New York gangster John "Junior" Gotti may be charged with extortion, kidnapping, robbery and shootings, but try telling his mother that her son's done wrong.

Despite the endless dirty nappies, the prospect of having more than one kid is appealing to Scott Kara.

A moment's inattention leads to an injury in Dita De Boni's household.

Despite their 21-year age gap, Louise Crome and Rodney Hide are the very model of a modern couple.

Michelle Obama urges women not to choose men simply because they are "cute".

Dear Noelle, I hope you can help me. I'm an English woman, a fellow column writer actually. Last week I wrote a piece about that young guy from Boyzone who died suddenly on Majorca.

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman gives an emotional speech to US Congress about violence against women.

Dita De Boni looks at the conflicting advice around sleeping in the same bed as your baby.

Society has frequently failed fathers by either forcing them to give up work and become house husbands or demanding that they spend long hours in the office bringing home the bacon.

Scott Kara fights for dads' rights to be present in the delivery suite.

A leading obstetrician says a father's presence at childbirth can make labour longer, more painful and more complicated.

When a couple goes nuclear and break up, friends can be caught in the fallout with the resulting social contamination lasting for years.

Love was in the air when a planeload of American singles landed in Auckland this week.

Dita De Boni on the sad story of American woman Irene Vilar, who has had 15 abortions.

Glamour model Katie Price has launched a scathing attack on her ex Peter Andre on Twitter.

Scott Kara finds kids can help lighten the mood of otherwise sombre affairs.

An American woman confesses to being an "abortion addict" after terminating 15 pregnancies in 17 years.

Supermodel Heidi Klum and her musician husband, Seal, have welcomed a baby girl to their brood, is has been announced.