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How involved and available grandparents are to their grandchildren is an increasing source of anxiety to many families.

‘Grandparents are afraid to say no’: Navigating the politics of caring

With more seniors working longer and families scattered to the winds, battle-lines are drawn between parents in need of support and grandparents unable to – or uninterested in – caring for their grandchildren.

  • Flic Everett

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Egg freezing at Number One Fertility clinic in Melbourne.

Egg freezing is on the rise: ‘Fertility insurance’, or a risky lottery?

The number of Australian women freezing their eggs is skyrocketing – but the proportion who actually use them is surprising.

  • Amanda Hooton
The home at 2 Blake Street in Waterbury.

A new name, first-ever birthday party: Man speaks out after 20 years as ‘prisoner’ in childhood home

In his first public comments, the man, who set the house on fire in his desperation to escape, said he wanted justice and was working to “reclaim control” of his future.

  • Dave Collins
Parent WhatsApp groups

Poisonous parents on WhatsApp? You know who you are

The poison parent is a horrifying combination of mad oversharer and deranged conspiracy theorist. They must be stopped.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
The cost of raising kids is no longer shrinking when children turn 18. Instead, it’s dragging on and on and on, for upwards of an additional decade.

Parenting costs once ended when a child turned 18. Not any more

Everyone says that raising kids is expensive, but the costs are no longer shrinking when they become adults, with expenses extending for upwards of an extra decade.

  • Victoria Devine
Parent WhatsApp groups

Helicopter parents have become WhatsApp warriors. Schools are in the crossfire

The source of truth about school business was once the printed newsletter, or parent-teacher night. Now, there’s the parent WhatsApp chat.

  • Christopher Harris
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Help! The kid next door is constantly kicking a ball against our shared fence

The annoyance can break your brain – but our Modern Guru has found a solution.

  • Danny Katz
Australian-Korean adoptees have been calling for a national inquiry into what authorities knew about the ethical and legal issues plaguing the Eastern Social Welfare Society, which facilitated thousands of adoptions to Australia.

Did Australia know? South Korean adoptees demand answers over global scandal

Labor has promised, if re-elected, to investigate concerns about the program that facilitated thousands of adoptions to Australia.

  • Lisa Visentin
In an undated police handout, a bedroom at a home at 2 Blake Street in Waterbury, Conn. Police say a man was held captive for two decades in the home.

‘He saved himself’: Firefighter rescues man held captive for decades until he set his room on fire

In the ambulance, an emergency worker commented on the overpowering smell. The patient said it had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower.

  • Sarah Maslin Nir
Rows of babies waiting for overseas adoption in 1984 at the Angel Babies’ Home orphanage.

Josie was handed two Korean toddlers at the airport. They sobbed ‘mummy’ the whole way to Australia

The former social worker says she is horrified by what she was asked to do in 1984 and is calling for an inquiry into Australia’s overseas adoption practices.

  • Lisa Visentin

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