Family

From TV brats to natural born serial killers, prospective parents have been given stark warnings about the dark side of child-rearing. So, asks Bettina Arndt, are the naysayers about parenthood right? It’s a mesmerising image. The gaunt mother stands stock still surrounded by road workers, clutching her baby pram right next to the booming rat-a-tat-tat […]

The Celebrity Apprentice was a tough gig, but it was a mere warm-up to Shane Crawford’s next job. Sue Smethurst discovers the family man behind the television and footy star. Behind the scenes of the boardroom bust-ups and charity challenges of last year’s hit TV series The Celebrity Apprentice, Shane Crawford was secretly preparing for […]

A new US study has found that although working mums are busy, that’s the way they like it. The study, which surveyed employed mothers, found that most would work even if they didn’t have to, however, they were also looking for new ways at being the ideal employee managing both motherhood and work commitments. Unlike […]

As children head back to school, parents breathe a collective sigh of relief — but that relief may be short-lived as the bills start to pile up. Get an 'A' in budgeting wih these handy tips.

A rare genetic disorder means Eva Pym will stay smaller than most, but this adorable 18-month-old girl has a huge heart, writes Glen Williams. They say good things come in small packages, and little Eva Pym is proof of that. She may be tiny, but this precious little girl is proving to be a big-hearted […]

I am a housewife with three kids and a husband. I love my husband and my kids, but they don’t appreciate me at all. I’m an unpaid servant who serves up meals, tidies the house and washes the clothes. I don’t have a life of my own at all – I’m just a wife and […]

They survived wars, hardship and personal tragedies, and after lives of struggle, expected to spend their final years in peace, surrounded by their loving families. Instead, their lives were stolen in terrifying circumstances. At 5am on November 18, fire broke out at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home in Sydney. Three people lost their lives at […]

Most children find stepmothers about as appealing as broccoli, but Shane Warne’s kids can’t seem to get enough of their stepmum-to-be Liz Hurley. Liz and her son Damian, nine, joined Shane’s kids Brooke, 13, Jackson, 11, and nine-year-old Summer to watch the cricketer in action in Melbourne on Saturday. In pictures: The changing face of […]

The ability to trust, love and resolve conflict with loved ones starts much earlier than you think. In fact, a new review of the literature in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science, found that these abilities start in early childhood. Psychologist Jeffry A. Simpson, one of the […]

Are you trying to decide whether to be a stay-at-home mum or head back to work? The results of a new study may help you make up your mind. A study published by the American Psychological Association found that mothers with jobs were healthier and happier than mums who stay at home during their children’s […]