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Christmas tips for step families
Dolla S Merrillees Christmas Day for many families is an exercise in controlled chaos, for stepfamilies the demands of the holiday season can be doubled or tripled.
Navigating Christmas as a step-family
Dolla S Merrillees For stepfamilies and blended families, Christmas can often bring a mixed bag of complications as they juggle ex-spouses, multiple sets of grandparents, joint custody arrangements and children with...
Tips for step families
Alison Cameron Stepfamilies Australia has the following tips for step parents.
Step-dads get thumbs up
Dolla S. Merrillees A new study reveals that stepfathers are often better parents than biological dads. With Father’s Day being celebrated in September, it’s a good time to reflect on the often undervalued role of being...
Dads in Australia: Their changing role
Neil Jameson Not too long after man first walked on the Moon, I thumbed a ride with a tile salesman who couldn't wait to get home to spend time with his kid.
Mum, please try harder
Jane Willson Jane Willson grills British nutritionist Amanda Grant about her "secret" to raising healthy eaters. It's one of those details you don't share or — if pushed — utter quietly.
Left holding the baby
Kim Kind The financial cost of having a child is not shared equally between the sexes, writes Kim Kind.
Five tips for bringing out the best in your mother-in-law
Jenna D. Barry If you get along great with your mother-in-law, then I’m really happy for you. Actually, if I’m being honest, I’m only 60% happy for you and 40% jealous.
The 'evil stepmother'
Alison Cameron You adore him, but when it comes to his children, you feel like the evil stepmother. Alison Cameron explores why admitting you don't love - or even like - your new charges is the ultimate taboo.
The world of stepsiblings
Dolla S Merrillees Will Ferrell and John C Reilly's new movie Step Brothers is a funny look at two terminally unemployed forty year olds, Brennan and Dale, forced to live with each other when their respective parents...
Child Care Ratio questioned
Community Child Care Co-operative Ask most mothers of babies under two-years-old if they would be able to care for five babies at the one time and the answer would almost certainly be a resounding ‘no!’ A NSW campaign is calling for...
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