Stories about family love, connection and reconnection.
How to build a secure relationship with your child
Sometimes stress makes parents less reliable than their child needs them to be. Clinginess can be a sign your child has lost faith that they are loved, says parenting coach Joseph Driessen.
father and young daughter Photo: Caroline Hernandez / Unsplash
Dividing up the domestic mental load
In many homes around the world, women manage the family calendar and make sure everybody is where they need to be when they need to be, says sociologist Allison Daminger.
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Jo Guy: find your lighthouse person
Caring for her grandchildren after their father Scott was killed, Jo Guy realised how many other children needed help. She has written a children's book called The Search for the Lighthouse People.
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How to talk about vaccination with someone you care about
Neuropsychologist Hannah Korrel is vaccinated against Covid-19 and dating someone who isn't. Whether differing views are a deal-breaker for your relationship comes down to the individuals, she says.
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How 'active grieving' can help us move on
In 2017, Julie Zarifeh's husband Paul died of cancer. Sixteen days later, her son Sam died on a rafting trip. To cope with her loss, Julie drew on the idea of 'active grieving'.
Julie Zarifeh is a consultant clinical psychologist. Photo: Lottie Hedley LANDSCAPE
I was fathered by a fertility doctor
Joey Hoofdman's biological father was Jan Karbaat – a Dutch fertility doctor who inseminated Joey's mother with his own sperm and without her knowledge.
Joey Hoofdman (2nd from left) with four of his approximately 90 biological half siblings Photo: supplied
Boomers vs Millennials (aka 'Snowflakes') vs...?
Throughout history, it's always been the latest generation of young people who are viewed as uniquely wrong or weird, says Professor Bobby Duffy.
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How I found forgiveness for my father after he sued me
Melbourne journalist Mimi Kwa seemed to be living her best life when she was sideswiped by the news her own father was taking her to court.
Australian journalist and writer Mimi Kwa Photo: Supplied
Avi and Eva: sisters side by side
Indonesian-born siblings Eva Corne and Avi Nurhidayati Damerell talk about white men who travel to their home country, the fetishisation of Asian women and their parallel lives in Whangārei.
(L-R) Eva Corne and sister Avi Nurhidayati Damerell Photo: Saraid de Silva and Julie Zhu
My quest to uncover her mother's secrets
When her mother developed Alzheimer's disease, journalist Wendyl Nissen felt compelled to find out the truth about her mum, who'd vacillated between nice and nasty her whole life.
Wendyl Nissen Photo: School Road Publishers
