Health
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.
Safe websites for kids
Lia Timson With thousands of sites on offer it's no wonder parents are confused and troubled about which websites to let their children visit. Read more about popular and safe sites for kids to use.
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.
Paige: Extra chromosome, extra special
Nicole Salinas At my first obstetrician appointment, my doctor explained about the NT (nuchal translucency) scan and blood test and told me that I could have this test to see what my risk was for having a child...
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
My two sons' anaphylaxis
Nicole Salinas My two gorgeous sons have a life threatening type of allergy called anaphylaxis. It's a very severe form of allergic reaction that must be treated as a medical emergency requiring immediate treatment...
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.
Diagnosing Dion
Nicole Salinas Dion was a surprise package from day one. I thought that I was having another girl but out came a beautiful little boy with red hair.
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.
One quiet minute
Joanne McCarthy It was a Monday in March last year when Belinda and Shaun Hedley faced what no parents want to imagine, let alone see their twin two-year-old sons lifeless and blue floating in a swimming pool.
Hannah's Mum
Anni Taylor Little Hannah drowned in her backyard pool in October 2007. Her mum Katherine tells of the devastation that followed and why she has started Hannah’s Foundation for families of drowning victims.
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