Family
Dreading time with family this weekend? Try these ideas for a harmonious get-together
For some, time with family is enriching. For others, it can be more challenging. Here are some ideas to set you up for an enjoyable day.
- Robyn Willis
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‘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
The early heartbreak that prepared Mark Trevorrow for ‘gay life’
He was working as a copy boy at The Sun newspaper at the time.
- Robyn Doreian
You’d be shocked by how much my siblings and I laughed when our father died
Never underestimate the power of comedy to make a statement.
- Deborah Frances-White
They came to Australia two years ago – now, they’re constantly traversing it by train
Filipino brothers Charles and Carl Ong Sio came to Australia in late 2022. They work together as hospitality attendants on Australia’s cross-country trains.
- Joanne Karcz
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- Adoption & fostering
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
- Opinion
- Trends
My house is a testing ground for trends, and a graveyard for the failures
Have you tried the sliced cucumber fad? Or used apple cider vinegar as a hair rinse? In my family, there’s no TikTok trend too fleeting to give a burl.
- Claire Heaney
Chappell Roan says parenthood is ‘hell’. Here’s what the experts say
The pop star’s comments have triggered a major online debate, angering some parents while others nod in agreement. Now, experts weigh in on the realities of parenthood.
- Nell Geraets
- Two of Us
- Good Weekend
After Port Arthur, Walter Mikac found a ‘superpower’. He’s sharing it with Izzy
Isabella was born five years after the tragedy in which Walter’s first two daughters and their mother were killed.
- Amanda Hooton
- Exclusive
- Adoption & fostering
‘It was surreal’: Yellow Wiggle Tsehay Hawkins’ search for her birth parents
The Wiggles’ youngest member opens up about her return to her birthplace in Ethiopia for the first time ever last year.
- Lauren Ironmonger
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