Money
Never too early for a piggy bank
Bina Brown It is never too early to learn the value of money and how to budget and save. The earlier you teach children about saving versus spending, the better prepared they will be to manage their own money.
Thrifty Christmas might be the magic pudding
Maggie Dent A survey released by the Australian National Retailers Association reported that 34% of people intend to spend less on gifts this Christmas than they did last year.
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.
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.
The best fun on four wheels
Sascha Jenkins With planning and patience, a family road trip can be the best fun on four wheels.
Left holding the baby
Kim Kind The financial cost of having a child is not shared equally between the sexes, writes Kim Kind.
Working mums: what kids say
Gill South There is much debate about the juggle of working motherhood. What do the children of working mothers think?
Parents feel caught in children trap
Rachel Browne Almost one in four parents feels "terrified" or "overwhelmed" by the challenge of raising children, a study has found.
Not into housework? Join the club
Deborah Ross Welcome to the Non-Domestic Goddess Club. This is the largest organisation in the world for those who have old iceblocks embedded in the iced-up walls of their freezer.
How cash crunch can impact on child abuse
Arjun Ramachandran The financial downturn has created a "recipe for a crisis" for Australian children, who face greater risk of abuse just as child protection groups face cuts to services, a child welfare expert says.
Cost of kids not so high after all
Adele Horin The cost of raising children is not nearly as high as parents have been led to believe, a study reveals.
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.
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...
Subsidies are only part of the answer
Adele Horin After years of making it easier for mothers to stay at home, the Federal Government is trying to reverse the trend with tax cuts and improved child-care benefits - but it has a job on its hands.
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