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Don't tell your toddler to share
Nicholas Day If you stop telling your toddler to share you might notice that your little monster is already helping out in his own way, writes Nicholas Day.
Stuttering: the facts
Nan Bernstein Ratner Up to 4 per cent of children go through a phase of repeating or prolonging sounds or words, or getting “stuck” trying to talk. No one knows what causes a stutter, but some therapies - and time - can help.
When terrible twos become threenagers
AMITY DRY Amity wonders why two-year-olds get such a bad rap, when it's the three-year-olds who can give teenagers a run for their money in the attitude stakes.
Caring for Toddler more articles
My daughter's at daycare - and I'm at a loss
KASEY EDWARDS It wasn't my daughter who had trouble adjusting to childcare. It was me.
In praise of daycare staff
Kiran Chug The drawn-out goodbyes, the bloodshot eyes when you return, their refusal to eat or sleep, the unstoppable tears, Kiran Chug has daycare on her mind.
Vanishing act
KYLIE ORR You can be an incredibly attentive parent and still experience the stress of a child disappearing.
Health more articles
Anger as toddler loses finger in pram hinge
COSIMA MARRINER Until last weekend Cael Barton was Gloria Barton's ''perfect little boy''. Now the 21-month-old is missing a finger tip after it was amputated in the folding hinge of his Maclaren stroller.
Harvey the Courageous Lion: a story of childhood cancer
Cassie Lovering Childhood cancer: two words that should never go together. Unfortunately they do, and it’s the reality of 600 new families in Australia every year. One mum shares her story.
Supermarket snacks not best choice for kids
Livia Gamble Parents are unknowingly purchasing foods with reduced nutritional value for their families, a new review has found.
Education & Play more articles
Ethical dilemma
Come scream with me
Jodie Noyce When a couple's Sunday brunch is disturbed by a screaming child, they step in - but would it have been more peaceful not to?
Video: Eagle snatches toddler in Montreal
Staff writers Watch the terrifying moment that a Golden Eagle swoops down and snatches a toddler in its talons.
The fun thing no parent talks about
DOM KNIGHT Dom Knight says there's a secret parents know about raising children, but they're hogging it all for themselves.
Toddler Products more articles
The toy doula kit
Babyology An Etsy designer has created a doula set containing all the necessary items for a woman in labour - all made from felt.
Not your average toy: the birthing doll
Babyology A Canadian company has created an original range of handcrafted dolls that show different birth scenarios.
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101 toddler activites
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