Sleep experts have released guidelines on the optimal amount of shut-eye from four months old to adulthood.

OPINION: There are myriad paths a child could take as they become an adult. Emily Writes considers who her son will become, and how best to help him get there.

A mother has described the moment her young daughter choked on part of a plastic spoon during a flight.

Seven former nannies confess to some eye-opening antics - all of them genuine.

Initially distraught over her discovery, this mother was surprised to learn what was really in her daughter's bedroom.

She was told to terminate her pregnancy because her baby had Down Syndrome. But keeping her was the best thing this woman ever did.

Most little princesses like tiaras. This one prefers tomato sauce.

Study reveals the role that delivers the most job satisfaction.

She's 17, gay, and was being held against her will. But after her extended family got involved, Sarah was released.

OPINION: "I hope one day I'll see my sons as young men - absolutely rejecting the culture that continues to run unabated around them," says Emily Writes.

COMMENT: Is it democratic for a government to veto a bill when it has the support of a majority of MPs ?

WATCH: This young girl's reaction upon receiving a doll with a prosthesis, like her, is beyond priceless.

A toddler from India who was found to have the testosterone level of a 25-year-old has been diagnosed with a rare hormonal condition.

This first-time mother was certain she knew the sex of her baby.

He told his father he was going to call the police. His dad didn't think he'd actually do it.

It took a man three days to build and a child just seconds to destroy.

A group of catty teens got schooled by this bold woman.

She feared she was about to be berated for breastfeeding in public. But what happened next was quite the opposite.

With his wife at work, this stay-at-home dad devised a way to "breastfeed" his daughter.

A former contestant on The Block has taken to social media to share her frustration after she was shamed by another passenger for breastfeeding on a flight.

OPINION: Of all the harsh comments she has received as a parenting blogger, Emily Writes reveals the one that hurt her the most.

Four months after her husband died of cancer, she fell pregant with his baby.

Kathryn Ryan says she asked to stay longer in the maternity unit because she had suffered post-natal depression in the past and had concerns about breastfeeding.

Conservative lobby group blames "family malformation" - including parental breakups - as major culprit.

An Australian woman has been successful in her legal bid to secure her dead partner's sperm so she can have his child.

It's a dilemma faced by many new parents: do they get up in the night to comfort their crying babies - or let them sob themselves to sleep?

COMMENT: Pregnancy doesn't discriminate between the prepared and the utterly unsuspecting. It just happens. And thus, so does abortion.

A new study reveals the positive impact eating fruit while pregnant can have on your child.

OPINION: Lizzie Lowrie reveals the shame she felt as she struggled to cope with her miscarriages.

You don't have to spend 300 days a year on the road with your kids to know the ins and outs of family travel. But it helps.