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Cherie Gilmour

Cherie Gilmour

Cherie Gilmour is a freelance writer.

Your master clock directs the rhythmic release of chemicals that affect sleep, wakefulness, hunger and many other physiological systems. 

I didn’t mean to spook the north shore woman in activewear, but I did

I understand the impulse to be suspicious of smiling strangers, but come on Sydney. Chill out!

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Romance authors need to write three books a year to keep up with demand.

My husband said he’d ‘build another bookshelf’. It was the sexiest thing he ever said

Book-hoarding needs a new name. I’m going to suggest “intellectual gardening”.

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It helps to keep the kids – and their parents – occupied.

I was the mother of holiday invention ... until my kids went feral and I went to yoga

But let me tell you this: Yoga is for wimps.

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Miss, Miss, Miss ... what’s in an honorific?

Am I a Miss, Ms or Mrs? This teacher’s had some near Misses

Women have enough decisions to make, let alone choosing which cultural undertones they want attached to their names.

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The Halloween display at Bunnings that alarmed the author, Cherie Gilmour, and her four-year-old son.

My child’s Halloween horror story – at Bunnings

We’d just managed to get our four-year-old to sleep in his own bed after a bout of nightmares. Then I went to buy potting mix.

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Dog Man

I took my daughter to see Dog Man. Now she’s hooked, and I’m spooked

Are kids’ films getting more frenetic because they have shorter attention spans or are their attention spans lacking because films are so crazy?

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“Mum, how do you spell elephant?“.

Put down the AI toy: kids need you, not a robot

Generative AI-powered toys are attractive, but they lack humanity. Children deserve better.

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Sabrina Carpenter at the Met Gala in New York in June.

It’s hardly breaking news, people: Sex sells and Sabrina’s a savvy vendor

If Sabrina Carpenter really wanted to shock us, her next album cover would feature a Wordle-loving husband snoring on the couch.

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Thumb’s up … to no good.

The digital age is a pain in the digit – and my texting thumb is over it

So you’ve never had this condition, “texting thumb”? Keep scrolling – and scrolling – and you’ll get the feel of it.

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Now where are my car keys?

We’re becoming dumb and dumber – welcome to the idiocracy

The human capacity for mental focus is in decline. I’m feeling it, people.

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