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Amanda (Lucy Punch) and her toxic mother Felicity (Joanna Lumley) in Amandaland.

Being jealous of your daughter is natural, Joanna Lumley says. But it goes deeper

There comes an age when mothers look at their daughters with a complicated cocktail of pride and something that feels like “I wish I was you”. 

  • Kate Halfpenny

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As a child, Madeleine was tough on her step-mum. Now she’s one herself

Novelist Madeleine Gray and her barrister father Peter Gray reveal how a mutual love of the silly has helped them weather challenging times.

  • Nicole Abadee
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
Working within school hours doesn’t need to mean sacrificing your career, according to experts.

Yes, it is possible to build a lucrative career in school hours. Here’s how

The 38-hour workweek is increasingly falling out of favour, as parents look for school-hours careers that can prove just as financially rewarding as full-time employment.

  • Kimberly Gillan
Starting at university is an

My eldest son’s left home for uni. I’m happy for him, a little sad for myself

I gave my son a little memento to take with him when he moved interstate. It was something my father gave me when I had just finished school.

  • Melissa Coburn
Ben Groundwater and family in Japan.

I took my kids to Japan and made mistakes. Here’s what I learnt

The land of the rising sun is an excellent child-friendly destination, as long as you do your homework first. Here are 15 rules to follow.

  • Ben Groundwater
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‘Things work differently in Bali’: When Amanda’s son died, she learnt a difficult lesson

Amanda Lennon learnt via text that her son Aston had died in Indonesia. In the aftermath, she found that Australian money and connections were of little use.

  • Andrew Hornery
Comedian Nazeem Hussain with Kate Ritchie in parenting show The Role of a Lifetime, in which they play “sitcom” parents.

‘There’s no shame or judgment’: Nazeem Hussain tackles parenting’s big questions

In The Role of a Lifetime, the comedian warns there’s “no one-size-fits-all solution to these very layered questions”.

  • Bridget McManus
At the primary school level, where fewer children attend private schools and the lower-cost Catholic school system plays a bigger role, the differences in distances travelled are modest.

School is back, and the rule parents repeatedly ignore has me feeling sick

Year after year, schools will ask parents to adhere to the guidelines, yet these pleas will all be ignored no matter how nicely worded the newsletter item.

  • Shona Hendley
Alice Luong (pictured front), Tristan Gill, Nate Grimm, Naomi Gill, , Elizabeth Luong and Freya Gill turn trash into treasure.

The unconventional playgrounds emboldening children to take more risks

Swings and slippery dips are replaced with planks of wood and old car tyres to encourage youngsters to be a bit more dangerous.

  • Megan Gorrey

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