Parenting News and Current Affairs

Children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch teetering

Contains:

Yang Li terminated her pregnancy to save her brother Yang Jun's life.

The woman who terminated her baby to save her brother's life

Contains:

Red Nose, formerly SIDS and Kids, helped Simone Hamilton of Kambah when she lost two babies in six months.

Why SIDS and Kids has changed its name

Contains:

Ben Needham disappeared 25 years ago on the Greek island of Kos.

After 25 years, police close case of missing British toddler on Greek island

The mother of a British toddler who disappeared on a Greek island says she hopes the excavator driver she believes ran him over is "burning in hell".

Contains:

A nanny was fined after children in her care ended up in a coma.

Unregistered nanny fined $800

A woman has been fined $800 for working as an unregistered nanny after twin babies in her care spent time in a coma at a Brisbane hospital.

Contains:

Baby plummets to death in elevator shaft

Thousands of times a day, without a thought, people around the world do it: we call an elevator to our floor, step aboard and go on our way.

Contains:

Baby girl critically injured at Lithgow house

A baby girl has been flown to hospital in Sydney after she was critically injured at a home in the NSW Central Tablelands overnight, police say.

Contains:
This article contains a video

Jadon after the lengthy and complex separation surgery.

Surgeons successfully separate 13-month-old twins conjoined at head

Surgeons at a New York City hospital have separated a pair of 13-month-old boys who were congenitally joined at the head, completing a rare operation that carried a risk of death and severe brain damage, their mother said.

Contains:

Foundations Family Day Care director Kathi Hewitson: "The lack of oversight is astounding."

Five investigators nationwide probe systemic family day care rorting

"The resourcing has been hopeless and this has been going on for years."

Contains:

Jadon and Anias were joined at the heads when they were born in September last year.

Rare conjoined twins undergo 20 hour surgery to be separated

A pair of rare conjoined twin boys is currently undergoing life-threatening 20 hour surgery in order to be separated.

Contains:

Seven babies died potentially preventable deaths at Bacchus Marsh Hospital in 2013 and 2014.

Baby deaths trigger biggest health shake-up in decades

A cluster of baby deaths at a Bachus Marsh hospital has triggered sweeping changes to how Victoria will manage oversight of patient safety across the state.

Contains:

Local council candidate Dilpreet Singh says photos of his son posing with guns have been 'taken out of context'.

Toddler, guns, ammo: Melton council candidate defends photos of son with firearms

Victoria Police is investigating a Melton council candidate who posted photos online of a toddler holding firearms and ammunition.

Contains:
This article contains a video

Officer Knox with Ma'Yavi on the day of the incident.

A police officer saved a baby's life, forever changing his own

With his bald head, light goatee and bulging arms covered in dark tattoos, Officer Kenneth Knox is an imposing figure.

Contains:

Sinister clowns which have been popping up around the US are now making appearances in Australia.

Creepy clown 'scares woman into premature labour'

A British woman was so scared when a teenager jumped out in front of her dressed as a clown that she reportedly went into premature labour.

Contains:

Search pagination