This Month
Paris Hilton v the Crunchy Tradwives: a modern parenting story
The reality TV star is not so different from many of you, it turns out, as she baulks at changing her child’s nappy.
- Monica Hesse
Why parents in Japan can’t give their kids whacky names
About 4000 people a year change their moniker in a country where it’s frowned upon to stand out.
- Hikari Hida
September
Why this exec took four months off after the birth of his son
At companies with more than 100 employees, the proportion of men who took primary parental leave more than doubled to 13.5 per cent in the year to March 2022.
- Sally Patten
August
What Justin Trudeau’s divorce tells us about modern parenting
The Canadian premier and his wife have opted for the ‘bird’s nest’ style of parenting increasingly seen as the way to ‘do’ divorce if you have children.
- Tanith Carey
July
This company changed one thing and triggered a baby boom
Japanese workplaces are succeeding where governments have failed to encourage women to have children.
- Kanoko Matsuyama
Why China’s young people are not getting married
About 6.8 million couples registered for marriage last year, the lowest since records began in 1986 and way down from 13.5 million in 2013.
- Nicole Hong and Zixu Wang
‘He said I was argumentative’: One woman’s long road to law partner
Maddocks partner Ooma Khurana didn’t follow the “you can have it all” model for women.
- Michael Pelly
June
Quiet quitting? Damp drinking? Why we coin new terms for old feelings
The phrases we use to describe modern life are phenomena in themselves – and there’s a reason they all sound the same.
- Maura Judkis
May
How chess became the latest teenage fad
Thanks to TikTok and some savvy marketing, the board game is enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
- Matt Richtel
March
Are we making our kids sad by playing with them?
As a society, we have been conducting a play-deprivation experiment with our children and the results are in.
- Tanveer Ahmed
January
Andrew Tate is not the only misogynist courting Australian teenagers
Parents should be aware that female hating content that targets teen boys is rife online, experts say.
- Tess Bennett
- Opinion
- Property market
Why you should make your adult kids pay rent to live in your house
Treat your adult kids like grown-ups and don’t revert to the patterns of behaviour you had when they used to live with you.
- Erin Lowry
Want to help your kids buy property? Here’s how
These strategies can assist your children without jeopardising your financial future.
- Duncan Hughes
December 2022
Why letting your kids play without you could help them succeed
Many adults believe they must spend all their free time with their children, but the popularity of “sittervising” shows their offspring should frolic solo.
- Elizabeth Chang
November 2022
Learning how to be better at the most important job in the world
Parenting is a hard job that few feel prepared for and even fewer feel they are good at.
- Julie Hare
September 2022
How to raise kids without bribery, stickers and punishment
Is “gentle parenting” just the latest in a long line of strategies or is it the breakthrough technique modern parents have been looking for?
- Courtney Weaver
I was sceptical of baby gear. Then I became a dad
Before having a kid, I had always put high-end baby gear in the same category as high-end pet gear.
- Kevin Roose
June 2022
How to stop over-scheduling your children
If you’re a parent, you have a natural tendency to plan more and more for your kids. It’s not a failing, but nor is it doing your offspring any favours.
- Elizabeth Chang
Grandparents’ leave: how workplaces are becoming more family-friendly
When Vicki Elias’ granddaughter Frankie was born earlier this year, her employer Investa gave her a week of paid leave to care for her grandchild.
- Natasha Boddy
May 2022
- Analysis
- Inside Government
Women vote for real change
A well-led, media-savvy group of female activists is expected to press government on key gender equity, safety and care issues after women voted strongly for a change of government.
- Tom Burton
