Health
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.
Encouraging your pre-schooler to rest and sleep
Carole It is to every family member’s advantage if we can encourage sound resting and sleeping habits in our youngsters.
Do babies and start-up entrepreneurship mix?
Tony Featherstone Is the challenge too great to launch and build a fast-growth venture, and raise babies and toddlers at the same time?
World of the cotton wool kids
JOHN ELDER PINT-SIZED crash helmets, baby- wipe warmers, baby GPS units, temporary tattoos with mum's mobile number and food allergy warnings … welcome to the world of the cotton-wool kids.
Preschoolers not active enough
Julia Medew Most preschoolers spend 85 per cent of their waking hours inactive, research has found.
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?
Toilet training: time to take a seat
Lisa Wachsmuth Toilet training can be frustrating for many parents, particularly those with little boys, says Illawarra GP Dr Margaret Perrott.
Don’t be afraid to get dirty
Brooke Wells The media know how to play on the fear of parents that germs are the source of family illnesses and infections. But is the opposite in fact in true?
Food allergy and food intolerances: the difference
Dr Anna Pham When my son was 6 months of age, in order to return to work, we weaned him off the breast and introduced him onto formula milk.
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.
How to beat night terrors
Allison Tait Night terrors and nightmares - while both presenting as similarly noisy and sleep-depriving - are two different things.
Healthy children actively involved
To make a change for the better, parents and children have to become actively involved in changing their lifestyles. They need to support and encourage each other.
Selfish dummy mummies need consciences pricked
Adele Horin Living in a suburb with lots of white, middle-class, educated mothers may be putting your child's health at risk.
Real-life Lara Croft defends her right to breastfeed
Georgina Robinson A British glamour model and former real-life Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, says she will defy the "dirty looks" and breastfeed her toddler son for as long as he wants.
Bad food can cut two years off a child's lifespan
Mark Metherell and Julian Lee The nation's children will live two years fewer than their parents unless there are urgent changes to lifestyle, government experts warn.
Depression found in 15% of preschoolers
Louise Hall Almost 15 per cent of preschoolers have abnormally high levels of depression and anxiety, and a difficult temperament at five months of age is the most important early warning sign, a study has found.
Early pointers to autism identified
Julie Robotham Toddlers who later go on to be diagnosed with autism use fewer gestures, such as pointing, Victorian researchers have discovered, in findings that may ultimately become part of an autism screening...
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.
Growing up no easy thing for those born before their time
Nick Miller Toddlers are more likely to get anxious, depressed or have eating or sleeping problems if they were born 10 or more weeks premature, research has found.
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"...
