Education
Kids in hot cars
Kidsafe With summer well and truly on its way, so are the safety risks when combining kids, cars and hot weather. The heat of an Australian summer can be extreme and it can be dangerous for kids.
Children come first at new ABC, owners vow
Adele Horin Parents have been promised stability and higher quality care after a consortium of four charities won the bidding war for 678 ABC Learning Centres in a contest with a private equity firm.
Nannies can be a super option
Lisa Wachsmuth The nanny is not just limited to the wealthy anymore. With many families having both the mother and father working, hiring a nanny is becoming a more popular option, writes Lisa Wachsmuth.
Children with better educated mothers watch the least TV
Adele Horin Almost 15 per cent of Australian children aged three to four have television in their bedrooms and, by the age of seven to eight, the proportion has risen to one in five, a new study shows, raising...
Blind eye to driveway danger
Rachel Browne About a dozen children are killed in Australian driveways each year and hundreds more are severely injured, child safety experts say.
Making time for your partner
Kim Kind Sometimes we forget there is nothing more important to children than the quality of the relationship between their parents. Are you making enough time for each other?
A child's right to be safe: teaching self-protection
Family Planning Queensland Self protection skills are one way to help children to be safe or know how to find safety.
Off-road with the rugrats
Sheridan Rhodes Mum's the word as two daredevil parents take their bubs on a 4WD tour of outback South Australia.
Glued to the set - taming the television
Tania Andrusiak and Daniel Donahoo It could be any household, any evening, anywhere: fights over the remote, battles about unfinished homework, another skirmish lost against reality TV, tired parents wondering if it’s ever okay to use...
Blurring the role of Mum and Dad
Rachelle Unreich Stay-at-home dads, working mums: modern parents are slowly, sometimes uncomfortably, blurring the traditional lines between breadwinner and caregiver.
New wave childrens' entertainment
Clare Kermond Move over Wiggles, a new wave of childrens' entertainment hits the stage. By Clare Kermond.
Malnutrition a fact of life for many
Robin Barker The news of two child deaths, allegedly involving malnutrition, arouses uncomfortable feelings of incredulity, dismay and shock.
Extreme mothering
Alison Cameron A preschooler feeding from his or her mother's breast can raise an eyebrow or two. But those who adopt attachment-parenting techniques, such as extended breastfeeding, communal sleeping and "wearing"...
Parents to have more accurate picture of childcare centre vacancies
Stephanie Peatling Childcare centres will have to provide detailed information on vacancies as part of the Federal Government's push to make it easier for parents to find places.
What's for dinner?
Catherine Saxelby How do parents make sure children get the nutrients they need in the transition from milk to meals?
First three years key to school success: study
Adele Horin How children are faring before they turn four is a strong guide to early school success, according to a major study.
Busy parents put baby's nose to the grindstone
Michelle Epstein Are we a nation obsessed with educating our children? Do we really believe that a child should be subjected to formal learning during as many waking hours as possible?
Parents to count cost of better child care
Stephanie Peatling Social Affairs Correspondent The cost of child care is set to rise under recommendations being considered by the Federal Government that all staff be trained either to TAFE or university level and more staff be employed at each...
Women stretched to snapping point
Adele Horin The Howard government's family policies left a legacy of stressed, overworked parents and set gender equity back a decade, a new study shows.
Teaching your baby a foreign language
Teaching children a foreign language helps with brain development and lays the foundation for lifelong academic achievement, with the impact greatest the earlier the language is learnt.
