Parents have been let down in the past by governments and regulators, Anthony Albanese has admitted as Labor scrambles to fix a childcare crisis with new laws to cut off funds to substandard centres.
Nicola Smith and Katina Curtis
Parents all over Australia are asking the same question after horrific allegations of sexual assault in childcare centres emerged last week. How can I keep my child safe?
Rhianna Mitchell
Two thirds of West Australian children under five years old have never been taken to a dentist, an alarming new study has revealed.
Dylan Caporn
Hundreds of West Australian childcare centres either don’t meet minimum quality standards or are yet to be rated as politicians across the country focus on child safety.
Katina Curtis
Respiratory syncytial virus cases are surging in WA after hospital admissions increased 45 per cent last month.
Hannah Cross
Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.
Jessica Page
A growing number of entrepreneurs are capitalising on a boom in demand for unique, fun and - crucially - outsourced birthday parties.
Urban playgrounds in Australian cities are on the slide, both in quality and quantity, according to new research.
Claire Sadler
The 16-month-old’s mother arrived four minutes after the two educators left to find the building’s lights off and its doors locked shut.
Sarah Steger
Megan Mann said she loves taking her daughter to playgroup weekly because it’s the perfect place for kids to build friendships and discover new things.
Artemisia Blythe
Play is essential to a healthy childhood. It’s how kids learn, stretch their imagination, and work out how to navigate the world.
Kelsie Prabawa-Sear
Bullying is something every parent worries about - and it’s no wonder, with one in four Australian students experiencing regular bullying.
Cher McGillivray
A brand-new Early Years bus service enables young children in the Great Southern access to essential early childhood services by removing persistent transport barriers.
Hannah Whitehead
WA researchers have good news and bad news for parents who want to turn their kids into better writers.
Kate Emery
A Perth teenager has written a powerful poem about her journey with an eating disorder, giving an insight into the relentless, lonely and consuming nature of the illness.
Parents are being warned not to forget stranger danger in the rush to book entertainment for children’s birthday parties, with a new campaign to encourage ID checks.
Mark Zuckerberg does it. Zoe Foster-Blake does it. A Melbourne private school wants its parents to do it. And, if you have young kids, you probably want to do it too.
Take it from a gen Z: your child is being exposed to violent, sexual, hateful, and age-inappropriate content
Paris McNeil
After years of guarded privacy, AFL legend Gary Ablett Jr and his wife Jordan have revealed the heartbreaking reality of parenting a child with a rare terminal illness, sharing ‘happy and sad tears’.
Kimberley Braddish
A Perth mum has issued an urgent warning to parents after an everyday household chore almost left her four-year-old blind.
After over 10 years of studying with child development experts, an early learning educator reveals five things parents can do differently to help deliver long-term success.
Maya Payne Stewart
It’s a daunting landscape that parents, teachers, and policymakers often respond to with bans and restrictions, hoping to shield young minds from harm. But these solutions are short-sighted.
Sherrill Nixon
Here are the ways you can entertain the kids – for a few hours, at least. SEE THE LIST OF MOVIES.
Ben O'Shea
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