My husband cheerfully piped up the other day that he had taken up running because he wasn't getting enough sex.

When kids start wanting to do things themselves, it can be a lesson in patience for parents, writes Scott Kara.

The thing about rudeness is, it doesn't get much done.

When Roy Voss met Cynthia 62 years ago, he took her hand and declared: "I'm going to marry you." Today, they celebrate 60 years of marriage.

An Irish couple who have discovered they share the same father have vowed to stay together and continue to have children.

Prime Minister John Key revealed yesterday that he has had a vasectomy, providing a new slant on questions about Budget cuts.

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.

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.

The singer's wife allegedly discovered he had been having an affair with a backing dancer after finding text messages on a secret phone.

The number of Kiwi men who have a child after their 50th birthday has risen 20 per cent in the past five years.

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.

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.

The blonde in a tight, low-cut evening dress slid on to a barstool next to me and began the chat: Where are you from? How long are you here? Where are you staying?"

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer has become a mother for the third time.

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.