Some 'doulas' - women who provide personal support during childbirth are now also offering their services during abortions, writes Dita De Boni.

I don't think it will be long before a UK political party says mothers with young children shouldn't be working at all.

It is not a completely far-out scenario that the genetic sequence of all newborn babies may one day be collected by default, writes Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni largely agrees with columnist Jenny Dillon's argument that working mothers have never had it so good.

Herald blogger Dita Di Boni says building genuine self-esteem in young girls is never an easy task.

A holiday weekend "break" with the kids leaves Dita De Boni feeling exhausted.

They really are getting on those Wiggles - the big joke at the concert we trouped to on Sunday was that Jeff (who is always falling asleep) has just received his senior card!

It is tempting to laugh at the idea that male partners of pregnant females experience some of the symptoms of pregnancy.

Sometimes child-free adults need to have some sympathy for parents of noisy and fractious children on planes, writes Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni attempts to challenge her son and finds the struggle is all hers.

Dita De Boni wonders whether all the praise and positive encouragement children are given these days will make them into better adults.

The findings of a study released in Britain this week promise to send alarm bells ringing in the heads of parents everywhere, writes Dita De Boni.

There is a strange paradox going on with modern women. They buy advice and self-help books as if they are going out of fashion, and yet they bridle when anyone offers them any actual, real-world, on-the-spot advice.

Dita De Boni delves into some of the more extreme mummy-chat forums on US parenting sites.

Dita De Boni is lost for words over her son's latest kindy creation.

Even before the earthquake struck, Haiti had the highest rate of maternal and infant death, as well as the deaths of children under the age of five, of any country in the Western Hemisphere.

Dita de Boni was enraged to read about the case of Aimee Moutray and her two twins (above) and how they were treated by an airline.

An encounter in a park leaves Dita De Boni wondering about the support networks in place for parents of autistic children.

If you look closely enough in any office, you can spot the parents back on board from holidays with the kids, writes Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni says it's all Sex and the City's fault if she overindulges this Christmas...

As you get older and your friends divide into the child-free and child laden camp, a funny, but typically female thing happens: each side becomes entrenched.

Dita De Boni on the mummy backlash that's being charted by media in the UK and the US.

Twenty years after the Convention of the Rights of the Child was introduced, Dita De Boni asks whether we're doing enough to protect our kids.

Juggling kids and a career can leave women with a nagging sense of guilt, says Dita De Boni.

You know marriage talking points have whittled themselves right down when dog faeces can cause several days of excitement and debate, says Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni on women getting pregnant at an advanced age, or being unable to.

A moment's inattention leads to an injury in Dita De Boni's household.