Almost half of Kiwis say they are uncomfortable with "friending" their boss on a social networking site.

Auckland Grammar old boy John Chisholm wants his sons to go to a good single-sex school like he did - but they don't live in the right zone.

Lady Gaga's mother will be joining her on tour to make sure she doesn't drink too much.

Edie Falco relies on a "surrogate family" to help her raise her two children.

We have all had the experience of meeting someone and - for reasons that are often completely unknown - an instant dislike develops.

Has a senior Labour politician won the heart of a woman whose partner suffered a debilitating stroke?

The firefighter at the centre of a blackmail love triangle has had crisis talks with her bosses.

Many a time since this column first appeared have I used as a last sentence, "We reap what we sow".

A third of all women have experienced post-sex blues at some point, a new study shows.

Kate Middleton is believed to have celebrated her hen's night while Prince William was visiting New Zealand and Australia.

Mia is enamoured with her mum's pregnant belly and she's started asking those sorts of questions.

As her son approaches school age, Dita De Boni wonders about the importance of a 'multi-cultural' education.

New Zealanders are rapidly joining HaveAnAffair.co.nz but the new dating website's owners deny members sign up to do as its name suggests.

The previous Government was much taken with the economic benefit of getting and keeping more women in work.

TV psychologist Nigel Latta is under fire for his use of the word mental.

Sexual tension, jealousy, crossing the line ... can men and women be just friends? Shelley Bridgeman discovers the dos and don'ts of platonic relationships.

The Children's Commissioner has called for a review of paid parental leave in order to help more parents care for children under the age of 1 at home.

New mum Vanessa Mealings would welcome any change that made it easier for her to stay at home in the first year of her children's lives.

As a dad, it makes me shiver with fear to think the exchanging of indecent images of children is so widespread.

Mel Gibson will counter sue Oksana Grigorieva if she launches legal action against him over their January 2010 domestic altercation.

Liz Dickinson steps on the dating treadmill and finds singles fitness events can be fun.

When my caregiver casually commented that "I appear to be a few days overdue in the gynaecological department," I responded by assuring her gruffly that it would be nothing more than business stress throwing her system around a bit.

From his days in the Mickey Mouse Club to playing a father in a failing marriage, Ryan Gosling's career is maturing nicely, writes Helen Barlow.