A moment's inattention leads to an injury in Dita De Boni's household.

Despite their 21-year age gap, Louise Crome and Rodney Hide are the very model of a modern couple.

Michelle Obama urges women not to choose men simply because they are "cute".

Study shows only granddaughters are likely to benefit from having their paternal grandmothers involved in their early lives.

The secret to a happy and long lasting marriage is for men to choose a wife who is younger - and smarter - than them.

Dear Noelle, I hope you can help me. I'm an English woman, a fellow column writer actually. Last week I wrote a piece about that young guy from Boyzone who died suddenly on Majorca.

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman gives an emotional speech to US Congress about violence against women.

Dita De Boni looks at the conflicting advice around sleeping in the same bed as your baby.

Society has frequently failed fathers by either forcing them to give up work and become house husbands or demanding that they spend long hours in the office bringing home the bacon.

When police barged into a luxurious Paris hotel in 1917 the beautiful female occupant appeared - reportedly naked - and distributed chocolates.

When a couple breaks up, they can split the assets and decide who gets the rugby season tickets. But who gets the friends?

Scott Kara fights for dads' rights to be present in the delivery suite.

A leading obstetrician says a father's presence at childbirth can make labour longer, more painful and more complicated.

When a couple goes nuclear and break up, friends can be caught in the fallout with the resulting social contamination lasting for years.

Dita De Boni on the sad story of American woman Irene Vilar, who has had 15 abortions.

Glamour model Katie Price has launched a scathing attack on her ex Peter Andre on Twitter.

Scott Kara finds kids can help lighten the mood of otherwise sombre affairs.

An American woman confesses to being an "abortion addict" after terminating 15 pregnancies in 17 years.

Supermodel Heidi Klum and her musician husband, Seal, have welcomed a baby girl to their brood, is has been announced.

Most NZers would have liked to learn more about the emotional side of sex during their sex education, a new survey suggests.

Kiwis in their 20s now have the highest divorce rate of any age group. What's going wrong?

The story of Aisling Symes and the discovery of a body is every parent's worst nightmare, writes Dita De Boni.

Dita De Boni wonders whether we're asking too much of our men.