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She's selling it ... but she's four
Fashion Kids is the latest Instagram craze dedicated to showcasing the fashion looks of children that’s clocked up 1.3 million followers already. But should parents be posting?
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Trekking through parenthood
Once a reluctant trekkie, Brooke Lumsden was lured into the world of Klingons and spaceships by her husband but she discovered something surprising about the show she had vowed to avoid.
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When a child dies
'When my best friend's son died, it left a hole so enormous I couldn’t believe it wasn’t leading the 6 o’clock news.'
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When your child is a bully
What would you do if you found out your child was a bully? This father claims that publicly humiliating his son was the only thing that worked.
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Stalking charges don't solve bullying problem
Criminal charges against kids who bully? Why are we blaming two teens instead of holding the adults around them - their parents - responsible?
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She's selling it ... but she's four
Julia Teen Fashion Kids is the latest Instagram craze dedicated to showcasing the fashion looks of children that’s clocked up 1.3 million followers already. But should parents be posting?
Can Love Be Taught?
![Teaching children that love is more than infatuation ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20131019052600im_/http://images.essentialkids.com.au/2013/10/15/4830919/kissesthumb-90x60.jpg)
Nicole Thomson-Pride Throughout childhood, fairy tales and songs about love set children up to think it is easy, but what can parents do to help their children grow up with a balanced and realistic view of love?
The four-year-old boy who berated a terrorist in Kenya's Westgate Mall
When body image concerns start early
What my daughter taught me about body image
How likely are children to follow a stranger?
Younger Kids
Halloween bingo game
Download and print this free bingo game to play while out and about trick or treating around the neighbourhood.
Halloween paper chain cut-outs
![ek-halloween-cutouts-thumb](http://web.archive.org./web/20131019052600im_/http://images.essentialkids.com.au/2013/10/18/4840789/ek-halloween-cutouts-thumb-90x60.jpg)
Download and print this free halloween decoration paper chain cut-out activitiy. With spooky pumpkins, witches hats and bats, simply fold and cut.
Halloween in Hollywood
Parents to blame for childhood obesity?
'Bento style' lunch key to healthy kids?
Vampire mask activity
Older Kids
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Mothering lessons for the girl who cried bear
Anna Funder It's only now, as a parent, that I understand the story my mum used to tell about me.
Stalking charges don't solve bullying problem
![Rebecca Ann Sedwick](http://web.archive.org./web/20131019052600im_/http://images.essentialkids.com.au/2013/10/16/4832287/cll-bully-thumb-20131016072800100645-90x60.jpg)
Emily Bazelon Criminal charges against kids who bully? Why are we blaming two teens instead of holding the adults around them - their parents - responsible?
When your child is a bully
Bat bon bon craft
Spider piñata craft
Do you yell at your children?
Photo Galleries
Entertaining Kids
No split custody for celebrity mum Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet doesn't believe in 50/50 custody with her ex-husbands. " None of this 50/50 time with the mums and dads - my children live with me; that is it. That is it!"
Trekking through parenthood
![startrek](http://web.archive.org./web/20131019052600im_/http://images.essentialkids.com.au/2013/10/18/4840665/startrekthumb-90x60.jpg)
BROOKE LUMSDEN Once a reluctant trekkie, Brooke Lumsden was lured into the world of Klingons and spaceships by her husband but she discovered something surprising about the show she had vowed to avoid.
McDonald's publishes children's books as part of Happy Meal giveaways
Lock down Facebook privacy
Top 10 failed young fiction franchises
Babysitting your children with apps
Family Life
The social minefield that is a child's birthday party
As a head teacher advises parents to include the whole class in birthday celebrations, Anna Maxted delves into the social minefield that is a modern child’s party.
He is a child sex offender. And he is my friend
![shaved head](http://web.archive.org./web/20131019052600im_/http://images.essentialkids.com.au/2013/10/18/4840273/shavedheadthumb-90x60.jpg)
Ruby Hamad Often there aren't any clues to the double lives people are leading.