Kid's Health & Wellbeing | Essential Kids

Parental burnout is a real thing

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The iPhone case taking the pain out of managing kids' screen-time

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Women with breast implants are advised to monitor for any changes, after 46 cases of a rare cancer in Australia were ...

Increase in Australian cancer cases linked to breast implants

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The A-Z of common illnesses in school children

Everything you want to know about common illnesses in children - from how to treat them to when you should make the trip to the doctor.

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Brooke Tasovac

Dr Joanna McMillan

Top 10 immunity boosters for kids

Ward off those winter bugs with Dr Joanna McMillan’s top ten immunity booster super foods for kids.

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Andrew Daddo

Blocked ears

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Justine Davies

Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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Justine Davies

Scarlet Fever

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Justine Davies

Dyspraxia

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Lakshmi Singh

'I have only one wish': dying dad's plea for son's Lego design to become a reality

Damien MacRae has issued a call for votes so that his son's melanoma-aware Lego set will be produced.

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Suzi Catchpole

Children pick up on images and language much earlier than we might think.

Why kids don't need to hear 'fat talk'

Helping kids sidestep problems with body image needs to start sooner than you'd think.

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Paula Goodyer

This x-ray image shows how easily a grape can block a child's airways.

'Just cut the damn grapes': mum's plea after 5-year-old undergoes surgery

My kids love to be high maintenance with food. Whose don't?

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Carolyn Tate

Tysen Benz, 11, hanged himself in his room after seeing social media posts indicating that his girlfriend had committed ...

Teen who faked her death faces charges in 11-year-old boy's suicide

Tysen Benz was in his room when he read text messages saying someone he knew had committed suicide. Shortly after, the 11-year-old hanged himself. Now a 13-year-old girl is facing criminal charges.

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Kristine Phillips

Country music singer Catherine Britt: "It was unbelievable that we would get such bad luck, to be honest."

Singer Catherine Britt's terrible family cancer trifecta

Little did the country singer know as she walked down the aisle in a blur of chemo, her mother was keeping a secret from her.

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Christine Sams

Gianessa Wride, 7, takes on "crazy hair day".

Seven-year-old girl with alopecia dazzles on 'crazy hair day'

Meet the little girl with alopecia who took on "crazy hair day" in her own sparkly way.

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Ariane Beeston

Why Instagram can be good for your selfie-obsessed teen

Got a teen who's always on Instagram? It turns out there might be an upside to all that scrolling.

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Ariane Beeston

Connie Johnson at her home in Kaleen. She wants to use the Big Heart Project in Canberra on May 10 to personally meet ...

Connie Johnson and her heartbreakingly pragmatic 'last hurrah'

Love Your Sister's Connie Johnson has one wish - and you can help make it come true. The Project's Carrie Bickmore will also be in Canberra to help make it happen.