Essential Kids

Bradley Herbst, dressed in his daily costumes, with daughter Sydney.

Dad and daughter's social media deal gets the job done in a hilarious way

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The room is designed to provide a calm environment.

Airport launches sensory room for children with autism

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The politics of parenting can deeply effect a child's socializing abilities.

Party politics: parents need to butt out of their kid's friendships

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This mum's method of managing her feuding siblings has divided the internet.

Mother's unusual way of managing feuding children has divided parents

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Want to teach your kids how to cooperate? Pop them on the swing set

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Dad's simple hack takes the pain out of swimming lessons

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Mum leaves hilarious 'guidelines' for babysitter

MAKING TIME FOR ME

This mum took an amusing approach when she left a 10-point list of guidelines for her children's babysitter to follow.

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Why this mum refuses to make her kids share

BEHAVIOUR & DISCIPLINE

It's drummed into us from a young age: sharing is caring. But one mum took to social media recently with different ideas. And we have to admit, she has a point.

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Supernanny Jo Frost shares the biggest mistake parents make

BEHAVIOUR & DISCIPLINE

Supernanny Jo Frost has helped thousands of parents with her sensible tips, both in person and on her various TV shows, so she's seen a lot of parenting fails.

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Mike and Heather Martin have been reported to Child Protective Services.

Are these YouTube's most appalling parents?

ENTERTAINMENT

DaddyOFive built enough of a fan base to make a living off his monetised YouTube channel, but to most onlookers, the videos he posted looked a lot like abuse.

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

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

It's one thing to set appropriate screen-time limits for our kids, but enforcing them, and ensuring our digital natives adhere to them, is a whole other challenge.

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A kindergarten class watches preparations for a match from a classroom inside the FC St. Pauli soccer team's stadium in ...

Welcome to the world's coolest kindergarten

PRESCHOOL

Staying after class has never been this fun.

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Win a Springfree Trampoline

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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

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Before you hit send on a social media post about your child, ask yourself - would I talk about this at work?

Capturing the extraordinary grandparent bond

Cool cooking party ideas for kids

Ice cream stick crafts for kids

Turtle weaving : <a href="http://www.pinkstripeysocks.com/2016/05/turtles-using-3-sticks-gods-eye-weaving.html" ...

Craft ideas using old wine bottle corks

Sail boats : <a href="http://mamapapabubba.com/2013/06/25/cork-sail-boats-with-sparkly-sails" ...

Hilarious Pinterest fails

Source: <a href="http://craftfail.com/2011/08/cookie-monster-cupcake-fail/" target="blank">CraftFail.com</a>

Dad and daughter's social media deal gets the job done in a hilarious way

TECHNOLOGY

This dad is using the one deterrent that is kryptonite to teens: embarrassment.

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Supernanny Jo Frost shares the biggest mistake parents make

BEHAVIOUR & DISCIPLINE

Supernanny Jo Frost has helped thousands of parents with her sensible tips, both in person and on her various TV shows, so she's seen a lot of parenting fails.