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| UpdatedAn Adelaide kindy sent home a note asking a child's parents to pack healthier food. The mother should pack two slices tomorrow, writes Melinda Tankard Reist.
Topics: children, parenting, preschool, primary, child-health-and-behaviour, australia
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Maxine Beneba Clarke is an author and poet who's been targeted all her life over the colour of her skin. Her award-winning work is inspired both by personal experience, and the desire to start difficult conversations about race.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, books-literature, autobiography, novel, poetry, performance-art, discrimination, family-and-children, parenting, immigration, multiculturalism, race-relations, education, education, australia, nsw, kellyville-2155, melbourne-3000, guyana, jamaica
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| UpdatedCritics call it a social construct, but venture into some online chatrooms and you'll find hundreds of Australian women who suffer "gender disappointment" — depression over the sex of their children.
Topics: fertility-and-infertility, reproduction-and-contraception, health, parenting, family-and-children, community-and-society, women, womens-health, australia
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An ANU study has found play is more than just a pastime — it is an important part of language development.
Topics: parenting, family-and-children, play-and-learning, university-and-further-education, act, canberra-2600, australian-national-university-0200
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| UpdatedContinually being at your child's beck and call could mean they fail to become independent and launch into adulthood, a parenting expert warns.
Topics: parenting, family-and-children, people, australia, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedExperts say the practice of mindfulness can help families and teachers transition from holidays to being back in a school routine.
Topics: education, mental-health, child-health-and-behaviour, parenting, family-and-children, schools, australia
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Rapid economic, social, technological and cultural changes have generated new pressures and possibilities for education systems – and the people who work in them.
Topics: schools, states-and-territories, educational-resources, teachers, parenting, children, australia
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| UpdatedFor a child who stutters, the school years can be a time when it is particularly difficult to deal with this speech disorder.
Topics: speech, children, children---preschoolers, primary-schools, teachers, parenting, australia
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Topics: infant-health, genetic-disorders, babies---newborns, parenting, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedFor many years, Australian parents of infants diagnosed with an extremely rare and devastating genetic disease have been left with little hope, however that could change with a new treatment dubbed "ground-breaking".
Topics: genetic-disorders, infant-health, babies---newborns, parenting, medical-research, motor-neurone-disease, neuroscience, family, darwin-0800, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedGot the books, pens, technology, the right bag and uniforms — check. But what about school shoes?
Topics: schools, primary, parenting, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedABC Mid North Coast journalist, Emma Siossian, and three other first-time school mums share their mixed emotions about their children starting school.
Topics: primary-schools, education, parenting, port-macquarie-2444
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A clever and discreet new device is so ingenious it'll make you want to have another baby, writes Jo Fox. This is why we need more women in STEM.
Topics: women, babies, parenting, security-intelligence, womens-health, inventions
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A project in Newcastle encourages children to put down their fancy toys and technology devices, and embrace playing with cardboard boxes and craft supplies.
Topics: craft, children, parenting, family-and-children, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedPsychologist Joann Lukins shares strategies to prepare for the emotion and worry of the first day of school.
Topics: schools, education, family-and-children, children, parenting, mental-health, townsville-4810, qld
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| UpdatedA Sydney childcare worker writes an open letter to David Leyonhjelm, who has questioned whether her job really requires qualifications.
Topics: children, child-care, teachers, parenting, federal-government, australia
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Feeling a million miles away from the digital world of your gamer kids? It's time to start talking with them about it. Here's how.
Topics: games, arts-and-entertainment, children, parenting, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedNot only is losing your mind after having a baby normal, a new study shows it might actually be helpful, writes Jo Fox.
Topics: babies, parenting, women, work, neuroscience, womens-health, australia
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Two Adelaide programmers create a smartphone app that will text parents when their children are suspected of communicating with paedophiles online.
Topics: information-technology, family-and-children, parenting, internet-culture, social-media, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide artist celebrates the birth of his twins by painting a portrait which is then broken up and offered to thousands.
Topics: painting, parenting, offbeat, internet-culture, human-interest, adelaide-5000, united-states
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Tips for parents and children alike to beat the school holiday boredom this summer.
Topics: family-and-children, children, parenting, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, perth-6000
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The truth is we all played a role in the death of Tyrone Unsworth, and we all have a burden to bear.
Topics: bullying, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, schools, parenting, suicide, aspley-4034
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