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.

I can't get enough of Michelle Obama. She is one of my favourite things. I'm not being facetious, nor have I lost my mind.

I wonder how many of us will be telling our kids the cold truth about life: if you are good looking, your life will be easier.

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.

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.

The thing about rudeness is, it doesn't get much done.

When Roy Voss met Cynthia 62 years ago, he took her hand and declared: "I'm going to marry you." Today, they celebrate 60 years of marriage.

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.

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.

The number of Kiwi men who have a child after their 50th birthday has risen 20 per cent in the past five years.

I've gone and done it again. I gave my little girl another funny, touching and classic film to watch - and it's too old for her.

John Travolta, 56, and his wife Kelly Preston, 47, are expecting another baby.

Hugh Grant 'virtually has a bedroom' at the house Hurley shares with her husband Arun Nayar and son Damian, the actress told Zest magazine.