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The roller-coaster ride of parenting becomes more challenging when Amanda McLeod is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I lost friends and colleagues who found it difficult to deal with my highs, lows and erratic behaviour. After 12 months of trying to conceive, I was overjoyed when the pregnancy...

Gemma Rolleman faces up to the fact she no longer has all the answers to her kidsā€™ questions. Itā€™s a sad day when your eight-year-old son turns to you for help with maths homework that might as well have been written in ancient Greek. For no...

Itā€™s time to kill the outdated platitudes around what it takes to be the perfect mother. Or at least tune out their noise.

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Even self-professed exercise junkie MJ Ong struggles to keep up her regimen with a baby in tow. Iā€™m not your average postgraduate student. On the first day of my doctorate course I was eight weeks pregnant. Ironically, my research is on pregnancy and exercise. I was...

Kris Bordessaā€™s sons have a tendency towards truncation in their communication The bright, bold colours of billboards and street signs intrigued my oldest son, Brad, long before he could read. ā€œWhat does that say, Mum?ā€ heā€™d ask from the back seat as we whizzed down the...

Michaela Fox encourages mothers to trust their instincts more and listen to others less. Itā€™s a predictable script: you become a mother and sentence yourself to a lifetime of guilt ā€“ or so it appears. I overheard a conversation between two mothers at the park recently,...

Kate King waxes lyrical about bygone times, before realising she is a different person now she is a mother. One night recently our children gave my husband and me a rare and unexpected treat: they were asleep by 7 pm. As we gently pulled their bedroom...

Leanne Torres finds her daughterā€™s first day of school is a big adventure for them both. If I try really hard, I can just about remember my first day of school. Maybe itā€™s the photo that triggers my memory ā€“ there I am with my big...

With both her kids now at school, Jean Flynn contemplates a ā€˜career changeā€™. Iā€™m looking for a job. I already have one, but Iā€™m interested in doing something a bit different ā€“ branching out. Iā€™ve been in my current position for nearly eight years. Itā€™s full-time...