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CHILDREN as young as three are being enrolled in "chief executive courses" in China as pushy parents become obsessed with giving their offspring an advantage over their young peers.
"Nothing stops the clinginess - he cries when I put him down, no matter how long I hold him."
Isn't technology amazing? My parents can sit in their kitchen in Wales and spend quality time with their grandchildren in Sydney.
For nearly two years, my son didn't talk. Not much, anyway.
When Katie noticed that her son Jack was sitting with his legs folded underneath him in a 'W' shape she didn't think much of it. "I'd seen other kids sitting that way, so I just assumed it was a toddler thing and nothing to worry about," she recalls.
I've spent the last decade of my life ferrying boys from swimming to football to soccer and tennis. Now it's my daughter's turn.
Like most kids her age, three-year-old Verity loves to read. But story time at her day care centre is anything but typical.
It's not your average toddler-style rendition of the alphabet - and maybe that's why it's been viewed more than 3.5 million times.
The books make it seem easy. You start toilet training, and within a few weeks, your child is no longer wearing nappies. In reality, things don't always go as planned.
From the clever to the strange, we've found a selection of products to help you toilet train your toddler.
There's something about toilet humour and 3-year-olds - at an age where they're learning about the human body, this topic is an endless source of comedy. If your little one is captivated by bums, farts and wee, check out some of these books.
Australian toddlers are consuming their recommended daily salt intake in just one meal.
Children aged 1 most likely to be affected.
A toddler suffered the "worst chickenpox doctors had ever seen" after his mother was allegedly turned away by a GP's receptionist.
Brave Bonner three-year-old Josh Catterick is a great reason to put on denim and donate generously at Jeans for Genes Day 2016.
A new study from the US suggests that sleep – or rather bedtime – is even more significant than we thought.
To all the parents making a frantic dash down the baby food aisle: you're doing just fine.
Colourful kids spaces don’t only look great, but can assist in learning and behaviour, too.
These books make a great idea for baby showers, christenings, naming days, and early birthdays too.
Even one-year-olds can be very exploratory, experimental and creative.
Is it responsible parenting, or is this baby being subjected to unnecessary distress? That's the question dividing viewers of a video showing a six-month-old girl fending for herself in a swimming pool after being enticed to fall into the water.
A French dad has captured his 3-month-old daughter, June, in a series that shows her in outfits of different professions in order to show the possibilities ahead of her. The dad, Malo, says that he, his wife and a few friends work quickly to avoid tiring the baby out.
Baby laptops and other talking, flashing toys that promise to improve children's language skills may do the exact opposite.
Toddlers just love to ride on anything with wheels but will often reject the pram once they can walk.
Is this the sweetest dolls bed ever? It just might be and if you have a spare $169.95 for it, it might be the one for your child.
They'll have adorable capers with Olli Ella's Luggy wheeled basket.
This is the formula to figure out if you'll be worse off under the Coalition's childcare changes.
Show and tell has been around for donkey's years. Well, at least since I was a kid, and according to my own children, I'm pretty old.
Its owners are billing it Canberra's first "prestige" childcare centre, with a concierge, hatted-chef to cook meals and a million-dollar fit-out making it look more like a hipster resort.
We know that childcare costs are ever rising, but the latest data - from the Melbourne Institute, which has been tracking the changing nature of how Australians live since 2001 - sets out the pressure on household budgets clearly.
Rising childcare costs are heaping more financial pressure on Australian families at a time when soaring house prices mean many are struggling to buy their first home or pay off a big mortgage.
One of Sydney's most expensive childcare centres is embroiled in a "sticky" situation.