Family

Krystal says she had one baby removed by South Australia's Department for Child Protection at the hospital, making her 'petrified' to go anywhere near a hospital the next time she got pregnant. She had a breached labour at home without any assistance. Three months later, police kicked in her door and took the newborn. 

After packing up her belongings in under an hour and spending months in a refuge, Millie says there is power in feeling safe.

Researchers and frontline charities are seeing a growing number of Australian children going hungry and missing school, as the twin pressures of a cost-of-living crisis and housing shortages push families to the brink.

Children are likely to look to the adults around them to gauge how they should respond to distressing stories in the news. To help, adults should begin by checking their own emotional pulse, these experts say.

Georgy Sides and her friends grew up with absent fathers who served their country in Afghanistan in the wake of September 11. Now they're sharing their stories of how Australia's commitment to a distant theatre of war altered their adolescence and shaped who they are today.

A program in Victoria's East that helps teenage parents stay in school is celebrating 10 years of operation.

When Shirley met the love of her life at age 19, Australian society didn't allow her and her soulmate to be together.

This boss now wants to get on a four-day work week himself after seeing how happy and productive his staff are after he implemented it for them.

Chloe struggled with perinatal anxiety and depression, and when her son was born with a heart condition a group of mums rallied — part of a national charity trying to re-create the traditional village.

Gender disappointment still divides families and is sometimes perpetuated by mothers who experienced it themselves, straining relations between parents and children — especially girls.

Advocates call for urgent action to implement a commissioner for young people in New South Wales, with First Nations children 12 times more likely to be in out-of-home care.

A divorce or separation is one of the hardest things some people will experience, but there are ways to try to make it as least distressing as possible. 

One in three Australian grandparents babysit their grandkids to fill in gaps in childcare, becoming a support "village" for working parents, research finds. But what happens if you don't have grandparents to rely on?

When a child isn’t safe with their family, they are placed into the care of the WA government. But some of these children and their foster parents are shining a spotlight on conditions they say are putting youth back in harm’s way.

When Italian-born Pietro Verazzi was captured by the Australian army in North Africa, his life would change course forever. 

We recently explored the best age to take kids on extended trips and readers weighed in with their own experiences. Here's some of what they had to say.

More than one in four young people are experiencing serious threats of violence by a sibling, according to new research obtained by triple j hack.

The reactions of visitors to Hans Andersen's Halloween and Christmas displays give him motivation to keep going after losing two adult sons to suicide.  

Nancy Murdock has been part of the Riverland Relay for Life event for 17 years, but the three-time cancer survivor has taken her last lap around the oval.

Egg freezing is often sold by fertility clinics as an "insurance policy". But some experts say it's more like a lottery, and few women return to use their frozen eggs.