From my vantage point - admittedly not having yet to deal with the mixed blessing of teenagers - it seems that ball season is completely out of hand.

The fabric of British family life is being reduced to stress and "chaos" by lack of time and money worries, say experts.

Parents might have long suspected it, but research has shown girls cost more than boys to raise.

A celebrity couple have opened up about the emotional toll of failed IVF attempts in the hope others will take comfort from their ordeal.

Scott Kara reflects on the two-and-a-half years since he became a father.

The couple are said to be "ecstatic" after learning they will welcome two babies into the world.

Small doses of the male sex hormone testosterone can make people less trusting of strangers, scientists have found.

When I heard that Claire Wadey, the co-author of a new local book called Relax and Grow Rich was a mum with two small children, I was intrigued.

I've gone and done it again. I gave my little girl another funny, touching and classic film to watch - and it's too old for her.

John Travolta, 56, and his wife Kelly Preston, 47, are expecting another baby.

Hugh Grant 'virtually has a bedroom' at the house Hurley shares with her husband Arun Nayar and son Damian, the actress told Zest magazine.

Do you still have sex? I only ask because, according to a new report, just published in the journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online, it may be a dying art.

The Government's chief science adviser has warned of a "new biological reality" behind recent youth tragedies.

After packing up her two sons in Dunedin and driving to a new life and career in Auckland, Karla McNeill couldn't be happier as a single mum. She tells her story.

The median age of women giving birth in New Zealand is now 30 years, with Gisborne producing some of our youngest mothers, figures out today show.

If parenting toddlers seems like hard work, teenagers seem in fact to be much harder, writes Dita De Boni.

Guy Adams takes a tour of Colorado City, where polygamy is simply a way of life.

Scientists have discovered that a conversation on the phone can be as good as a hug in terms of boosting the "love hormone" oxytocin.

If the British public was shocked by the WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) culture at the World Cup finals in Germany four years ago, this year is going to be all about SADs - Sons and Daughters.

Bonnie Wright, the 19-year-old Harry Potter actress - who plays the title character's love interest Ginny Weasley, is reportedly engaged to one of her co-stars.

Dita De Boni is thrust back into the social scene post giving birth to and raising her small children - and finds she has nothing to wear.

What's in a name? Shelley Bridgeman discovers that society can be slow on the uptake when it comes to the patronymic.

Courteney Cox's new role is her most daring and controversial yet. She tells Rebecca Barry why she's basically playing herself.

When Michelle tells people about her brood of 17, "their jaws drop". Then they ask if they have misheard - "It usually takes three times before people believe me".