Louise Grimmer and Martin Grimmer look at why kids should not have lots of toys (and what to do if yours have too many) The festive season reinforces something parents and carers already know – many children today have a lot of toys. In the United States,...
Melissa Cowan looks at ways to manage your emotions when you are stressed. When Katie* was driving her four-year-old daughter to daycare, her daughter got teary out of the blue. She said it was unfair her friend got to do swimming classes while she did not....
We are working from home and Libby (Elizabeth) Sander has some tips to help Telstra and Westpac are the latest companies to encourage staff to work from home, just a few months after some of them returned to the office. Working from home for extended periods can...
When it comes to parenting a new baby, the focus is normally on developmental milestones, feeding and sleeping. Often new parents aren’t told about looking after their infant’s mouth. For Dental Health Week (August 1-7), the Australian Dental Association (ADA) is reminding Australian parents of the...
–so let’s ditch it and focus on quality instead, writes Kate Highfield It is school holidays in Australia and, in many parts of the country, it’s also raining and bitterly cold. This means many children are stuck indoors and many parents will be grappling with how...
Hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children, a new study has found, highlighting the gaps in health care for the most common chronic paediatric illness. The study led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the Journal of Asthma, found about one...
A group of Monash University researchers report that over the past 20 years, there have been monumental shifts in the way we work with young people with disability and their families. Back in the 1990s, when a child was diagnosed with autism it followed a sad...
Jane Messer looks at Chloe Hooper's recent memoir "Bedtime Story" The fifth book from Chloe Hooper, an accomplished author of fiction and nonfiction, is in part a bedtime story told across many nights to her two sons, and in part a meditation on how stories –...
Report prepared by Clare Collins and Megan Whatnall Grocery prices have taken a hike upwards for a host of reasons, including the rising costs of petrol, fertiliser and labour. You could “shop around” for cheaper groceries, but that would cost you more in fuel or travel, not...
– but, asks David Burton and Kate Cantrell, is he a lovable larrikin, or just a bad dad? Bandit Heeler is a hero. The cartoon father of Bluey and her younger sister Bingo, Bandit is the much-loved dad dog at the heart of Australia’s favourite four-legged family....
