Prince Albert II of Monaco is finally putting decades of bachelorhood and media scandal behind him to marry his long-term girlfriend.

Are French women superior at raising children? Dita De Boni delves into the debate started by feminist Elisabeth Badinter.

It's official: Orlando Bloom and Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr are engaged to be married.

Paul Thomas looks at the likes of Shane Jones, Mahatma Gandhi and Pope John Paul II to ask: what constitutes a vice?

It's incredible how willing people are to judge you as a parent, writes Scott Kara.

Good parenting, writes Dita De Boni, is not just about clothing, feeding and educating your children.

Life can be tough when a marriage collapses, especially when you have to cough up more than A$4600 ($5700) for balloons and flowers for your "little prince's" 14th birthday party.

The Independent's Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

The singer says she takes responsibility for the affair which ended her marriage but doesn't regret the outcome.

This meeting is pure infidelity. But Claire Balfour, who emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand 10 years ago, isn't out to snare a married man.

My husband cheerfully piped up the other day that he had taken up running because he wasn't getting enough sex.

When kids start wanting to do things themselves, it can be a lesson in patience for parents, writes Scott Kara.

An Irish couple who have discovered they share the same father have vowed to stay together and continue to have children.

Prime Minister John Key revealed yesterday that he has had a vasectomy, providing a new slant on questions about Budget cuts.

From my vantage point - admittedly not having yet to deal with the mixed blessing of teenagers - it seems that ball season is completely out of hand.

The fabric of British family life is being reduced to stress and "chaos" by lack of time and money worries, say experts.

Parents might have long suspected it, but research has shown girls cost more than boys to raise.

A celebrity couple have opened up about the emotional toll of failed IVF attempts in the hope others will take comfort from their ordeal.

Scott Kara reflects on the two-and-a-half years since he became a father.

The couple are said to be "ecstatic" after learning they will welcome two babies into the world.

Small doses of the male sex hormone testosterone can make people less trusting of strangers, scientists have found.

When I heard that Claire Wadey, the co-author of a new local book called Relax and Grow Rich was a mum with two small children, I was intrigued.

The singer's wife allegedly discovered he had been having an affair with a backing dancer after finding text messages on a secret phone.