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Your perfectly articulate child is suddenly talking like a baby. Is it just an annoying game or an indication of something deeper?
Earlier this month a South Australian mother-of-eight was shamed by her child's preschool for packing a piece of homemade chocolate slice in her little one's lunch box.
What impact do heatwaves have on schools? And is it time for the government to roll out a national policy on heat protection?
As parents around the country sent their little ones off to school for the first time last week, one celeb-mum was right there with us – mother-of-four, radio host and speech pathologist Rebecca Judd.
Early diagnosis and intervention is vital for students with dyslexia. But not all teachers are equipped with the training to recognise the red flags, leaving parents to go it alone.