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Mum arrested for selling kids on Facebook

The consequences of selling kids on eBay

Police swooped on the home of a Victorian woman last week, after she ‘jokingly’ offered her children for sale on eBay. The unnamed woman, who is in her early 30s and lives near Geelong, posted pictures of her son and daughter on the internet auction site alongside a “lengthy sales pitch”. In pictures: Ten things […]
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Fiona and Jamie McNeil's adopted daughter Ruby with their son

Unravelling the mystery of our daughters’ life

Ruby Mei Zhi Xia McNeil came into her parents’ lives with nothing but a nighty and a pair of plastic shoes. With three years of her life to fill in, Fiona and Jamie McNeil were sure there was more to know about their Chinese adoptive daughter and they were determined to find out. The McNeils, […]
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A toddler playing with an iPad

iToddlers: the Apple generation

There is every chance the toddlers of today will grow up never having pressed a button on a phone. For them, pressing buttons — a much-loved pursuit of many children — has been replaced with brushing their finger along an iPad or iPhone screen. They will never know a time when information isn’t instantaneous, and […]
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Is motherhood swinging back to the twenty set?

Is motherhood swinging back to the twenty set?

For the first time in decades, the average age of first time mothers is declining — why do you think women are having children younger? In the past, women have delayed motherhood to focus on a career, travel or simply to develop their relationship without the distraction of little ones — but this is starting […]
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My Down syndrome daughter changed my life

My Down syndrome daughter changed my life

Author Peter Rix relives the moment his baby was born with Down syndrome and takes us on a journey of hope and love, which prompted him to write his novel Water Under Water, inspired by his unique daughter, Joanna. “I need to tell you, Mr Rix, this baby of yours … ” In a room […]
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Family court nightmares

Family court nightmares

Shared parenting was enshrined in changes to the Family Law Act in 2006, but as Malcolm Knox discovers, the only thing that many separated parents now share is confusion, isolation and heartbreak. Anna* and her ex-husband had been sharing the care of their three-year-old daughter and two-year-old son for nearly a year when she noticed […]
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Should children be given anti-depressants?

Should children be given anti-depressants?

Children as young as two are being prescribed anti-depressants. Elizabeth Burke looks at the arguments for and against medicating sad children. When anti-depressant drugs like Prozac and Zoloft became mainstream in the late 90s there was outcry against the desensitisation of people, a loss of dealing with human issues without drugging and sedating, and of […]
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Should mother be banned from injecting daughter, 8, with Botox?

Should mother be banned from injecting daughter, 8, with Botox?

A US woman provoked outrage across the world last week when she admitted to injecting her eight-year-old daughter with Botox on national television. Kerry Campbell was unrepentant in the interview, claiming her daughter Britney had asked for the anti-wrinkle injections to boost her confidence in child beauty pageants. ”It’s a tough world in the pageant […]
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Children 'inherit' parents' emotional eating habits

Children ‘inherit’ parents’ emotional eating habits

A study has found children could be inheriting emotional eating patterns from their parents. Emotional eating was defined in the International Journal of Eating Disorders as “eating in response to a range of negative emotions … or to cope with a negative effect”. It occurs even if we aren’t hungry. In adults, emotional eating is […]
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Parents with young children are heavier study finds

A new US study has found that new mothers of young children are heavier and eat more fatty and high-sugar foods than women without children. The University of Minnesota researchers collected data from 1520 adults with an average age of 25, including parents with children younger than five years old, and found that parents were […]
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