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The happiness trap
Psychologists say it's vital children are taught to face harsh realities.
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Can traffic lights help fight obesity?
Can the primary colours of traffic lights worldwide really serve to educate and empower children and parents to make better food choices?
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The forgotten years of girlhood
If girls have lost four years of girlhood - which years are they, asks Steve Biddulph
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Creating art on a plate
Norwegian Instagram food artist and enthusiast, Ida Frosk, believes that food should be fun, tasty and for the most part healthy.
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Preschoolers
Keeping boys reading
Stephanie Brown How do we prevent boys from giving up on reading as they age? Stephanie Brown shares her tips on how to nurture your sons love of reading into adulthood.
Has beautiful become a bad word?
Jen Vuk Are we inadvertently setting children up for a lifetime of zero body confidence every time we tell them they're beautiful?
When your kids won't stop interrupting
Parents' anger over Merida's sexy makeover
Over-protective parents are linked to teenage depression
Fun with patterns
Younger Kids
The happiness trap
JILL STARK 11:05pm Psychologists say it's vital children are taught to face harsh realities.
Reclaiming family time over homework
Phillip Ly, Nicky Phillips, Amy McNeilage Parents are applauding efforts by primary schools to drop stressful, time-consuming homework, even as experts say it is often parents who push for teachers to set homework in the first place.
Choices in the operating room
Competitive parents push kids to breaking point
Confident kids take charge when it counts
Do manners still matter?
Older Kids
Winter school holiday planner
Livia Gamble Wondering how you will keep the kids entertained these school holidays? Here is what's on around Australia in your state. From Dr. Suess Science workshops to hilarious musicals - there is something to suit every child and every budget.
Warning labels are failing parents
The Conversation Research finds parents of children with life-threatening allergies are ignoring warning labels on food packaging.
The forgotten years of girlhood
Social exclusion at school
Parents wary of league violence
Rainbows of a different kind
Photo Galleries
Entertaining Kids
Digital life
Teens crave chat with parents over Facebook
Emma Macdonald It's a case of believe it or not for parents of teenaged children. An Australian study has found kids love spending time with their mother and father more than their best friend on Facebook or Instagram.
ABC cancels Bananas in Pyjamas
Bridget McManus The ABC has ceased production of its iconic children's television program, Bananas in Pyjamas. The last of 156 episodes of the animated version of the original 1992 live-action series will air on ABC2 at the end of the month, one month before the Bananas turn 21.
Paris Jackson hospitalised after suicide attempt
The secret of Yo Gabba Gabba's success
The former child star not crazy, naked or high
What teens really think about Facebook
Family Life
Can traffic lights help fight obesity?
LAKSHMI SINGH Can the primary colours of traffic lights worldwide really serve to educate and empower children and parents to make better food choices?
When kids throw sickies
Lisa Schofield Has your child ever tried to convince you of a pseudo-illness in a thinly disguised attempt to score a day off school? Lisa Schofield discovered that the occasional 'sickie' might actually be good for kids.
Horror at the hairdressers
London calling pint-sized prince and princesses
Getting away without the kids
Can we go back to plain birthday cakes?
Recipes
Cinnamon pull apart bread
Deanna Linder of Matkonation This melt in your mouth pull apart will be impossible to resist warm and fresh from the oven. A delicious recipe to bake with the kids.
Date bombs recipe
Jill Dupleix Little balls of protein and energy made from pureed raw dates, nuts and seeds.
