The payoff for straining the brain

Denyse O’Leary | 08 October 2008 | comment 8

Does self-discipline beat intelligence? What about a good night’s sleep?

Parenting on a shoestring

Michelle Martin | 29 September 2008 | comment 3

Isn't it about time to have a time-out on consumerism?

iPhone: not your kids’ phone

David Vincent | 26 September 2008 | comment 5

At least, not until the touted ‘parental controls’ materialise.

Coddling kindergartners

Barbara Lilley | 01 September 2008 | comment 6

Staggered school entry? What next from the bubble-wrap department?

Raising boys

Rebecca Walberg | 27 August 2008 | comment 4

A mother and paediatrician writes about what sons need from parents, and how families and culture often shortchange young men.

Homeschooling: a learning experience for the whole family

Mary Cooney | 26 August 2008 | comment 20

It was a lot harder than I imagined, but the reasons for educating our children at home were compelling.

Raising free-range kids

Brian Lilley | 25 July 2008 | comment 11

Helicopter parenting just doesn’t work with four kids and two pets to keep an eye on.

Family footprints

Michelle Martin | 24 July 2008 | comment 5

Economy and character building ensures that a family of 12 keeps its carbon output modest.

Tell it to the marines

Joe Woodard | 19 July 2008 | comment 24

A few weeks in a Marine boot camp works wonders, says a proud father.

A trip too far

Michelle Martin | 10 July 2008 | comment 5

As the school year fills up with treats, a mother wonders where the neighbourhood cleanup and nursing home visit fit in.

Family ‘diversity’ unpacked

Dale O'Leary | 09 July 2008 | comment 22

To pretend that all families are equal denies the truth of the child’s experience.

Faithful husbands and fathers

W Bradford Wilcox | 03 July 2008 | comment 5

Churchgoing men are not a hangover of the old patriarchy but a new breed who are closely connected to their families.

The new, improved, disposable father

Jennifer Roback Morse | 26 June 2008 | comment 38

Britain and Canada are well ahead in the race to make fatherhood completely redundant.

Experimenting with children’s sexual identity

Carolyn Moynihan | 29 May 2008 | comment 13

Gender benders are consigning more and more disturbed children to the path of sex change on the basis of a shaky philosophy.

Counter-cultural motherhood

Kate Bluett | 07 May 2008 | comment 3

Mother's Day arrives again with its uncertainties, pressures and a declaration of faith.

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