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Six-year-old Cornelius Fairley, from Picayune, Mississippi, US, quickly picked a phone and called for an ambulance after his mum Cornessia was found in a comatose state

Nearly half of mums feel they don't have enough hours in the day - with one in four saying they don't have enough spare time for their kids

One mum is fed up of people shortening her son's name and finds the mishap really upsetting, but her husband says she's being unreasonable - and others agree

Charlie Hayes, who also faced criticism over her school-run outfits, says it's important for her five-year-old son to express his individuality

School teacher April Hamilton believes it's important to give your baby a unique name that no other kids will have in class - and she's found a clever way to make sure of that

A dad has been praised for calling out a teacher after she asked him to provide evidence that his teenage daughter was menstruating because she didn't want to participate in a PE lesson while in pain

The mum has had to ask people to stop calling her daughter by her middle name. She wants people to use her real name which she shares with a character from one of the highest grossing movies of all time

A mum in Bartley Green, Birmingham is worried about the health of her family while they live inside mouldy temporary accommodation, with one child left "coughing for months"

The mum has a reputation in the school playground for her epic costumes, so she knew she had to go all out for her son's first World Book Day and drew inspiration from Prince Harry's memoir, Spare

A gentle sleep consultant has shared her thoughts on the time parents should aim to be putting their little ones to bed each night and when they should be waking up as a result

A mum was stunned by the response she received from fellow parents after admitting she feels like a bad parent for not enjoying being around her kids and feeling too tired and 'broken' to play

Mums who are massive fans of the hit HBO show Game of Thrones have been sharing the monikers they gave their children inspired by their favourite 'powerful' characters

People could not believe their ears after learning one family reportedly opted to use a name inspired by a popular Star Wars' character for their newborn baby son

The mum was fuming when her best friend told her she'd be giving her baby the same name as her daughter - despite having a different choice for most of her pregnancy

Mirror agony aunt Coleen Nolan advises a heartbroken reader who is missing her only child and fears his fiery partner is trying to drive a wedge between them

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A woman has been slammed for her decision not to invite her nephew to her wedding despite asking him to design and make her wedding dress - an involved process that took months of work

A dad has asked whether he was in the wrong to expect his wife to pay him for 'babysitting' their daughter while she goes out to watch a movie with her friend

The mum had the doors and windows shut all weekend so did not smell any smoke but when she went to get her clothes off the line she soon noticed the stench on the clothes

The mum was horrified when her 11-year-old daughter returned from a neighbour's house with seven piercings in one ear and three in the other after spending the day with older teenagers

A mum 'can't stop laughing' after her three-year-old daughter proudly showed off her portrait of her dad - after sharing the drawing online, people have claimed the picture looks like a 'potato'

An expectant mum has explained her mother hates the name she is going to use on her firstborn child, saying she has been 'pouting and very passive aggressive' since she first heard it

A dad admitted he went behind his wife's back and registered a different name for his daughter as he feared the moniker his wife planned to choose would have 'ruined her life'

The woman is getting very tired of her husband who does not clean up after himself, help parent or do anything around the house - he claims not to 'see messes' in the way she does

Warning: Graphic images. Mum Angie Fowler, from Fort Worth, Texas, lost her leg to a flesh-eating bacteria after slipping in the garden while playing with her children