The Royal Dutch Medical Association has adopted the view that the circumcision of underage boys violates their human rights.

Some call her the "Mother Teresa of Queen St" after the Mother Teresa medallion that she wears around her neck.

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

Two prisoners' mothers and a girlfriend are facing criminal charges, after trying to smuggle drugs.

Police are worried by a rise in underage prostitution in downtown Auckland, where girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex.

Police say increasing numbers of girls as young as 12 are working as prostitutes in Auckland's city centre.

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

Short people suffer a greater rate of illness and death from heart disease, research has shown.

Research shows that "nannying" works, with a ban on smoking having a decidedly positive impact on individuals' lives

Sam Morgan has invested $700,000 in a Pacific Island-based microfinance company.

For years, I watched my mother slowly and progressively kill herself through the bottle. I made the decision then not to drink.