August 2024
All this parenting advice is getting in the way of parenting
The plethora of tips and guidance, especially online, is leading parents to believe there is one right thing to say for every situation.
- Caitlin Gibson
November 2023
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
’Twas the night before Christmas - and I had a baby
Every festive season is special, but for our fashion editor, this was one to treasure.
- Lauren Sams
July 2023
‘He said I was argumentative’: One woman’s long road to law partner
Maddocks partner Ooma Khurana didn’t follow the “you can have it all” model for women.
- Michael Pelly
May 2023
Do you talk to your mum every day? These three high achievers do
Successful mothers, successful children. All apparently happy with their lot, and getting along famously. What are their secrets?
- Philippa Coates
January 2023
Video shows Memphis police officers kicking, beating Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist stopped by Memphis police is seen pummeled into submission as five police officers deliver kicks, punches and baton blows in graphic video.
- Alyssa Pointer and Brendan O'Brien
November 2022
Learning how to be better at the most important job in the world
Parenting is a hard job that few feel prepared for and even fewer feel they are good at.
- Julie Hare
August 2022
Kyrgios upstages Kokkinakis to win in three sets
Nick Kyrgios has cast friendship aside to cruise into the US Open second round with a straight sets dispatch of his grand slam-winning doubles partner Thanasi Kokkinakis.
- Updated
- Howard Fendrich and Darren Walton
January 2022
- Opinion
- Streaming
The antiheroines taking over our screens
The antiheroine of the moment, in films such as The Lost Daughter and Scenes From a Marriage commits the mother’s ultimate sin: abandoning her children.
- Amanda Hess and Liana Finck
- Opinion
- Population
How we can fix our fertility crisis
A skewed tax and transfer system actively penalises women for choosing to have children. Here are some essential changes.
- Craig Emerson
September 2021
How motherhood floored this accomplished businesswoman
Vulcan Energy Resources director Ranya Alkadamani wants other mothers to know even the toughest and most successful career women can struggle to cope with a baby.
- Brad Thompson
May 2021
Famous Aussies write to the women who raised them
In an extract for Mother’s Day from new book Dear Mum, RedBalloon founder Naomi Simson, feminist activist Clare Wright and Carman’s boss Carolyn Creswell write to their mothers.
April 2021
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Here’s to mum, your original style influencer
Mothers hold a curious place in fashion. Rarely do we equate motherhood with style. Often it takes hindsight to see our own mothers for the chic women they are.
- Lauren Sams
Extra $3.5b needed to make childcare work for business
For every dollar we invest in childcare, we’ll get $2 back.
- Matthew Cranston
Never give a 10-year-old a phone and other advice for parents
Three new books tackle the challenges of raising tweenage girls and teenage boys, and being a guilty mum.
- Theo Chapman
Technology could actually be good for your kids
Ever since Socrates warned reliance on writing would limit social discourse, every generation has worried about the impact of new technology on their children.
- Rachel Cunliffe
April 2020
Five of the best Mother's Day presents ever
Be it pancakes at home or handmade gifts, five influential women share their favourite Mother's Day gifts – and the ones they’re most proud of giving,
- Annie Brown
February 2020
'Because I said so' is a good parenting choice
Explaining oneself to one's kids, striving for a blissful relationship with one's child and giving children lots of choices are some common mistakes. Here's how to overcome them.
- John Rosemond
How to break free from parenting advice
Books, websites and social media are awash with tips - often contradictory - on everything child-related. It's leaving parents anxious and full of doubt.
- Alfred Lubrano
January 2020
Don't panic about your kids and their phones
New research is challenging the widespread view that screens are responsible for a range of societal problems among children and teenagers.
- Nathaniel Popper
June 2019
Why – and how – I'm pregnant at 51
Helen Gration wasn't ready to face an empty nest when her teenage sons were about to leave home.
- Helen Gration