My mother’s anxieties about something happening were always there. Now I know why

My mother’s anxieties about something happening were always there. Now I know why

A tragic accident would shape my mother’s life – and impact my own a generation later.

  • byAlice Robinson

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‘Every serving of grief is a full serve’:The challenge of losing a twin in utero

‘Every serving of grief is a full serve’:The challenge of losing a twin in utero

It’s a loss that triggers contradictory emotions:how to square the happiness that one survived with an enduring sadness that the other didn’t?

  • byShelley Eves
The quality I have embraced that makes me a better parent and partner

The quality I have embraced that makes me a better parent and partner

Curiosity might be fatal for felines,but I’d argue it’s the opposite for their keepers.

  • byJo Stanley
Leaving home at 15 was my mum’s idea. I’m so glad she made me do it

Leaving home at 15 was my mum’s idea. I’m so glad she made me do it

Neither she nor I foresaw how profoundly it would shape my life.

  • byKellie Floyd
As the child of immigrants,I feel a loss for experiences my son will never have
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As the child of immigrants,I feel a loss for experiences my son will never have

I knew my partner and I were on the same page about raising children,but I didn’t anticipate the impossibility of giving my son full access to my culture and the opportunity to embrace his heritage.

  • byZoya Patel
I lie to my kids and they lie to me. Some secrets need keeping
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Parenting

I lie to my kids and they lie to me. Some secrets need keeping

When I lied to my parents,I genuinely thought they believed me. These days we laugh about it,but it was an important rite of passage.

  • byNova Weetman
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The common condition that can cause too much shame to be named

The common condition that can cause too much shame to be named

Incontinence affects everything from sex lives to sport participation and self-image. Yet research reveals it is rarely discussed and many go without treatment.

  • byWendy Tuohy
‘I was pregnant when I decided to aim for the Olympics. I wasn’t done yet’

‘I was pregnant when I decided to aim for the Olympics. I wasn’t done yet’

It’s Keesja Gofers’s third time competing at the Olympics,but her first as a mother. She’s not alone in her belief that parenthood has made her a better athlete.

  • byJane Rocca
Cuddles on a schedule:Olympic village nursery allows visits from bubs

Cuddles on a schedule:Olympic village nursery allows visits from bubs

Athletes will be able to schedule time for their children to visit the Olympic Village Nursery for the first time in the games’ history.

  • byAmber Schultz
It’s not selfish not to want kids. It’s selfish to have them
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Parenting

It’s not selfish not to want kids. It’s selfish to have them

I’ve had three babies and none were born of an act of altruism. Every time I had a child I did so for me.

  • byKerri Sackville
Is my biological clock faulty,or is motherhood just not for me?

Is my biological clock faulty,or is motherhood just not for me?

It’s not that I hate kids. I just don’t want one of my own.

  • byGenevieve Novak