A sweet initiative between a knitting group and Kelly Tarlton's means cute woolies and funds for Plunket babies.

A US woman was surprised to find she had been charged a fee for a skin to skin moment with her newborn.

Women around the world have documented the pain, anguish, anxiety and joy that having a baby brings.

Sarah Michelle Gellar will "never push" her children to be actors.

A US woman has been convicted over several child abuse acts, including her role in what prosecutors called a "baby fight club."

Labour leader Andrew Little says Labour's child policies are still in development after appearing to recommit to the 2014 'Best Start' policy of $60 a week payments for newborns.

Six rainy-day activities to keep the kids engaged and you sane these school holidays.

Not your typical sick note, this mother's explanation for her teenage daughter's absence has gone viral.

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

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.

New research reveals the quality of parenting in same-sex partnerships.

The Duchess of Cambridge pulled out all the stops in an eye-catching designer dress as she and Prince William began the second day of their royal tour of Canada.

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.

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.

Here are six factors that will give your children the best chance of fulfilling their dreams and ambitions.

A woman who wants to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild is a step closer.

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.