The Independent's John Walsh speaks with the author of In Praise of Older Women as his erotic coming-of-age novel joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

Model Lara Bingle says she will take legal action against a former lover, alleging he distributed a photo of her taken in a bath while the couple shared a brief affair in 2006.

Dita De Boni attempts to challenge her son and finds the struggle is all hers.

You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.

Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.

Dita De Boni wonders whether all the praise and positive encouragement children are given these days will make them into better adults.

She has cast herself as the princess in the tower; he will receive the least sympathy in a public separation since Ike Turner... or Heather Mills.

Proud father-to-be Alan Perrott discovers the joys of pampering packages for expectant parents.

People will post just about anything on social networking sites. And the information could be used against them, even in court.

Breakfast presenter Ali Mau's televised attack on a woman's magazine has drawn a formal complaint saying her outburst was inaccurate.

A new website that allows users to find out where and when people are having sex has just been launched.

The controversy around Alison Mau's sexuality in recent weeks has been good news for TVNZ where it counts - the ratings.

The Kiwi workplace is becoming more toxic, with office back-stabbing and bullying by bosses on the increase.

The findings of a study released in Britain this week promise to send alarm bells ringing in the heads of parents everywhere, writes Dita De Boni.

Nicole Richie has confirmed she and her long term partner Joel Madden are getting married.

Queen of pop Madonna's tabloid-friendly romance with toyboy lover Jesus Luz is back on the boil.

There is a strange paradox going on with modern women. They buy advice and self-help books as if they are going out of fashion, and yet they bridle when anyone offers them any actual, real-world, on-the-spot advice.

Madonna, who's been divorced twice, is to appear as a judge on a US reality TV show about warring couples.

At Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties is truly a competitive sport.

"My best mate wasn't allowed boys around to her place in our teens..."

Two wealthy couples have split - one after the wife ran off with a hired hand.