Parenting

Millions of parents are choosing to share their child’s most humiliating moments on social media. Zoe Arnold asks where we should draw the line. I was doing some research online (okay, reading random items I’ve googled) and I stumbled across a gem of a blog called There’s no place like Mommy. I was reading it […]

An Australian scientist has led a vaccine breakthrough that is being lauded worldwide but largely ignored in local media. Zoe Arnold asks why we’re letting anti-vaccination lobbyists stop us from celebrating a major medical milestone. There’s some big news in the medical community this week. Gardasil: the vaccine that prevents human papillomavirus (HPV), better known […]

This is Luka, a 12-year-old boy who is trapped in his own body. His muscular dystrophy means he gets weaker every day, and can now only move his fingers, which allow him to operate his wheelchair. Unlike other boys his age, Luka can’t run, swim or skateboard but with the help of Slovenian photographer Matej […]

Many women say they feel isolated and lonely following the birth of their first child, but a new study has revealed that a baby actually improves your social life. The UK research found that women make an average of nine new friends upon the birth of their first baby, and in the first year this […]

Family man Hugh Jackman has vowed to 'do anything' to protect his brood following a bizarre attack on the actor by an alleged stalker who is said to have previously targeted his children.

Cutting the umbilical cord is a symbolic part of childbirth but increasing numbers of Australian women are choosing to leave the cord and placenta attached until they fall off naturally — which can take three or four days. So called “lotus births” are growing in popularity in Australia, particularly in the past two years. Lotus […]

Parents have spent decades devising devious ways to trick their kids into eating healthy food but supermodel Heidi Klum has come up with a much simpler solution: she just pays them.

Any mum will tell you that childbirth is difficult, but dads can be equally traumatised by the birthing process, new research has claimed. An Oxford University study found that complicated pregnancies can have a big impact on fathers as well as mothers, with some new dads so deeply affected they are being diagnosed with post-traumatic […]

Women might like their men muscle-bound and svelte, but babies prefer fatter fathers, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield concluded that infants favoured chubby men because their bodies were more feminine and familiar. Psychologists showed photographs of toned male models next to images of overweight men to three groups of […]

With a quarter of Aussie kids now overweight or obese and thousands of others battling eating disorders, mum-of-two Zoe Arnold asks if it’s possible to raise kids with no body image hang-ups. Fat kids are becoming normal, just like fat adults. Visit any suburban mall and overweight families appear to outnumber average-sized people. But what […]