If your child falls apart the moment they get home from school, you’re not imagining it — and you’re definitely not alone. Afternoon meltdowns, bedtime blow-ups and tears over seemingly small things are incredibly common in young children, especially during the early primary years. What looks like...
Australia is battling its biggest rise in whooping cough cases in 35 years. So why the surge? Asks Archana Koirala During 2024 and 2025 Australia recorded 82,513 whooping cough cases – the highest number since monitoring began in 1991. Also known as pertussis or the “100-day cough”,...
Take care with paracetamol when pregnant, write Luke Grzeskowiak and Debra Kennedy — but don’t let pain or fever go unchecked. Pregnancy comes with aches and pains and heightened anxiety about what we put into the body. A new article published in Nature Reviews Endocrinology has urged...
Australia introduced new rules on December 10th, 2025 requiring social media platforms to stop children under 16 from creating or maintaining accounts. This extract is from Screen Smart Children, which answers many of the burning questions parents might have. One reason for the new social media...
After holidays, relationship pressure can rise — and for some families, separation doesn’t mean moving out. New insights show more parents are staying under the same roof after a breakup, not by choice, but because housing and cost-of-living pressures leave few alternatives. When separation doesn’t mean moving...
News of a ‘giant’ baby boy is all over TikTok. Here’s what women really need to know, reports Hannah Dahlen Baby boy Cassian is an internet sensation. He was born earlier this year in the United States weighing 5.8 kilograms. But after his mum and the...
If you’re pregnant, do you have to tell your boss? And what are the rules for employers? Asks Dominique Allen A Sydney warehouse worker fired by text message within two weeks of telling her employer she was pregnant has won her job back, along with A$15,000...
As families get ready for a new school year, many parents are snapping first-day photos and sharing them online. But child safety experts are urging families to pause before posting — warning that even innocent images can reveal far more than intended. Leading child protection organisation...
For many families, the holidays mean sleep routines go out the window. Bedtimes drift later, screens stay on into the late evening, sleep-ins become the norm. Researchers Yaqoot Fatima, Danielle Wilson, Jasneek Chawla, and Nisreen Aouira show how to get them back into a sleep...
As children across Australia head back to school, hundreds won’t be returning to their classrooms. Instead, they’ll be in hospital rooms, undergoing treatment for blood cancer — the most common and life-threatening cancer affecting Australian children. This year alone, around 350 Australian children will be diagnosed with blood cancer....
