Because of her child’s problems, the author will never have a tidy, peaceful life. But none of this keeps her from being happy — as long as she asks herself the right questions: As someone in her 40s, unequivocally in middle age, I find myself and my friends in that stage of life that seems Read more
Parents should take care not to block their son’s calling to the priesthood, new Vatican guidelines on promoting vocations say. “Even though a sense of respect for the figure of the priest is cultivated in Christian families, it is still noticeable, especially in the West, that they have a certain difficulty in accepting that their Read more
Family First says the Government is undervaluing mothers by not allowing a bill, proposing to extend paid parental leave, to proceed to a first reading. In the week before Easter a member’s bill which aims to extend paid parental leave in New Zealand from 14 to 26 weeks came up in the ballot. It is being proposed by Labour’s Sue Read more
In nine years I have been graced with three children and here is what I have learned about them. They are engines of incalculable joy and agonising despair. They are comedy machines. Their language is their own and the order of their new halting words has never been heard before in the whole history of Read more
When Australian, Neil Richards answered a lesbian couple’s advertisement in a magazine to use his sperm to conceive, he said they agreed he should be involved in his daughter’s life but exactly how was never decided. Richards, the “donor dad”, provided sperm to Jesse Star, paid $5000 for her fertility treatments, paid for the midwife, Read more