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.
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?
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.
Hand-me-downs and home-school savers
Caroline Marcus Cassandra Parker has become something of an expert in finding ways to save while raising her seven children.
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.
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.
Children in the modern office - all part of a day's work?
Farah Farouque The exclusion of a toddler from the Senate has prompted calls for more flexibility.
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.
Communicating about sexuality with children
Family Planning Queensland It is important that children receive positive messages about sexuality. Parents, carers and schools can work together to promote healthy attitudes.
Tackling childhood obesity - get Mum fit too
Erin O'Dwyer Last year Anna Barwick was 95 kilograms and too embarrassed by her post-baby weight to join a gym. Tomorrow she will compete in her first team triathlon - at Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast - along...
Australian adoptions hit a low
Yuko Narushima Adoption in Australia is at an all-time low as changed social attitudes ease the pressure on women to give up babies, and sex-education and birth control take effect.
Bipolar disorder in children
Margaret Rice Diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children has increased dramatically in the US, and Australia is struggling to resist temptations to follow suit, writes Margaret Rice.
Adopting Palesa
Anni Taylor When Sian headed off to volunteer in an African centre for abandoned and HIV/AIDS affected children, she never dreamed she would end up adopting a child herself.
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