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Angry Dad
Baby On Board? Oh. I’ll Slow Down, Then…
Is it just me or do you also find something slightly aggressive about those “Baby On Board” stickers people paste on the rear windows of their cars? Aren’t they just a tiny bit annoying? I don’t know about you but it just seems strange to me. Really you have a baby? In your car? No! Let me get the facts right here. You’re driving. With a... read more
Harassed Mum
Harassed Kid: Hip Dysplasia And A Full Body Cast
When you’re the mum of a three-and-a-half year old and an 18-month old, at the very bottom of your wish list is, in no particular order, is a dislocated hip (of the littlie), a five-day stay at a children’s hospital and a full-body cast for six weeks. Hmm – which would be worse? A toddler’s inability to move for a month and a half, or t... read more
Happy Parent = Happy Kid
All Work, No Play Makes For Unhappy Families
My husband and I (don’t I sound like the Queen?!?) both work full-time and we’re both absolutely exhausted by the time the weekend comes around – the only chance we get to be with each other and our two daughters (three and nearly one). We both work hard all week while the girls are at family day care – and during the week we are all so tir... read more
Bad Parent
How To Do Everything Wrong
Conception: After psychologically disturbing visit to childhood home, solo, for Christmas, have crazy, drunken break-up sex with ex-boyfriend. Don't use birth control. Pregnancy: Be freelance and have the kind of "catastrophic" insurance that covers something if you are hospitalised, but not sonograms, medicine or doctor visits. Have no end of s... read more
Angry Dad
Hey! Parents! Leave Them Kids Alone!
I’m sick and tired of mothers and fathers who continue to micro-manage their children’s lives. There seems to be an increasing fear and anxiety about children these days. The idea of protecting your kid – against bullying, colds, lice, falling down, sleeping too little, sleeping too much, paedophiles, cars, dogs, violent television, sexy tele... read more
Harassed Mum
The Naked Truth
Maybe it was my experience on a clothes-free Italian beach, where a mahogany-tanned man shook his chamois leather at me – but I’ve never been a fan of public nudism. Until now. I’ve not recently uncovered the secret exhibitionist in me (a night at the student union did that long ago). But were I to pay and display at Le Camping au Naturel... read more
Angry Dad
The Cat’s In The Cradle Syndrome
I’m SO sick and tired of women bleating on and on and on. And on. About what? About how THEY are the biggest losers in this parenting biz. About how being a mother is SO difficult and how fathers have it SO easy. “Oooh the glass ceiling”; “ooh sexism in the work place”; “I wish I could have a career”; “raising kids is a... read more
Family Ties
Mia Freedman Chats To Babble!
In the second installment of our brilliant new series, Family Ties, we chat to Mia Freedman - ex-magazine editor, mum-of-three, keen blogger (mamamia.com.au) and author of Mama Mia - A Memoir of Mistakes, Magazines and Motherhood.* So, where and when were you born? Australia 1971 Where did you grow up? Any abiding memories of your childhood... read more
Harassed Mum
