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Zidia Valdebenito (right) with her partner Andrew and children Zye and Matayo.

Zidia got sober before having kids. But she still wasn’t ready

With one in four kids being raised by a parent with mental illness, a Queensland-made documentary is urging parents to seek help.

  • Nick Dent

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One in five young Australians have been cyber bullied.

Young people, their stress and the one-way news overload

Millennials and Gen Z-ers may seem to some critics to be backbone-free “snowflakes”, but even psychologists are now talking about “the anxious generation”.

  • Miranda Levy
Breastfeeding is often promoted as a pathway to losing weight for new mothers.

I didn’t lose weight when I was breastfeeding. I gained it

If breastfeeding isn’t actually a consistent method of postpartum weight loss, why is it so frequently promoted as such by health professionals?

  • Jenna Guillaume
As many as one in three new mothers access support services such, according to PANDA.

‘I was haunted by flashbacks’: The harsh reality for one in three new mums

Few joys rival the birth of a baby, but for these women, new motherhood was tinged with struggle

  • Elli Jacobs

Emma became a vet like her dad – then rethought how to treat dying pets

Veterinarian Emma Whiston took childhood inspiration to rethink pet euthanasia.

  • Dani Valent
Krystena Murray with the baby boy she delivered, whom she says she had to relinquish when he was five months old because of an IVF mix-up.

Woman sues fertility clinic, saying she gave birth to another couple’s baby

When IVF patient Krystena Murray gave birth to a healthy baby boy two years ago, she knew immediately the fertility clinic had made a mistake, she says.

  • Russ Bynum
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Cassandra James loved growing up in a newsagency, despite the early starts.

‘I was driving a manual car at 12’: When home is the family business

Regular calls to police, cleaning up strangers’ messes and missed school holidays were part of growing up for these three women - but they (mostly) loved it.

  • Shona Hendley
Ashleigh Pearsall and her son Charlie.

Why women in NSW are rushing to get IVF treatment now

For one provider, there was a 43 per cent increase in inquiries in December 2024 compared with 2023.

  • Mary Ward
Amanda (Lucy Punch) and her toxic mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley) in Amandaland.

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age when mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you”. 

  • Kate Halfpenny

As a child, Madeleine was tough on her step-mum. Now she’s one herself

Novelist Madeleine Gray and her barrister father Peter Gray reveal how a mutual love of the silly has helped them weather challenging times.

  • Nicole Abadee

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/parenting-60c