Development
Girls around the world born into inequality
David Cook For the past 10 weeks I have spent nearly every waking hour thinking about the baby girl who has brought so much joy to my wife and me.
Cooper's story
Nicole Salinas When Cooper came into our world it changed everything. It turned our world upside down, it changed us, it changed our family. It was nothing we had expected, and nothing that we knew.
Career Mums: give guilt the flick
Kim Kind Don't worry, career mothers, your children are on the right track, writes Kim Kind.
How children are affected by separation
Mensline When parents separate, kids also go through a grieving process as they may feel powerless and insecure.
Furnishing kids' rooms
Stephen Crafti Most people don't think about children's furniture, unless they have young children. Only when it's time to furnish a child's bedroom or playroom does the search begin.
Part 4: Raising Boys
John Bastick My son’s taken to wearing his mother’s high-heels. And, to give the boy his dues, for a 20-month-year-old he totters about the place better than I could if I pulled on a pair of four-inch heels.
Cuddle power
Louise Hall Parents need to be reminded to kiss, cuddle and talk to their babies to help prevent children growing up with developmental delays and emotional disorders, the NSW Government said.
Busy children shown to do better
Adele Horin New research into the lives of middle-class children bucks conventional wisdom they are an over-scheduled and stressed-out generation.
Child Care Ratio questioned
Community Child Care Co-operative Ask most mothers of babies under two-years-old if they would be able to care for five babies at the one time and the answer would almost certainly be a resounding ‘no!’ A NSW campaign is calling for...
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