Kids - Mamamia

What My Salary Gets Me: A 38-year-old social worker on $118,000 with two children.

A very quick guide to raising more socially minded kids.

Ed Sheeran and Cherry Seaborn were just old schoolmates. Then he invited her to Taylor Swift's party.

"The perfect parent doesn't exist." A letter to my pre-kids self.

8 parents told us all their most chaotic moments with their little ones and now we feel bad for laughing.

Three kids and no wedding: The ultra-private relationship of Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova.

'I'm an organisation expert. Here's exactly how I organise my fridge.'

'Stop treating me like a child.' We asked 40 women what they'd say, anonymously, to their mum.

"I am not my tics." I have Tourette's Syndrome. This is what I want you to know.

"Trust your gut instincts." 24 women on the life lessons they've learned from their mum.

Shannen Findlay

'Tell me your kid is obsessed with space without telling me they're obsessed with space.'

"My kids are way fitter than me." What happened when I started working out with my family.

Tell me you have a fussy eater without telling me you have a fussy eater.

'I was just getting my life back.' Alex Fevola had her first baby at 22. Then she had a baby at 41.

Shannen Findlay

An 'evil' dad and a second child with Grimes: The complicated life of Elon Musk.

Jessica Staveley

ROADTEST: This iconic kids show just dropped a range of toys. Here’s exactly what my 5-year-old thought.

What Kate and Gerry McCann's life looks like, almost 15 years after Madeleine's disappearance.

PARENT OPINION: Talking to my kids about getting their COVID-19 vaccine, and the 7 things that actually helped.

'What if you make the wrong decision?' The 5 common questions my child-free friends ask me.

In the '90s, Ed Burns fetched Christy Turlington a cup of coffee. Now they've been married 18 years.

"Leaving you every morning was the hardest part of my day." An open letter to my daughter after going back to work.

Joanna Lamb Hilbert

'I'm an organisation expert. Here's how I got my husband and kids to share the mental load.'

'I'm a dad to a child with a disability. I have felt completely left out of the conversation.'

I'm a mum of three. And this year, I've accepted a job 1000km from home.

'After motherhood, my sexual identity changed. Nothing prepared me for it.'

"I want them to talk to me about anything." Alex Fevola shares her Five Golden Rules for parenting.

'I am a mother of two autistic teenage girls. Here's what I want you to know.'

"I had lost all control. I was screaming." The phone call that changed Alex Fevola's life forever.

Screen Time

'No screens on school days': 4 parents share exactly how they manage their kids' screen use.

OPINION: 'Mobile phone bans are making our kids irrelevant in the world they're growing into.'

What on earth is Tiktok? The social media app everyone under 20 seems to be on.

"I was a bad mum": Zoe Marshall on the guilt she felt after complaining about her child to a friend.

A crisis of parenting: What's really going wrong with our kids in 2019.

The grayscale hack that will have your kids handing your phone back.

"How the ‘Momo Challenge’ saved my family."

"The 17-rule contract I made my teenage son sign before giving him a mobile phone."

"He's not allowed anymore": The popular kids' TV show Zoe Marshall has banned in her home.

A dad's brutally genius invention makes it impossible for your teen to ignore your texts.

Jimmy Kimmel's latest viral prank shows the reality of kids and Fortnite.

Billi FitzSimons

Do we need to send kids to a $4000 military-style boot camp to thwart tech addiction?

This homework hack will save your weeknights. All you need is screen-time.

Kate and Will ban devices from their nursery.

"I tried the app that tracks how much time you spend on your phone - and it was confronting."

New guidelines say toddlers should have zero screen time. Here's what you need to know.

The one toy banned from Prince George and Princess Charlotte's playroom.

Jamie Oliver explains how he stops his teens' all night phone binges. All parents will want to listen.

Yumi Stynes on why she goes through her daughters' phones.

What and how should parents be advised about ‘screen time’?

Alicia Blum Ross and Sonia Livingstone

“Forget elbows on the table: These are the manners that really matter.”

"It just feels so indulgent." I was swimming pool shamed by a mum friend.

From discharge to body hair: A complete guide to 21 lesser-known pregnancy symptoms.

'My daughter doesn't owe you her affection. It's a violation of her boundaries.'

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"A fierce defender of his family." What Venus and Serena Williams' dad was really like.

'My younger brother Jonathan has Down Syndrome. From a young age, he has refused to take photos.'

How do you teach kids the value of money in a digital world? The 6 hacks that actually help.

"The bar is so low for dads": 20 women share their real-life frustrations with 'daddy privilege'.

'Concussion ended my husband’s AFL career and changed our lives forever. Here's what we want parents to know about contact sports.'

'I'm a mum of one. The cost of petrol is so high, I'm struggling to afford childcare.'

A seventh baby and 11 siblings: What we know about NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet's family life.

For 13 years Carrie Bickmore has hosted The Project. This is her life away from the cameras.

'I ignored these 10 pieces of advice from my mum growing up, and now I want to apologise.'

Shannen Findlay

Just 5 things to think about when choosing your child's preschool, according to an early childhood expert.

On his death bed, my dad asked me to look after the children from his affair.

"I think we may have gone too far." 10 celebrities on their parenting fails.

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"It was a wake-up call I needed." Eight years ago, Geoff Huegill's life changed in an instant.

'I was a nervous wreck.' What it's really like going back to work after maternity leave.

"I still love him." Constance Hall and husband Denim Cook are living separately.

Boyfriend, engagement, wedding, babies: I’m 33 and tired of the pressure of 'next'.

'I'm a mum of twins and these are the 5 things I'm sick of hearing.'

"They change outfits 3 times a day": 8 things you know to be true if your kid's into fashion.

A wedding and a return to our screens: Josh Hartnett's life after disappearing from the spotlight.

Jessica Staveley

"I'm calling you out mum." The 10 lies we were all told as children.

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