Development
Would you put your six-year-old in a taxi alone?
Imagine the scene if you will. It's Thursday night. Your six year old is due at a music lesson and you've had a busy day.
Why I took my daughters, aged 5 and 7, to see Adele
I hope they remember it forever, and not just because it was a brilliant show.
When your perfectly healthy four-year-old thinks they’re fat
One mum got a huge shock when her perfectly healthy four-year-old said she just wanted to be skinny.
Kids receiving up to $40 per tooth as Tooth Fairy expectations rise
Warning: potential Tooth Fairy spoilers within.
Do you look like your name? Science says you do
Can you tell what a person's name is just by looking at them? Scientists think that you can.
Study finds firstborns are smarter - and there's a logical reason why
A new study has demonstrated what us first-borns have always suspected - eldest kids are the smartest. And it's all down to the different way we were parented.
Advice
What your son needs to know before he leaves the house tonight
We spend a lot of time policing the way our daughters behave. It's time to focus on sons, writes Jenna Price.
Is this the funniest sex education book ever?
This sex education book definitely gives parents a chuckle or two.
Behaviour and Discipline
'I am broken, completely broken': Dr Andrew Rochford devastated after son bullied
His son Archie is being bullied for having ginger hair and TV personality Dr Andrew Rochford has had enough.
Teaching kids not to interrupt
Many of us feel frustrated at a lack of completed conversations – or, let's be honest, even thoughts – as our kids interrupt us constantly.
Helping to raise ‘we’ children, not just ‘me’ children
In an age of selfies and a fascination with image, fame and being 'seen', how do we ensure that we nurture the growth of character in our children?
Puberty
A parent's guide to the teen tribes of 2017
Our generation certainly isn't one homogenous mass, so our kids' generation isn't either. So who are these different types of teenagers?
When silence is the best way to show your support
Good parenting isn't always about talking everything through, this mother found out.
Special Needs
Boy with special needs left on bus for 6 hours
A boy with special needs has spent the day locked inside a school bus near Wollongong, after he missed his school drop-off and was unwittingly left at an area depot.
Theatres open up 'autism-friendly' shows for kids who need to twist and shout
Hundreds of parents and children will be able to enjoy a special matinee performance of Disney's Aladdin The Musical in a judgement-free "autism-friendly" environment, presented in association with Autism Awareness Australia.
Snake oil or saviour? The coloured spectacles sparking controversy
They are the blue, yellow and rose-coloured glasses polarising the dyslexic community.
'Appalling and heartless': Sydney doctor forced to leave country because of disabled daughter
A 16-year-old girl with autism who has been living in Australia for eight years could be deported within weeks because she failed immigration medical assessments and the Assistant Immigration Minister has refused to intervene.
Internet comes to rescue of little boy with autism who ran out of favourite food
For dad, Reed Botwright, whose son Everett is on the autism spectrum, finding food his six-year-old will eat is an ongoing challenge.
Boy's traumatic haircut prompts act of kindness from stranger, who didn't know he has autism
As a parent, there are days it can feel like the whole world is against you.