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This week the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd stood before Parliament and issued an apology to hundreds of thousands of children known as the Forgotten Australians.

If you had the time and the inclination, you could probably complete most of your Christmas shopping by entering blog giveaways.

The insanity crept up on us slowly; we just wanted what was best for our kids. We bought macrobiotic cupcakes and hypoallergenic socks, hired tutors to correct a 5-year-old's "pencil-holding deficiency," hooked up broadband connections in the treehouse but took down the swing set after the second skinned knee.

Children who are extraverted, benevolent, conscientious, or not that imaginative by nature are least adversely affected by this parental response.

Have any of you ever been in Walmart the day before Christmas? If your answer is no then consider yourself lucky because it is kind of how I would imagine hell.

"I am often astounded at the parenting arrangements I see that are anything but shared." Longtime Fathers & Families supporter Lisa S. Ebert, JD, Director of Sponsored Programs and Research at the City University of New York, is a mother who shares parenting.

Hi Tech parenting. Being the mother of six wonderful children and now working full time, I know all about wanting to stay on top of everything.

Here's a funny post from the San Francisco Chronicle's parenting blog , in whichA the author talks about using "Let's Make a Deal"-style bargaining with his 4 1/2-year-old son.

According to this article, Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland has been "urged" to recommend the "Canada model" of child custody to replace Australia's shared parenting statute that is barely three years old .A Just who's doing the urging, the article doesn't tell us.

I wish we could create a list of questions that make children want to talk. When it comes to creating conversation and learning, questions can be parent's or teacher's best friend.

Please don't think I'm stupid for asking this, but I need some help. The practice of letter-writing appears to be a dying form because of e-mail and texting - which I'm good at.

Boy oh boy, marriage talking points have whittled themselves right down when dog faeces can cause several days of excitement and debate.

According to the headline of a post today on the blog Disability Scoop, "Autism Moms Have Stress Similar To Combat Soldiers." The post describes a pair of studies from November's Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

The only explanation I have for my fascination with the Fort Collins "balloon boy" saga is that it's a relief to find a guy out there who's a worse dad than I am.

Q:I am a full-time nanny living with a single father and his four young sons. The father has given me free rein to deal with the kids and discipline them as I see fit when they are with me.

Is your child ungrateful? Get the resources you need to know - fast! As part of my continuing series of Dr.

They were the making of your grandmother - and they didn't do those young girls in Little House on the Prairie any harm either.

Sex can be complicated enough by itself, but throw in some kids and you have a totally different equation.

's top paediatricians plan to introduce a bill to ban smacking, saying yesterday that the practice does nothing other than teach children to respond violently to conflict situations.

The manual/book every parent needs today. Cookbook of parenting recipes! Dr. Michele Borba Parenting expert, Dr.