Essential Kids

Should we encourage kids to have realistic job ambitions?

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Your child not ready for a phone? Here's another option

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The one thing I ask of my children's teachers each year

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The study ound the mermaid fin hindered a child's ability to swim by 70 per cent while the tail reduced it by 60 per cent.

Mermaid tail toys increase drowning risk

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5 non-negotiable rules for hand-me-downs

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Mum makes five-year-old daughter pay 'rent'

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Spending time with grandparents helps reduce ageism in kids

DEVELOPMENT

Kids who spend quality time with their grandparents are more accepting of the elderly, according to a recent study.

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The top 10 schoolbag essentials for kids

TOYS AND PRODUCTS

Get the kids ready for school with these must-haves.

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Over 94 per cent of Australian teenagers own a smart phone.

Teens who spend less time in front of screens are happier

TECHNOLOGY

In recent months, Silicon Valley executives have been speaking out about the purposely addictive designs of smartphones and social media, which make them hard to put down for anyone, but particularly teenagers. Now, a new report puts numbers to the warnings:, tying a sudden and large drop in adolescents' happiness with the proliferation of smartphones, and finding that the more hours a day teens spend in front of screens, the less satisfied they are.

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Should we encourage kids to have realistic job ambitions?

SCHOOL

Or let them keep dreaming of being soccer champs and popstars?

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Help! My teen son is smoking marijuana

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

"I'm worried my bright son will end up 'brain dead' like the pot smokers I've met before."

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People are sharing the lies kids told them - and they're hilarious.

Twitter has been sharing the best kids' lies - and they're hilarious

CURRENT AFFAIRS

People have been reminiscing about their pathological liar mates from childhood - and the stories will have you chuckling.

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Give your kitchen a quick and easy healthy makeover by removing any foods that contain a long list of ingredients.

Last minute Christmas gift ideas for kids

Last yearâ€™s must-have toy is back with Hatchimals Surprise, with a new twist waiting to hatch out of the speckled egg. ...

10 chocolate-free advent calendars for kids

Lego City advent calendar, $49.99. Stockist: <a href="http://shop.lego.com/en-AU/" target="_blank">shop.lego.com/en-AU/</a>

10 best advent calendars for adults

kikki.k lovers' advent calendar, $149.95. Stockist: <a href="http://www.kikki-k.com" target="_blank">www.kikki-k.com</a>

The top 20 toys kids will be begging for this Christmas

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Boys or girls, slime is fun for everyone! This Christmas So Slime offer a DIY Slime ...

Australia's 51 most-loved children's books of all time

A little girl's 'creepy' obsession has gone viral.

Girl's 'creepy' hobby has internet saying 'future doctor'

TOYS AND PRODUCTS

A little girl's strange obsession with transplanting faces from one toy to another has the internet convinced they're witnessing the work of a future surgeon.

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"I'm definitely judging but not for the reasons you may think."

I'm judging you at the beach

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

I have a confession to make: I am definitely judging you at the beach. I am judging what you're wearing and what your kids are wearing. But maybe not in the way you think.