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Help Me Hera: My child has terrible taste in music

Hera Lindsay Bird

A hand holds a small foosball player figurine with a blue shirt and white shorts. The figure casts a detailed shadow on a textured background, resembling the player's face. Another hand reaches toward the figurine.

The Spinoff Essay: All my daughter’s daddies

The cover of Hiding Places by Lynley Edmeades on a wallpaper of the cover of Truby King's manual for caring for a baby.

‘I was not sane’: How to make sense of Truby King when sleep deprived

Lynley Edmeades

A set of baby bottles filled with milk in descending size order is shown on both sides of the image, with red downward arrows above them. The background features scales of justice symbols.

New Zealand’s low birth rate isn’t just about maths – it’s about fairness

A film still from the BBC adaptation of Pride & Prejudice showing the character of Mr Bennet smiling and holding up a book.

Jane Austen’s terrible parents

An open diary with fragments of writing in it, two little spiders, and a photograph showing a man and a boy looking into the camera lens.

‘I didn’t write any poems today’: the diary of a modern poet

a stippled blue background with lots of little pills

It’s not just illegal drugs that don’t mix well with driving

James Borrowdale

The Spinoff Essay: Day of reckoning

I asked parents these five questions – here’s what I learned

A man in a blue polo shirt sits at a cluttered desk, concentrating as he works on a small craft project under a lamp in a cozy, well-lit workspace.

The Third Age: ‘I think I’ve got the balance right – it’s good for me to keep busy’