• What to feed your kids

    Plating up a nutrient rich menu daily for your kids isn't as hard as you think. Dr Joanna McMillan takes us through a typical child's daily food intake and shows you how a few simple changes can make all the difference.

    Getting the most out of their meals ...
  • Grow a surplus of your own

    The only way to get off the treadmill of living from one pay packet to the next is to commit to a household budget.

    Getting on top of family finances ...
  • Cheesy monster pull-apart

    I've harnessed the power of spinach to colour this oozy, cheesy pull-apart bread a lurid green, guaranteed to satisfy any little monster's hunger after school.

    Cheesy monster pull-apart
  • 2013 Federal Budget: Changes for families

    With the scrapping of the baby bonus, changes to the paid parental leave scheme and family payment supplements, here is an overview of what some of the changes will look like for families.

    What the budget announcements mean for families ...
  • How to raise compassionate kids

    Raising kids who care - how volunteering helps develop children's compassion.

    Do unto your children what you would have your children do unto others.

Preschoolers

Parents' anger over Merida's sexy makeover

KATIE CARLIN Merida's new look might have got her in to the princess pack but has she lost her vote with parents?

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Over-protective parents are linked to teenage depression

Depression

AMY CORDEROY Teaching ''helicopter parents'' and ''tiger mums'' to control their emotions could be the key to preventing mental illness in their children, researchers say.

Fun with patterns

Klum's bribe for healthy kids

Not all appy children get best of educations

My four-year-old refuses to speak

Younger Kids

Why schools are failing our boys

Maggie Dent Boys will be boys, they tell us, but how many of us actually take this adage to heart and embrace it?

What to feed your kids

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DR JOANNA MCMILLAN Plating up a nutrient rich menu daily for your kids isn't as hard as you think. Dr Joanna McMillan takes us through a typical child's daily food intake and shows you how a few simple changes can make all the difference.

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Passing the family test

What makes a good mum? It all comes down to class

Link between income and well-behaved children

Mother's Day cards, craft and breakfast cuisine

Older Kids

When twins are abused

Angela Lee* Angela* and her twin sister lived through years of torment at the hands of their parents, here she shares her story of abuse to helps others understand the hard road victims travel down to come to a place where they finally feel safe enough to come forward for justice.

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Entertaining Kids

Gosling's childhood celebrity sweetheart

Staff writers Ryan Gosling is one of Hollywood’s most swooned over stars but he recently revealed that there was once a time when Britney Spears was the only girl for him.

Family Life

2013 Federal Budget: Changes for families

MATT WADE With the scrapping of the baby bonus, changes to the paid parental leave scheme and family payment supplements, here is an overview of what some of the changes will look like for families.

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Recipes

Build-your-own Nachos

KRISTY KOMADINA With kids, it's always good to have a few tricks up your sleeve to get them to eat a variety of foods. Interactive foods are my secret weapon! Set up a condiment bar end get kids to build their own delicious nachos, customised, just how they like them.

Salted caramel macarons

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KRISTY KOMADINA To some, making macarons are the ultimate culinary challenge, but trust me, they're not so much difficult to make as opposed to time consuming. There are a few steps involved and some waiting time, but if you take it slowly and carefully you will be rewarded with a large batch of these sweet and salty beauties. At around $3 a pop at cake shops, these are worth mastering at home.

Reader reviews

Kingston biscuits

Carrot cake pancakes

Best ever chocolate chip cookies

Pink lemonade

Sausage in rolls with homemade relish

Pea and ricotta fritters

Cheesy monster pull-apart