Parenting Relationships | Essential Kids

Michelle Hespe and Jeff Atkinson are keen board game players and they think it has a positive impact on their relationship.

Winning at love isn't child's play

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Believe me, Brangelina - a friendly divorce is the only way to split

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Starting a Tinder account has become something of a rite of passage for teens.

What happens when your teen joins Tinder?

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Friendships and social skills

Making friends can be harder for some kids than others but there are ways you can help develop your child's social skills to ensure they can build healthy friendships now and in the future.

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QUIRKY KID

How to talk to children about grandparents with dementia

Helping children understand why their grandparent can no longer remember their name is a hard conversation to have, but here are ten practical tips to help guide you.

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Alison Bradshaw

Julia Roberts in the 1998 film, <i>Stepmum</i>.

Solving the struggles of step parenting

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Jo Hartley

Finding time to nurture your marriage after kids.

How to reignite love, sex and passion in your marriage after kids

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Patricia Tan

7 ways my relationship improved after having children

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Thuy Yau

Kimberley O'Brien

How to tell the kids you're separating

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Kimberley O'Brien

The Empty Weekend: Missing the need to be needed

Now that my children can survive in the world alone, I find myself missing the need to be needed.

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Lana Hart

Divert a 6-year-old's arguing with activities that you both enjoy

When they won't take no for an answer.

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Meghan Leahy

My daughter Googled my name - I wasn't ready for her reaction

In the moment, I stammered, trying to buy time. When that failed, I told her the truth.

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Christie Tate

I fear my daughter has harder choices than us to make.

Is 13 too young for my daughter to decide she doesn't want children?

She’s painfully aware of the possibility that her children and grandchildren will have a harder time being alive.

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Katerina Cosgrove

How my mother's love lives on, 25 years after she took her last breath

My children never got to meet their grandmother, but they still feel her love.

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Letitia Rowlands

5 articles that made parents laugh in 2018

Stories to put a smile on your dial.

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Suzi Catchpole

Five things I hate about tweens (and five things I love)

Something happens when your child turn 10-years-old.

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Bianca Wordley

Psychologist Jacqui McCabe-Austin with advice on surviving Christmas.

You and your loved ones - the Christmas test and how to pass it

Christmas is a delight for many families but for some it brings tension in relationships. Here's a guide to how to prevent the pressure reaching breaking point.