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AUGUST 2015

"All they wanted to do was touch the red dirt..."
What it's like being a first-time wife married to a second-time husband.
The 8 emotional stages of going on a road trip with kids.
A younger sister's love letter to older sister she's adored since day one.
Ricki and the Flash review: 'There's nothing Meryl Streep can't do.'
"F*ck the perfect mum. I've never met her."
Unrealistic things that future parents say.
"My MIL refuses to come to our wedding."
A message to all the women who are beating themselves up right now.
"A letter to my ex-husband on a different anniversary."
The powerful ad that could radically reduce Australia's road toll.
'My run-of-the-mill extended family is filled with secret children.'
"I'm an obstetrician and I failed at breast-feeding."
Rebate reform to hit parents with more than one child in day care.
Mid-week meals that take less than 30 minutes to make.
'Yesterday I had teenage daughter. Today I have a housemate.'
7 signs you’ve outgrown your home.
'The most difficult talk I had with my dad was also the most valuable.'
It shouldn't have to take 2 suicides to stop us demonising the Ashley Madison cheaters.
The tragic story behind the woman buried alive in Honduras.
Jessica Rowe: "I’ve had a lifetime of rehearsals for putting on a brave face".
Why one mum told her son about Daniel Morcombe on his 8th birthday.
"Don't say you're a solo parent when you clearly aren't."
"My darling girl, today marks 2 years since ice took you away from me."
9 reasons why Canberra is seriously underrated.
The real reason people cheat.
Drowning on dry land: A mother's plea to all parents.
'Please stop calling your daughter a princess.'
'My daughter is two and a half and can't walk. Stop asking me about it.'
Should mums go to the hen's night?
"There’s a lot about my life that has changed since having a baby."
'I’m fat and I’m not pregnant, and it feels entirely unfair.'
"Why I changed my Facebook profile picture today, as a mum."
Unpopular opinion: There's nothing wrong with a stranger yelling at your yelling child.
An open letter to those obsessed with the love lives of singles.
We prove that you can sort out your super in five minutes. Yes, really.
Katie Price opens up about her biggest parenting fear.
Couple renovate kitchen to replicate The Simpsons.
How do you know when you're done having kids?
A video of a man who confronted a mother who left her baby in a hot car has gone viral.
5 things everyone who’s afraid of public toilets will understand.
Common childhood health complaints (and how to fix them at home).
'My grandma has joined Facebook. The 8 reasons I wish she hadn't.'
The Baldwins DO NOT have 5 nannies.
8 feelings anyone who has renovated their house will understand.
Here's how your kids can help save the planet.
If you're from a big family, you're probably happier than the rest of us.
Michael Buble’s wife talks about her son’s horrifying accident.
What it's like being a first time wife married to a second time husband.
Complicated. The only word to describe searching for your dad when he's a sperm donor.
Richard Di Natale sums up "nonsense" of gay marriage debate in one glorious smack down.
'Punishment haircuts' are being used to tame naughty kids.
Queensland Rail's pram warning has parents fuming.
Meet the families making millions from their home videos.
Dilemma: 'Do I tell my best friend the truth about her daughter's drinking?'
Found: The people-mover for people on the move.
"Mark, you are my hero and I’m so proud to call you 'son'."
How do you know when it's time to euthanise your pet?
"I woke up this morning and realised I was a "bad mum."
She was killed by ISIS. Now her parents want you to know what actually happened.
"Being heterosexual doesn't make you a better parent."
15 things that won't be around in 2025. (What? No chocolate?)
"I am a parent of little children, and apparently, I am miserable beyond belief."
'I'm not attracted to my wife any more. And I'm ashamed of the reason.'
The "right" time to start a family. Says science.
"I'm so tired of hearing planes should be childfree. Here are 12 things worse than kids on a plane."
"Just because we're mums, doesn't make us incompetent at work."
How to kit out your baby's room for less than $200.
"There's nothing shocking about breast-feeding someone else's child, except our outrage about it."
The celebrity custody battle that keeps becoming more painful.
'Of course I'm disappointed in my brother.' The PM's sister on how she feels about the gay marriage vote.
Love her or hate her, Jacqui Lambie has just done something remarkable.
"Parents who say they don’t like homework are just plain lazy."
Senator Jacqui Lambie to her son: "Please come home."
6 Father’s Day ideas your dad won’t have to pretend to love.
David Beckham responds to dummy-gate.
'My mum had a tumour. How did I miss all the signs?'
“When my son was being bullied at school, I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach.”
Windshield wars: 23 brilliant notes left for car parking jerks.
What really drives a man to murder his own children?
Gerard Baden-Clay has apparently found God in prison.
What if the "best years of your life", just...aren't?
Brave dad gets the perfect tattoo to make his daughter smile again.
Sunday's news in under 5 minutes.
She had her Instagram account deleted because her pics were "sexually violating".
A mother's precious gift to her daughter on her wedding day.
Eleven-year-old Sam Cason went for a sleep over at a friend's house and never came home.
"The 6 things I wish I had never told my children."
18 things you should never do in someone's house.
'In my old life I was called a dragged-up gutter girl, no hoper, scum.'
Ada Nicodemou's husband has shared a tribute to their stillborn son a year on.
Do you suffer from renophobia. SO many of us do...
Star sign wine matching. What's your perfect drink?
"How do I tell my mum, if I die the kids are going to my MIL?"
Ryan Reynolds gets his daughter's birth story slightly wrong.
What happened when a cynic's life got so bad she called a spiritual healer.
Home truths about grandparents: 'They can take their gums out'.
Introducing the game changing idea that even Captain Planet would approve of.
Kylie Jenner seems to have named her new pet Bruce.
Early Christmas marketing just reached peak stupid.
26 pictures that define irony better than Alanis ever did.
It looked like they were selling aborted body parts. But was it true?
A dangerous new Facebook trend that could put lives in jeopardy.
What’s so wrong with pushy parents anyway?
21 notes from parents to their children that will make you laugh for hours.
Eleven of Australia’s best kid-and-adult-friendly holiday locations.
WATCH: The future is in safe hands. Robot hands.
Family ends up fighting instead of mourning at Bobbi Kristina's funeral.
5 times Jessica Rowe said the most honest things about parenting you'll ever hear.
Country parents: We were worried how our community would accept our son.
The best compliment a mother could receive.

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