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Parents
#DearHuggies: Mums clap back at sexist toilet training manual
Huggies NZ just published a 'helpful' guide to toilet training for 'girls' and 'boys' and got a hell of a response to it. Angela Cuming hits back at the silly manual that seems like it's straight out of the 1950s.
Emily Writes: We have a post-natal depression epidemic and it's killing mothers
The latest episode of TV One documentary series Inside My Mind focused on the mental health of mothers. For Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes, watching it was both a draining, painful experience and a wake-up call about the epidemic of PND in New Zealand.
Top six ways to get out of the door on time when you have children
Leaving the house when you have kids can be a nightmare of epic proportions. Anna Gowan has your back. Here's her top six tips to get you to church (or the pub) on time.
Fear and Formula: Why parents are a target for bad marketing
Roz Palethorpe is a new mum and a science teacher who wonders why parents and people trying to conceive are always a target for myths and pseudo-science.
‘Our people came home’: Finding myself at my marae
Nichole Brown returned to her marae to bury her daughter's whenua. She writes of giving back to the land she loves to build the family she has.
When pregnancy is hell: What hyperemesis is really like
Hyperemesis gravidarum is a terrible, debilitating illness that few people understand. It's more than morning sickness and it takes an immense toll on a pregnant mother. Wellington mother Wendy Harper shares her hyperemesis story.
Emily Writes: How to survive the school holidays
Spinoff Parents editor Emily Writes has all the tips you need to get you through the last half of the July school holidays.
Thanks ACT, for revealing the truth about low-income parents
David Seymour and the ACT Party believe that only parents who are wealthy should be able to have children. Many, many parents, including Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw, disagree.
The day my child came out to me – and I came out to him
Stef Rozitis had a long journey to understanding and accepting her sexuality after marrying a man and having children. Here she shares her story.
Three mums, six kids, and one award-winning self-published book: The story of Little Gems
In Tibet babies are named by a respected elder. In Borneo, turtles are kept out of the birthing room, and the Gusii women of East Africa paint their breasts with bitter herbs when they’re ready to wean. Thalia Kehoe Rowden learned all of this and more from a beautiful new book, Little Gems, produced by a trio of Kiwi mums. She tracked them down to find out how they managed such a feat.
