Never fight with your partner the morning you go to buy a new car
by BERN MORLEY I watched the trickle of sweat run down the side of my baby boy’s head and I knew I’d reached my limit. I always knew I had one, I just didn’t know I would reach it backing out...
View ArticleWhat life skill do you lack?
By NICKY CHAMP Folding a fitted sheet, programming your dvd to record, reading a map, paying bills on time. We’ve all got that one life skill we just can’t master, no matter how hard we try. That task...
View ArticlePetrol, tampons and other life necessities that should be free.
By LUCY ORMONDE I once read a story about a woman who got the ultimate revenge on city councils charging her for parking in the city. The machine she parked near wouldn’t accept credit and she...
View ArticleThe one thing I can’t leave my house without.
By MAMAMIA TEAM They say that eyes are the windows to the soul. We say, forget that. A woman’s handbag is the window to her soul. After all – the contents of a woman’s handbag will tell you...
View ArticleKids and cars. This is why they don’t mix.
By JO ABI. Do you want to know what kind of mother you are? Spend extended periods of time with children in a car. Just drive around. Try and keep them fed and happy. Try and distribute snacks,...
View ArticleBackseat Heroes: The awkward questions your kids ask in the car.
Gotta love the questions kids ask in cars. From “why did they build the Great Wall of China?” to “why are your nipples so big?” there never seems to be anything kids don’t think to cover. And the worst...
View ArticleThis mum is about to teach her daughter to drive. Any tips?
My family didn’t own a car when I was growing up, so when it came time for me to learn how to drive at the age of 17, it was an extremely difficult concept for me to grasp. I just had NO...
View ArticleBackseat Heroes: The games you play with your kids in the car.
Eye spy. Statues. The number plate game. What are the games that you play with your kids when you’re in the car? In this second video of the Back Seat Heroes series, writer and comedian Em Rusciano...
View ArticleFive things you can do to keep your kids safe around cars.
It was every parent’s nightmare. It was 2005 and former Australian Wallabies skipper, Phil Kearns was backing out of his driveway in his Sydney home when he felt his 4WD hit a small bump....
View ArticleBest and worst of the week. What’s going on?
Welcome to best and worst of the week. It’s pretty straightforward; we share our best moments and our worst moments from the week that was. Doesn’t matter how big or small your best and worsts might be...
View ArticleBest and Worst. Come and tell us how your week’s been
Hey you guys. Welcome to this week’s Best and Worst – the place where you can cheer about whatever you want, bitch about whatever you want and just generally have a good ol’ gasbag. For those of you...
View ArticleConversations with a 2 year old girl, reenacted by a fully-grown man.
We can’t believe we didn’t discover this sooner. Conversations with my 2 year old is a video series created by Matthew Clarke, in which he re-enacts real life conversations he has had with his...
View ArticleBackseat Heroes: Getting your kids ready in the morning.
Is getting your kids into the car ever easy? Not according to the parents we’ve spoken to. Everyday it seems like someone’s forgotten their shoes/lunch/backpack. And someone else hasn’t brushed their...
View ArticleThis 5-year-old’s 911 call is the most heart warming thing since Bambi.
Have you ever been in a situation and thought, I am so not dressed for this right now? That’s what happened to five-year-old Savannah when she called emergency services to get help for her dad....
View ArticleThe 5 step (failsafe) backseat entertainment plan. (You’re welcome).
I think we all have a favourite memory of a road trip when we were kids. And I often think that many of our memories of that road trip are pretty selective. My all time greatest holiday was...
View ArticleBest and Worst: What’s happened in your week?
Hello all. Welcome to the Best and Worst of the Week. This post is relatively self-explanatory – the Mamamia team throw over to you guys and you can share all your Bests, Worsts and Things on...
View ArticleThis little girl wins the Internet today.
This is a video of a kindergarten Christmas concert. Surely one of hundreds of thousands of Christmas concert videos posted on Youtube. But, unlike all of those other home movies, this video has had...
View ArticleCheat sheet: Which car seat does my child need?
It was Boxing Day 2011 and a five-year old girl was travelling in the backseat of her grandmother’s car. The grandmother lost control of the car on a bend on the Pacific Highway near...
View ArticleJust try to read this post without crying. Try.
Alright, seriously. Try to read this post without crying. Or at least feeling as though you’d like to melt into a giant puddle of love and sadness and ALL THE FEELINGS EVER. This gentleman’s name is...
View Article“How do I raise my son to understand Christmas if he is Muslim?”
I am not a rigid person who is closed off to others. I am open minded and tolerant which is surprising to some who presume as a Muslim I am against many things. I probably wouldn’t be Muslim if...
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