Six ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep

Six ways to stop daylight saving derailing your child’s sleep

There are things parents can do to ease the transition to daylight saving,but planning ahead is key.

  • byJulie Green andJon Quach

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Childhood interrupted:Alf and Elsie,joined forever
Opinion
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Childhood interrupted:Alf and Elsie,joined forever

Alf and Elsie Crotty were separated from their families when they were children. When they found each other,it turned out that connection ran even deeper.

  • byTony Wright
Playing with fire:the childcare centres exposing children to risk

Playing with fire:the childcare centres exposing children to risk

Instead of shielding children from all potential hazards,a growing number of childcare centres are encouraging what is known as"risky play".

  • byHenrietta Cook
Back to nature:Children reap benefits of braving the cold

Back to nature:Children reap benefits of braving the cold

Despite extensive research highlighting the benefits of outdoor play,many parents and kinder and school educators are still reluctant to let children outside during winter.

  • byHenrietta Cook
Indigenous children over-represented in accidental injuries and deaths

Indigenous children over-represented in accidental injuries and deaths

A new report finds Aboriginal children in NSW are still dying at the same rate from unintentional injuries as they did 15 years ago.

  • byJulie Power
An economist's guide to guilt-free parenting (and happy kids)

An economist's guide to guilt-free parenting (and happy kids)

An economist,and mother,offers data-driven answers to everything from weaning,to potty training and vaccines.

  • byChloe Lambert
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We underestimate young people because it's convenient
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Gen Z

We underestimate young people because it's convenient

The young will not forgive the old for leaving them a depleted natural world and precarious future.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Bridging the gender pay gap,one case at a time

Bridging the gender pay gap,one case at a time

The path to more equal pay for women is one issue that could be significantly affected by the result of the forthcoming federal election.

  • byIola Mathews
'Really worried':big drop in vulnerable families using childcare

'Really worried':big drop in vulnerable families using childcare

Childcare workers are worried about a huge drop in the number of vulnerable families claiming subsidies for childcare

  • byJordan Baker
'Massive implications':when working families fall off the Hinch Cliff

'Massive implications':when working families fall off the Hinch Cliff

The early childhood industry fears children are missing out on vital early education because parents - even high earners - are baulking at the cost.

  • byJordan Baker andSarah Keoghan
Is birth order really a signpost for adult life? Scientists doubt it.

Is birth order really a signpost for adult life? Scientists doubt it.

Birth order,so the conventional wisdom goes,moulds our personality. The trouble is there is now a growing pile of scientific evidence that says otherwise.

  • byBen Guarino