You wouldn't expect a parenting guide to include explicit graphic descriptions of a hardcore porn slide show, exhibited by Scandinavian psychiatrists at a Wisconsin conference on treating sex offenders.

Temper tantrums, answering back, deliberately annoying ... it could be that your child's not just naughty, but has oppositional defiant disorder.

New Zealanders are happy in their love lives - but three-quarters of us say we're in relationships where the demand for sex is lopsided.

For Malaysian Estelle Goh and her Hong Kong boyfriend Tim Chan, this weekend will be when they celebrate Valentine's Day.

Dita De Boni wonders whether all the praise and positive encouragement children are given these days will make them into better adults.

She has cast herself as the princess in the tower; he will receive the least sympathy in a public separation since Ike Turner... or Heather Mills.

Proud father-to-be Alan Perrott discovers the joys of pampering packages for expectant parents.

A new website that allows users to find out where and when people are having sex has just been launched.

The controversy around Alison Mau's sexuality in recent weeks has been good news for TVNZ where it counts - the ratings.

The Kiwi workplace is becoming more toxic, with office back-stabbing and bullying by bosses on the increase.

Susan Zinkin divorced her husband in 1962 but was forbidden from looking for new love for almost 50 years.

The findings of a study released in Britain this week promise to send alarm bells ringing in the heads of parents everywhere, writes Dita De Boni.

Nicole Richie has confirmed she and her long term partner Joel Madden are getting married.

Queen of pop Madonna's tabloid-friendly romance with toyboy lover Jesus Luz is back on the boil.

Madonna, who's been divorced twice, is to appear as a judge on a US reality TV show about warring couples.

At Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties is truly a competitive sport.

"My best mate wasn't allowed boys around to her place in our teens..."

Two wealthy couples have split - one after the wife ran off with a hired hand.

A breakfast radio host was suspended after airing an explicit jingle about TVNZ star Alison Mau.

Celebrity couple Adam Parore and Sally Ridge are living apart, the Herald on Sunday has learned.

The British Prime Minister fought back tears as he told interviewer Piers Morgan of the moment he realised his infant daughter would not survive.

Three pairs of hip and funky couples tell Viva what keeps their love alive.

Scott Kara orders a new book about dangerous things you should let your kids do but wonders whether the suggestions should be followed to the letter.