If you ‘spank’ your kids, you’re parenting wrong and I know why
“Go ahead – mock ‘gentle parenting’ and call this ‘discipline’, but if you hit a child, you’ve simply lost your sh*t.” Note: sensitive topics
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‘Brainwashed’: Shock twist after mum’s ‘freebirthing’ journey
“I’d been doing what’s called a wild pregnancy, no doctor’s visits, no ultrasounds, just me trusting my body and my baby.”
I found a way to make winter better with a baby
A Melbourne mum shares her go-to tips for keeping everyone sane at home when it’s too cold and soggy for the park.
Dad’s surprising act after daughter calls him from sleepover
“It’s 3:30 a.m. and she couldn’t sleep without us, so this is what I did.”
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Bride asks friend to steal from work for wedding
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‘It’s a new language’: Mum translates hilarious tween speak
“Whomp whomp, bruh”
Mum’s moisture-banishing hack for condensation
“Every morning we woke up with our bedroom windows covered in condensation, and long term it’ll turn into mould… the last three mornings our windows have been totally dry,” she said.
Heartbreaking graph shows what’s really wrong in Aussie classrooms
“This is a damning outlook of students’ life in Australian schools and suggests there is a long road to educational recovery.”
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Young Queensland woman and toddler disappear
The pair were last seen on Wednesday evening when the woman was spotted pushing the little girl in a pram in Maryborough, 250km north of Brisbane.
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