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Parenting Opinion

DECEMBER 2022

'I'm a parenting coach. Here are the 5 mistakes I see parents making all the time.'
'Yes, holidays are different with a toddler. But they’re so worth it.'
'My son is about to graduate from primary school. Why do I feel so sad?'
'At 28, I’m exhausted by people asking when I’m having kids. So I’m getting my tubes tied.'
'I will never have a baby again.' The bittersweet feeling of saying goodbye to the baby phase.
'She'll lose the weight soon.' My daughter was 8 months old when people started commenting on her body.
We need to talk about the peculiar world of performative Instagram parenting.
'The exact moment in my marriage where I stopped being everything to everyone else.'
'No more mugs, I beg you.' The dos and don'ts of buying gifts for teachers.
'Mummy, why don't you have a baby in your belly?' The complex emotions of raising an only child.
'I'm pretty sure I don't want to have children. But the world is telling me I must be wrong.'
'I had a "mummy makeover". Before you judge, here's what I want you to know.'
No Elf on the Shelf or Santa photos: The 6 Christmas traditions I'm cancelling this year.
MIA FREEDMAN: I am in a very different life season to my friends. Again.
'I know it'll probably suck, but I'm still going to have a baby.'
'For the first trimester, I was frozen in fear.' The complicated feelings in pregnancy after miscarriage.
'It's not about you': A letter to my husband while we're going through IVF.
The lie women are told about 'getting your body back' after giving birth.
'Every parent has an ‘I Don’t’ list at Christmas time. Here’s exactly what’s on mine.'
10 things parents know to be true in summer.