Thanks for booze boot camp Mum,you always knew how to be prepared

Thanks for booze boot camp Mum,you always knew how to be prepared

Miss Australia,indecent proposals and chocolate eclairs for tradies - my mum taught me more about parenting,and life,than any book.

  • byKate Halfpenny

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By cancelling Mother’s Day,this school is so inclusive it excludes mums

By cancelling Mother’s Day,this school is so inclusive it excludes mums

Hunter Valley Grammar School has cancelled its Mother’s Day gift stall for children in K-6 and replaced it with a “Family Gift Stall”.

  • byBrad Emery
Mums,learn to put yourself first for once in your life

Mums,learn to put yourself first for once in your life

“Motherhood is as easy as climbing Everest in high heels and hotpants,carrying a disco ball.”

  • byKathy Lette
Lowanna Grant stayed living with mum Karla into her 30s. Here’s why

Lowanna Grant stayed living with mum Karla into her 30s. Here’s why

The journalists work together,watch TV together – then there’s the tattoos ...

  • byFenella Souter
I love Mother’s Day,but it also makes sense to be able to opt out
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Mother's Day

I love Mother’s Day,but it also makes sense to be able to opt out

Anyone else getting spammed with Mother’s Day emails for weeks? Aussies are going to spend almost $1 billion on gifts this year,but a recent trend is also allowing people to opt out.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
The discovery of 288 aerogrammes uncovered the untold loss my parents felt

The discovery of 288 aerogrammes uncovered the untold loss my parents felt

“In my self-absorbed young life,I had never considered how painful it must have been for them when I left.”

  • byDiane Armstrong
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The people of Perth talk parenting

The people of Perth talk parenting

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to raising kids. Here’s two Perth parents and an empty-nester who seem to be doing all the right things in this most difficult of assignments.

  • byMark Naglazas
The best gifts for every type of mum this Mother’s Day

The best gifts for every type of mum this Mother’s Day

Plus we ask what Victoria Devine,Julia Busuttil Nishimura and other Aussie mums want this May 12.

  • byAbby Seaman andLauren Ironmonger
I want to have Arj Barker’s babies,but I wouldn’t take them to his shows
Opinion
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I want to have Arj Barker’s babies,but I wouldn’t take them to his shows

Arj Barker was entirely justified in throwing the mum and her baby out of his gig. In fact,a lifetime ban would have been in order.

  • byMichelle Cazzulino
Axing this Catch-22 could add 40,000 workers to the economy. What are we waiting for?
Opinion
Childcare

Axing this Catch-22 could add 40,000 workers to the economy. What are we waiting for?

At a time when Australia is experiencing a critical skills shortages,keeping tens of thousands of women out of the workforce seems beyond counter-intuitive.

  • byTerese Edwards
‘She had dreadlocks and a ghostly white face’:Meeting a childhood bestie again
Two of Us
Good Weekend

‘She had dreadlocks and a ghostly white face’:Meeting a childhood bestie again

In the 1970s,their writer dads brought them together. Now they’ve forged a friendship their kids also share.

  • bySusan Horsburgh