My name is Eddie and I’m seven and my mum said I have to write about my school holidays and I just want to play Minecraft. I love swimming so these are the best places for swimming by me Eddie.
On the eve of her child turning seven, Emily Writes shares a personal essay on birthdays and parenthood.
A harrowing account of what it's like trying to save your child from suicide, and the toll it takes on everyone involved.
A patronising, snide and all-round awful opinion column tried to guilt the celebrity couple for giving birth at home, and Emily Writes is not having it.
Within households grappling with food insecurity, parents will often choose to go without essentials long before their children do, writes Dr Rebekah Graham.
This Father's Day, broadcaster Nadine Higgins reckons with her complex relationship with her Dad who passed away last year.
Emily Writes on love and fear and hope at her son's hospital bed.
Over 400 doctors, most specialising in child health, have signed an open letter to the coroner expressing concerns about a judgement which blamed alcohol in breast milk for the death of an infant.
It's like Christmas every fortnight, and an antidote to the great plastic pile-up.
A coroner's comments about the death of Carla Neems have the potential to plunge New Zealand into a moral panic. But having freedom and responsibility is an essential part of child development, argues a mother of two.
We keep hearing that Kids These Days are mollycoddled and risk-averse, but is that really true? And guess who gets blamed when kids do take risks and things go wrong?
It's a scary world out there, and there's a lot for you as a parent to be frightened of. But what are the things you should be most freaked out …
New research shows there's been a dramatic increase in the number of New Zealand children getting injured playing sport. It's a timely reminder that kids don't need competition to be active, writes ACC's Isaac Carlson.
It's 'important for mothers and midwives to plan well ahead of their delivery', according to the head of the Southern DHB. Intrigued, Emily Writes decided to find out more.
If you're a man who isn't sure that you're a good partner to the mother of your children, then you're probably not.
Emily Writes heads over to Harry and Meghan's whare to discuss the impending (or maybe it's happening right now) birth of the next royal child.
Longer hours have some parents up in arms, but Emily Writes argues that kindergartens are only doing what they have to in order to survive.
