An Australian journalist’s baby is no longer named Methamphetamine Rules after a legal name change. ABC journalist Kirsten Drysdale caused a stir four months ago when it emerged that her newborn son was given the moniker. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Mum registers ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ as baby’s name. Catch the best deals and products hand-picked by … Read more
A new mother enduring excruciating pain, bleeding and bruising from a severe birth injury was dismissed with one short sentence: “you’ve just had a baby”. It is one of many stories set to be aired at the NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma, sitting in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday. The committee, which has received 4000 … Read more
Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive and evaluate feelings accurately in ourselves and in others. The most emotionally intelligent people can access and evoke emotion, understand non-verbal cues, and regulate their feelings to build stronger relationships. As a Harvard-trained psychologist, I’ve seen firsthand how this is key to long-term professional and personal success. So how … Read more
There are many environments where it would benefit you to check any people-pleasing tendencies at the door: work, romantic relationships, even friendships. Holidays at your in-laws’ house is not one of them, says Sara Jane Ho, a Harvard-trained etiquette expert. Ho is the founder of the finishing school Institute Sarita, host of the Netflix show … Read more
A Perth father has detailed a horror international custody dispute which triggered a six-month long battle to rescue his son from a Thailand orphanage and left him bankrupt and homeless. Andrew and his seven-year-old son Leo, both pseudonyms, spent the past summer living in a car in Perth’s northern suburbs after the traumatic ordeal that … Read more
Peter Mutabazi and some of the children he has fostered or adopted. Peter Mutabazi Peter Mutabazi has fostered or adopted 36 children in the past seven years — by himself. Right now, he’s caring for kids aged two, three, seven, eight, 10, 17 and 19 years old, three of whom are his adopted children. His … Read more
When Blue Ivy Carter made her on-stage performance debut during her mother Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in May, the accomplishment didn’t come without controversy. “There [were] lots of negative things that people had to say,” Carter, 11, said during “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” a documentary and concert film released on Friday. Thousands of concert-goers … Read more
