It's incredible how willing people are to judge you as a parent, writes Scott Kara.

I can't get enough of Michelle Obama. She is one of my favourite things. I'm not being facetious, nor have I lost my mind.

I wonder how many of us will be telling our kids the cold truth about life: if you are good looking, your life will be easier.

Good parenting, writes Dita De Boni, is not just about clothing, feeding and educating your children.

Life can be tough when a marriage collapses, especially when you have to cough up more than A$4600 ($5700) for balloons and flowers for your "little prince's" 14th birthday party.

The Independent's Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

The singer says she takes responsibility for the affair which ended her marriage but doesn't regret the outcome.

This meeting is pure infidelity. But Claire Balfour, who emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand 10 years ago, isn't out to snare a married man.

When kids start wanting to do things themselves, it can be a lesson in patience for parents, writes Scott Kara.

The thing about rudeness is, it doesn't get much done.

When Roy Voss met Cynthia 62 years ago, he took her hand and declared: "I'm going to marry you." Today, they celebrate 60 years of marriage.

An Irish couple who have discovered they share the same father have vowed to stay together and continue to have children.

Prime Minister John Key revealed yesterday that he has had a vasectomy, providing a new slant on questions about Budget cuts.

From my vantage point - admittedly not having yet to deal with the mixed blessing of teenagers - it seems that ball season is completely out of hand.

The fabric of British family life is being reduced to stress and "chaos" by lack of time and money worries, say experts.

Parents might have long suspected it, but research has shown girls cost more than boys to raise.

The couple are said to be "ecstatic" after learning they will welcome two babies into the world.

Small doses of the male sex hormone testosterone can make people less trusting of strangers, scientists have found.

When I heard that Claire Wadey, the co-author of a new local book called Relax and Grow Rich was a mum with two small children, I was intrigued.

The singer's wife allegedly discovered he had been having an affair with a backing dancer after finding text messages on a secret phone.

The number of Kiwi men who have a child after their 50th birthday has risen 20 per cent in the past five years.

I've gone and done it again. I gave my little girl another funny, touching and classic film to watch - and it's too old for her.

John Travolta, 56, and his wife Kelly Preston, 47, are expecting another baby.

Hugh Grant 'virtually has a bedroom' at the house Hurley shares with her husband Arun Nayar and son Damian, the actress told Zest magazine.

Do you still have sex? I only ask because, according to a new report, just published in the journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online, it may be a dying art.

The Government's chief science adviser has warned of a "new biological reality" behind recent youth tragedies.

After packing up her two sons in Dunedin and driving to a new life and career in Auckland, Karla McNeill couldn't be happier as a single mum. She tells her story.