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It's no secret that threenagers suffer from a lot of bad press, However, as this little boy shows, it's an age full of wisdom and insight, too.
Welcoming a second baby is beautiful, joyous and exhausting - or, if you're a 2-year-old, utterly confusing and downright annoying.
Toddlers can be given a flying start in language and maths if their parents interact with them correctly, research suggests.
For years, they were told nothing was wrong with their daughter.
This is a stage, and you and she will move through it. I can (almost) promise it.
There are big changes for families in the new recommendations to guide children's use of anything with a screen, such as computers, tablets, mobile phones, televisions and video games.
One dad pimped his kids' rides in jaw-dropping fashion.
When it comes to the pram, sometimes you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone.
Toilet training your toddlers is hard enough, but this little girl took it to a whole new level when her toilet booster seat got stuck around her neck.
When a toilet training toddler needs to go, they REALLY need to go. But is it ever acceptable to whip out a potty in public?
It's one of the less glamorous tasks of parenthood (because, well, poo) but a necessary one nonetheless.
Naturopath Rebekah Russell shares her tips on how to help take charge of their eating today to help them enjoy better health tomorrow.
Little Kacie Barradell is lucky to be alive after accidentally swallowing a lithium "button" battery.
Alzheimer's Disease is something we usually associate with the elderly.
Mason Harvey Marks' family have remembered him as a "beautiful bubbly" boy after the 18-month-old's sudden death this week.
"Half-way through my phone call I heard my daughter screaming… it was so loud I could hear it clearly over the car running, the air conditioner fan on full and both car and house doors closed."
When a dad noticed a glow emanating from the eye of his toddler in a photo, he knew it was the sign of something serious.
There is always something so beautiful about babies with special connections to their older family members. But what Aria McMahon has with her grandmother Pamela is pure magic.
Nobody knows more about engaging kids through play than Fisher-Price.
Playgroup NSW membership is now free for a year, for anyone with an infant under 12 months of age.
Does it work for your baby?
What's the best way to mentally stimulate your baby? It doesn't take a genius - just a loving, involved parent.
Gabby Holden, the Uniting Director of Early Learning, shares why the first few years are so vital for development and learning.
Aspirational parents can now give their child the head start in life they truly need. A $4000 toy car.
Kmart has issued an urgent recall for a popular kids' toy.
Road transport accidents remain a leading cause of death, with between one and two in every 100,000 Australian children dying on our roads each year.
Leading businesswoman says revamped 457 visa scheme should have made it easier for nannies from Pacific Islands to come here.
Parents who park the car but leave the engine running during school pick-up and drop-off times would be penalised under anti-idling laws proposed to cut harmful vehicle emissions.
"Childcare is child abuse." That's what I was told from an early age, writes Kasey Edwards.
Without regulation, au pairs are liable to be misused, overworked and isolated.
Families with young children in childcare will be up to $3400 a year better off, although family payments will be frozen.
Young parents these days have little alternative but to pay strangers to perform that most precious of services, caring for their little ones. It's an emotionally fraught process.