Essential Kids: Information for parents of preschoolers and school-age children

Macadamia, apricot and white chocolate truffles

These truffles make a delicious homemade Christmas gift - if you don't eat them all first that is.
Awkward questions that children ask at Christmas – and how to respond

We asked a parenting expert for the best answer to 'Does Santa Claus really exist?' and other Christmas questions.
Do we believe it is okay to smack a child?

It is legal for parents to discipline children through "reasonable" physical means in Australia but have our attitudes changed?
Aussie musicians join parents in fight to save their two terminally ill children

Last year Megan and her husband Al went from having two healthy kids to finding out they were both terminally ill but they aren't giving up without a fight.
When your child leaves the nest

He is separating, becoming his own person, problem-solving and figuring things out on his own. And this is exactly as it should be.

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Preschoolers

Lessons learnt ... different parenting challenges offer unique lessons.

6 lessons learnt from my language delayed children

Thuy Yau 12:17pm All parents go through different challenges with their children. Here are the six lessons I've learnt about parenting - from my experiences of having language delayed children.

Do we believe it is okay to smack a child?

Shaza Barbar This year marks 25 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was established by the United Nations. As the most most widely ratified UN convention with 190 signatories, it is generally understood that children, especially as a vulnerable group, need protection.

The magic of Christmas is good for children

The problem with telling your kids they're 'special'

When your children become obsessed with death

Teaching your child to swim

Younger Kids

Awkward questions that children ask at Christmas – and how to respond

Camilla Turner We asked a parenting expert for the best answer to 'Does Santa Claus really exist?' and other Christmas questions.

Nativity meltdowns and 'Why-Isn’t-My-Child-Mary Syndrome'

Justine Roberts The nativity play has an unfailing capacity to provoke tantrums, foot-stamping and rivalry - and the children can also be unpredictable, reports Justine Roberts of Mumsnet.

Study: Girls as young as 7 are being sexually bullied

The end of a childhood chapter

Christmas gift guide for kids

Teaching soft skills as vital as academics

Older Kids

Study: Don’t tell girls they can have it all

Catherine Rodie Mothers are “damaging” their daughters by imposing their own unfulfilled ambitions onto them and setting unrealistic expectations by telling them, “they can have it all", finds UK report, but there is something they overlooked.

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How 'cool' parents raise conformist kids

Andrew Reiner Shouldn't it be a parent's role to teach children not to be sheep? As someone who teaches at a large, diverse public university, I see the collateral damage that occurs when kids are schooled in cool.