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Bronte Mosley, 18, from Melbourne has accrued 85 hours in her quest to gain her licence.

Teaching your teen to drive? Don’t panic

Many parents dread the thought of being their child’s driving instructor, but it doesn’t have to be a fraught experience.

  • Claire Heaney

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How to give your partner constructive criticism without starting a fight

Relationships can suffer without space for honest feedback. Here’s an expert’s step-by-step process.

  • Joshua Coleman

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
Playful but stinky. (Also pictured: the snow monkeys of the Jigokudani Monkey Park)

Swedish death cleaning after retirement has become a trend. I have a few questions

Bad luck kids, you’re going to really get to know me when I die.

  • Richard Glover
Young carer Charlie Dunn Rice with brother Thomas (Spider-Man costume), sister Ava and mum Kate Dunn.

‘A privilege’: What 15-year-old Charlie and other young carers want you to know

There are more than 390,000 carers under 25 in Australia, but their work often goes unnoticed, and advocates say more support is needed.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Steven Khalil

‘I had a big crush on Kylie Minogue’: Fashion designer Steven Khalil

He’s dressed Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Jenner, but there’s one celebrity wedding gown he always goes back to.

  • Jane Rocca
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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
At 65, I got to return to active parenting when caring for my adult daughter.

At 65, I thought my active parenting days were over. Then came a trip to Thailand with my daughter

In those first few days of recovery, as she lay in hospital, I remembered what it was like when she was small – the way time seems to stop when your child needs you.

  • Lesley Podesta
A 2019 research pamphlet by VicHealth found that 41 per cent of Victorian women “feel too embarrassed to exercise in public.”

The gender fitness gap, aka why women exercise less than men - and how we can change it

A committed couch potato digs into the stats on her stasis – and finally finds her fitness groove.

  • Amanda Hooton

Dad warned me about throwing stones. Years later, I knew what to do

The longest hour of my childhood left its mark.

  • Anson Cameron

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