say that he was special, but he truly was. For Blair, everything was […]

Parents might say they don’t have favourites, but research shows they are lying. Jordan Baker reports on the science of parental preference and its life-long effects. When US writer Kate Tietje confessed that she loved her son “just a little bit more” than her daughter, she provoked an enormous response. Yet, surprisingly, there was more […]

On the surface, Georgie Gardner appears to have a perfect life. She has a loving husband, two healthy children and a fulfilling career as a news reader on Channel Nine’s Today — but underneath the flawless facade lurks a traumatic childhood that has made her what she is today. Georgie was one of four children […]

One in four Australian children are overweight or obese but should their parents tell them they are fat? US socialite Dara-Lynn Weiss has sparked worldwide controversy for doing just that. Weiss opened up about her seven-year-old daughter’s battle with her weight in the April issue of US Vogue. Related: Why girls are having sex at […]

On Boxing Day 2011, celebrity chef Matt Golinski lost his wife and three daughters when a fire devastated their family home. Matt survived the fire, but sustained third degree burns to 40 percent of his body. He was unconscious for weeks and only recently learned of his family’s fate. Now, Matt’s colleagues and friends — […]

Today, she is an Australian household name winning two ARIA awards with countless nominations, but as a child, like many other school-aged children Vanessa Amorosi was bullied. “I was bullied throughout primary and high school,” she says. “It made me feel horrible being bullied as a kid it affects you, it makes you sad. I […]