Motherhood
Megan Phelps-Roper: ‘I was one of the loudest voices of my generation’
The former member of the Westboro Baptist Church talks about the men who helped guide her away from her hateful beliefs.
- by Jane Rocca
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My mother’s anxieties about something happening were always there. Now I know why
A tragic accident would shape my mother’s life – and impact my own a generation later.
- by Alice Robinson
‘Every serving of grief is a full serve’: The challenge of losing a twin in utero
It’s a loss that triggers contradictory emotions: how to square the happiness that one survived with an enduring sadness that the other didn’t?
- by Shelley Eves
The quality I have embraced that makes me a better parent and partner
Curiosity might be fatal for felines, but I’d argue it’s the opposite for their keepers.
- by Jo Stanley
Leaving home at 15 was my mum’s idea. I’m so glad she made me do it
Neither she nor I foresaw how profoundly it would shape my life.
- by Kellie Floyd
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Parenting
As the child of immigrants, I feel a loss for experiences my son will never have
I knew my partner and I were on the same page about raising children, but I didn’t anticipate the impossibility of giving my son full access to my culture and the opportunity to embrace his heritage.
- by Zoya Patel
Opinion
Parenting
I lie to my kids and they lie to me. Some secrets need keeping
When I lied to my parents, I genuinely thought they believed me. These days we laugh about it, but it was an important rite of passage.
- by Nova Weetman
The common condition that can cause too much shame to be named
Incontinence affects everything from sex lives to sport participation and self-image. Yet research reveals it is rarely discussed and many go without treatment.
- by Wendy Tuohy
‘I was pregnant when I decided to aim for the Olympics. I wasn’t done yet’
It’s Keesja Gofers’s third time competing at the Olympics, but her first as a mother. She’s not alone in her belief that parenthood has made her a better athlete.
- by Jane Rocca
Cuddles on a schedule: Olympic village nursery allows visits from bubs
Athletes will be able to schedule time for their children to visit the Olympic Village Nursery for the first time in the games’ history.
- by Amber Schultz
Opinion
Parenting
It’s not selfish not to want kids. It’s selfish to have them
I’ve had three babies and none were born of an act of altruism. Every time I had a child I did so for me.
- by Kerri Sackville
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