Parenting

Mitch has always been open to new ideas. So when someone suggested sex work, the early-career lawyer decided to try it as a 'side hustle'. It turned into something more.

We asked you to vote for your favourite episode in the Biggest Little Bluey Countdown, and biscuits! Here are your favourites.

Chevalier College's "contemporary learning delivery" allows year 10 to 12 students to study from home one day a week, with a letter to parents saying the Southern Highlands Catholic school engaged solicitors to ensure the effective implementation of the plan.

Families in Western Australia's historic mining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder have been on waiting lists for childcare placements for more than two years, according to a new survey.   

After dipping into her annual leave to stay close to her premature son, Kat Averill is now among advocates calling for an extension to the Paid Parental Leave Scheme.

New data reveals only 7% of managers across workplaces are employed part-time.

Mikaela Reading loves her job, but she is one of many regional mothers scared her career is being jeopardised by what she calls a "childcare desert" in north-west Victoria. 

A new survey has found majority of Australian parents did not feel supported by healthcare providers in their early parenting stages. 

A child says please and thank you at a friend's house but is rude with their family. They follow the rules if they visit a neighbour but have to be constantly reminded about appropriate behaviour at home. Why? And is there anything you can do about it?

This town in South Australia's Riverland has one of the nation's highest levels of developmental vulnerability in children, but locals say an increase in childcare will help.

When life wasn't quite working for Sydney parents of four Jodi and Daniel, they decided to take a road trip. It proved to be a life-changing act.

With her son missing weeks of school at a time, Georgina Ker followed the "tough love" prescription she was told would remedy her son's "behaviour problem". A new survey has found more than one-in-three parents have reported school refusal with their children in the past year. 

A new book, 'Kids aint cheap' aims to help parents financially prepare for and balance the costs of raising children.

Most parents would admit to being a little too pushy at times when their kids have taken to the sporting field. But there are ways to find the right balance and keep things fun, writes Paul Kennedy.

Australian of the Year and fierce body activist Taryn Brumfitt launches new program aimed at early educators to help prevent body image issues developing in kids as young as eight years old.

Jessica is about to finish year 12 at a unique school in Newcastle, where the staff empower students to "reach your full potential", while their kids are right next door. 

After the Streeters lost their newborn son to necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), they began a journey to build awareness and support for research into the devastating condition.

Doctors and friends dismissed Jessica's concerns when her son stopped talking. When he was eventually diagnosed with autism, she wished she hadn't agreed to take a "wait and see" approach. 

Lenah arrived at a local park, expecting to meet with a child protection worker she thought would help find her family accommodation, but instead she found police and departmental officials lining the street.

The friends I've made later in my life feel like a gift. Time speeds by when we are together, and yet I age backwards when I am with them, writes Virginia Trioli.

Parents will be offered more paid parental leave in the years ahead, but there are some rules about how it can be used. Here's what you need to know.

You do not have to be perfect in order to do a good job of raising a child. In fact, it may be better if you are not, writes Cher McGillivray.

Unlike the other 20 or so cooing and crying babies attending a ceremony in Kalgoorlie, Sean is sound asleep — blissfully unaware he's being welcomed into a world that was not quite expecting him.

With families battling year-long childcare waitlists, some parents in North Queensland are being thrown a lifeline by their employers.

Ivy was born 15 weeks early and spent the first few months of her life in intensive care. When she finally came home, her parents found most people did not understand what they had experienced.