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Pornification of pop is bottom of the charts for children
Suzy Freeman-Greene What does a 10-year-old make of many of today's pop songs? Once, something was left to the imagination, but in our porn-tinged culture lyrics and videos have become far more sexually explicit.
Working parents: what children think
Amanda Woodard Working parents fret about the hours they spend away from their children. But how do the kids feel about it? Amanda Woodard reports.
Stay-at-home Dad, or the 'kid thing'
Simon Groth Simon Groth shares his experience of doing the stay-at-home "kid thing".
Working Mums: Getting a payrise
Gill South In her new book, Gill South found mothers made great employees but often sold themselves short. Here she looks at how they can get what they deserve.
Career Mums: give guilt the flick
Kim Kind Don't worry, career mothers, your children are on the right track, writes Kim Kind.
What works best on the homefront?
Leah Gibbs Many people, women especially, whose work-life balance needs are unmet by their employer, tend consider two key options when weighing up job choices - working from home and self employment.
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.
Schooling through Steiner
Nicole Salinas In two years, my bouncy child had become withdrawn, clingy and competitive. She started comparing herself to others—a strategy common in schools focused on producing academic achievers.
How children are affected by separation
Mensline When parents separate, kids also go through a grieving process as they may feel powerless and insecure.
The flawless family
Nick Galvin In the space of barely a generation, bringing up children has gone from being a process regarded as largely natural and instinctive to a skill that needs to be taught, corrected and analysed by...
Tips for step families
Alison Cameron Stepfamilies Australia has the following tips for step parents.
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.
Modern day grandmothers
Joanna Moorhead No previous generation of grandmothers has contained such a high percentage of women who either worked while raising their children or returned to work when they had grown up.
Part 4: Raising Boys
John Bastick My son’s taken to wearing his mother’s high-heels. And, to give the boy his dues, for a 20-month-year-old he totters about the place better than I could if I pulled on a pair of four-inch heels.
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...
Lesbian mothers legal rights
Natasha Wallace Children of lesbian parents in a de facto relationship will also be able to inherit both parents' assets and will have equal rights to children of heterosexual couples with regards to workers' and...
Part 1: Self-esteem
John Bastick John Bastick tackles the issue of father-time and raising sons with self-esteem, whilst musing that a recent outing to McDonalds with his 18-month year old son probably wasn't such a good idea.
Cost keeps families small
Carol Nader The fertility rate has remained low because couples are having fewer children than they would like - not because of a widespread reluctance to reproduce, says Carol Nader.
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