Family
- 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
Latest
Grieving Australians are suffering because of super fund failure: ASIC
The corporate watchdog has blasted top superannuation executives for failing to prioritise grieving families when paying out their members’ death benefits.
- Sumeyya Ilanbey
‘I believed I was an orphan’: Australians caught up in global adoption scandal
For Chae Ryan, the search for his identity has been a harrowing experience. He’s not the only one.
- Lisa Visentin
I decided to stop dating in my 30s to figure out who I was. Then I met my husband
Before she married fellow comedian, Australian Steen Raskopoulos, Sara Pascoe took a few years off dating to ‘figure out who I was’.
- Jane Rocca
The woman who mistook a stranger for her dad, and made a film about it
Tracie Laymon ‘liked’ her estranged father on Facebook, and he liked her back. Except it wasn’t her dad. But relax: this story has a happy ending.
- Karl Quinn
Why you might want to think twice about visiting the dog park
Bad behaviour at the dog park isn’t always limited to playful pups getting overexcited. Ensuring owners understand the ground rules is key to making the most of this popular morning ritual.
- Abby Seaman
- Opinion
- Disability
I’m a 95-year-old carer for my son. I fear I’ll die before he gets help
The mandarins forward my queries from department to department and I get older and older. It’s all a bit Yes, Minister.
- Ros Collins
The day her father died, Alisha decided to have a baby on her own. It was a ‘lightbulb moment’
Does finding a partner need to come before starting a family? An increasing number of Australians, particularly Gen Z and Millennials, don’t think so.
- Nell Geraets
‘Will I have mattered?’ What legacy means for the child-free
We are in the midst of the greatest intergenerational wealth transfer ever. But for those without children, deciding where their money should go is a complex affair.
- Lauren Ironmonger
- Opinion
- Opinion
He’s barely two, but my grandson is already smarter than Elon Musk
He might be the richest man in the world, but Musk’s dirt-poor in the only thing that matters.
- Richard Glover
Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/family-1nfp