A computer game that simulates the daily struggles of children who have autism has been released. The game — called “Auti-Sim” — mimics the symptoms of hypersensitivity that many people with autism experience, including blurred vision, people’s faces becoming distorted and noise rising to painful levels. It puts the user in the position of a […]

She’s just six years old, but Isabella Barrett is already a millionaire. The former Toddlers and Tiaras star launched Glitzy Girl, her own cosmetics and accessories line last year. The range includes lip glosses, charm bracelets and velour hoodies and had reportedly made more than $1 million profit in the past 12 months. “It’s a […]

Like many mothers of children with Down syndrome, Connie Feda was frustrated by the lack of dolls that looked like her daughter. But unlike thousands of others who suffer in silence, Connie decided to do something about it. The US mother-of-six, who lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has created a range of dolls that have the […]

A 22-year-old mother has tried to sell her two kids on Facebook for $5000. Hilarious, right? That’s probably what she thought. Until she was arrested. Misty VanHorn allegedly tried to sell her two-year-old for $1,000, and asked for $4,000 for her four-year-old to get enough cash to bail her boyfriend out of jail. Hollywood Life […]

Several months after the birth of her baby, my friend was admitted to a facility for mothers with post-natal depression. She stayed for a few weeks, her nearly one-year-old taken from her to help manage her feelings of utter helplessness and exhaustion. Her treatment made things worse for a while: she was forced to wean […]

The number of Australian women having natural births is at an all-time low, with the numbers of women having caesareans and induced births are increasing. A national maternity report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare today revealed that birth interventions are increasingly prevalent in both public and private hospitals. The number of […]

Each week day care costs my family nearly three hundred dollars. That’s for three days care, split between two children. That’s a lot of dough. It’s a Catch 22. I want my kids’ day care to be well staffed by qualified teachers and providers, who will educate and look after my children, sometimes for as […]

If the sight of one breastfeeding woman disgusted staff at a Sydney café on the weekend, we’d love to know how they felt when more than 50 mothers descended on the Newtown eatery at lunchtime today. Lactivists Australia staged a “nurse-in” at the Satellite Café in the trendy inner-city suburb this afternoon after a waitress […]

Hugh Grant has welcomed his second child, a son, Felix Chang.

Hellish flights next to screaming babies could soon be a thing of the past, with an increasing number of airlines introducing 'child-free zones'.