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Quick chicken enchiladas

These enchiladas are simple, packed full of flavour and the sauce is super fast.
Ending forced marriage in Australia

According to Human Rights Watch, 14 million girls are forced into marriages, worldwide, each year - with some as young as eight or nine - and Australia is not immune to the practise.
Printable Halloween decorations

Kids can have fun making this spooky looking banner to decorate the house.
School principal hailed as a hero as bushfires devastate Springwood

The bushfires were closing in around their school but the teachers and staff of St Thomas Aquinas Primary in Springwood remained calm as they led their pupils 2.5kilometres to safety.
Holding out for news

What is the experience for families like the McCann's - the ones left behind when someone vanishes?

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Preschool teachers' lasting effect

Cosima Marriner Children who attended kindergarten under qualified teacher scored higher in NAPLAN tests.

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?

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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

Children follow in the footsteps of parents on the run

Anne Tarasov One of his daughters is a ballerina, the other is a basketball player, and his son makes his own surfboards. Andrew Daddo's children have all embraced an active lifestyle in their own way.

School principal hailed as a hero as bushfires devastate Springwood

Kim Arlington The bushfires were closing in around their school. The flames had razed homes and were threatening others. But the teachers and staff of St Thomas Aquinas Primary in Springwood remained calm as they led their pupils 2.5kilometres to safety.

Halloween bingo game

Halloween paper chain cut-outs

Halloween in Hollywood

Parents to blame for childhood obesity?

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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

Emily Bazelon 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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