A mother is warning parents to be cautious of germs on shopping trolleys after her baby ended up in ICU.

COMMENT: I've been putting my kids at risk lately and, apart from a few major incidents, it's working out great.

Baby-led weaning, or getting your infant to eat finger food, could hold the cure for childhood obesity.

COMMENT: Lessons in loving and losing a pet, and helping your child through grief.

Why the celebrity chef was asked not to attend his daughter's parents evening.

The little Princess is heard uttering her first word in public at a children's party in Canada.

COMMENT: I talked to other parents about what they did and didn't like about the age spacing between their kids, here's what they said.

COMMENT: Parents can foster the inherently sympathetic nature in young ones.

I truly do feel like someone is missing from my life. Even though I have a partner, I will always be searching, writes Rachel Kramer Bussel.

IS 50 too old to be a new mum? Everyone seems to have an opinion on how old is too old but this older mum knows what it's actually like.

Most women will disagree. But as his last child leaves for university, Brian Viner argues that it's tougher for dads.

There's a common view that having a baby will be fantastic, but that's not the reality for all mothers.

How Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie clashed over raising their kids and the impact divorce will have on them.

Emily Blunt has waded into a sensitive debate about motherhood.

Despite warnings, the parents of a healthy baby ploughed on with a "high risk" and ultimately fateful home birth, a coroner has found.

A well-known mummy blogger raises a question that has left her followers divided.

Five years ago, my 12-year-old daughter and I waited in a long switchback line similar to that of a popular ride at a theme park. But we were not at Disneyland, instead we were at the saddest place on earth: the lobby of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Research says making comments to a child about weight can be counterproductive, so here's how you can work around the issue.

If you're seeking a stylish name for your little one, you'll need to think outside the box.

Worried about the right way to parent? Don't bother, writes Susie Mesure, for it makes no difference.

Pete Evans has been slammed again. This time for suggesting mothers feed camel milk to their babies.

Any single mum knows there are times when they have to double-up as dad as well - however one mum has gone viral for her effort.

COMMENT: I'm not attracted to the idea of renewing your wedding vows, but here are six reasons that might be fuelling this trend.

Parents with less-than-attractive children have taken to Reddit to confess the moment they realised their child was ugly.

As a dad of five, chef Jamie Oliver must know a thing or two about getting babies to settle.

A kind note from a stranger meant more to this bereaved family than the anonymous writer realised.

Fifteen years after she died, a mother's letter to her daughter has been found. Now the hunt is on to find its intended recipient.

A mum has triggered a lively debate after revealing they still wipe their 12-year-old child's bottom.

I am in pain. Yes, it's physical. It throbs where the baby was so recently growing in my womb and I have cramping as my body readjusts to being an empty vessel again.

COMMENT: "To those who have lost their Dad, those who miss their Dad: I'm sorry," says Emily Writes.