An Australian woman has become the first in the world to put forward a motion while breastfeeding her babe. As you can imagine, reactions were mixed.
The world is changing – and even the way parenting is being practiced is under constant scrutiny. All thanks to technology and those who grew up with it.
Apparently as many as 36% of childless couples have only ever spoken about having (or not having) kids once, and 5% have never talked about it at all. In other words, it’s a completely snap decision for a lot of people, at least that’s according to a study from Middlesex University.
Billed as the anti-antenatal class, Dudes to Dads is an idea conceived by media personality Richard Hardiman to allow prospective fathers and those “about to be” dads the space to talk and interact with men going through the same process. Using a panel of radio and TV celebrities, businessmen and medical doctors, Richard guides the […]
An unemployed man, 29, has become one of Britain’s youngest grandparents after his daughter gave birth at 14. Shem Davies and his former girlfriend Kelly John, 30, were “overjoyed” when their daughter Tia, who was born when her parents were 15, gave birth to little Gracie earlier this month. Tia’s boyfriend is 15.
Firstly, no kids for me thank you very much. Secondly, if you are going to have kids and they turn around to bite you in the arse one day, then that’s the risk you take. But people see things differently in China, and the rate of elderly suicides have tripled in the last decade. In an attempt to curb this, the Chinese government wants to impose a law that will force children to visit their aging parents. If they don’t, their parents can sue them.
Everyone knows how cut-throat childhood can be, right? The playground politics, the snide remarks, the vengeful love triangles, the grief-induced crayon-eating binges. Right? Well, maybe not me. Know why? Because when I was a kid, my parents made damn sure that their offspring would never, ever, have the label “loser” pasted on them. How did […]