Children

A new study has found that the more time children spend in front of a screen the more they are at risk of developing a delay in speech and learning social skills.

From the quirky to the shamelessly tear-jerking, here are some parents who got some air-time on the internet.

We’re talking about Bratz dolls. Remember those? They were the anti-Barbie: the leather pants, heavy morning after the night before makeup, come hither look giving bad influence. Some parents called them “tarty”, experts in child rearing called them dangerous and probable rods of ‘sexualisation.’ Meanwhile university students rolled them into the essay that they were […]

Five year-old British boy has been invoiced for missing a friend's birthday party. The parents expected $29AUD as compensation.

Kids say the funniest things ... especially when putting in requests to the jolly guy in the red suit.

New laws will crackdown on mothers who try to hide their baby’s birth under tough legislation announced by NSW Attorney-General Brad Hazzard The new powers aim to clampdown on instances of child abandonment following a newborn boy found in a drain in Sydney’s west and a little girl whose body was found in a shallow […]

She was just nine months old at the time. The then editor (Ita Buttrose) described her as ‘the apple of her mum’s eye.’ We took her photograph in all sorts of pretty dresses and one snapshot shows her eating the daisies being used as a prop!  Her mummy came to the rescue. Need a clue? […]

Traditional Santa photos may become a thing of the past with child protection activists calling for Santa's lap to be off limits to kids for shopping centre Christmas pictures

Frozen star Idina Menzel says Frozen 2 could be coming to a cinema near you very soon.

Designer Nickolay Lamm has fashioned the anti-Barbie – an 11-inch doll featuring generous proportions, flat feet, minimal makeup, without giant perky breasts. While that toy concept might sound super refreshing  for an extra six bucks you can purchase a page of 38 reusable stickers, made of clear vinyl, which will allow you to decorate your […]