We tend to assume that it’s parents who ditch their child-free friends when a baby arrives. For me,though,it’s been the other way around.
Titania Henderson was a stay-at-home mum until she returned to study in her 50s. Her daughter Amy checked her essays;now they share a Melbourne studio.
As our children grew,our mum’s group conversation changed,but the bonds of friendship did not.
While it was once taboo to discuss pregnancy loss,people are now choosing to commemorate their grief openly.
At 44,Melissa Barbieri is a veteran of the game,an anomaly in a sport where the median age of retirement for professional female footballers is 26.
Aside from death and taxes,one thing is certain:children will always be embarrassed by their parents,even when you’re doing the coolest thing possible.
In our cover story this week,supermodel Yasmin Le Bon,who turns 60 this year,talks about ageing,family,anxiety and what makes her long marriage work.
Her absence was necessary. It was her path to forging her own life.
Young people are not popping out babies like their parents once routinely did. What’s happened to the desire to be a mum or a dad? We hit the streets to find out.
Just seven mothers are booked in to donate breast milk used to protect premature babies from deadly infections,with high rates of cold and flu almost wiping out the regular donor base.
The former member of the Westboro Baptist Church talks about the men who helped guide her away from her hateful beliefs.