The Families Commission has reversed support for a paid year of parental leave, saying we can probably no longer afford it.

At 42, novelist Lana Citron thought the doctor’s words, ‘you’re pregnant’, were a joke. Here, she gives an honest account of becoming an older mother, of telling her oldest son and her ex-partner the news and why she feels lucky.

Parental leave could be extended from 14 weeks to six months.

The way we raise our children has become a source of conflict and competition among today’s increasingly judgmental parents, writes Suzanne McFadden.

Settling a new baby into a house where older siblings already live requires some thinking ahead, writes Rachel Grunwell.