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People today are more overweight than ever before, but it’s never too late to help your family live a healthier lifestyle. A few simple lifestyle changes can have your family feeling and looking better than ever before. Find a trusted source of health information: With so much information out there on how to live your […]

Elena’s sweet daughters really are a double miracle.

''I've wanted to carry a child since the age of 18.''

“Mackenzie chose this baby for us.”

The Studio 10 host and his wife are overjoyed to welcome their third bundle of joy!

They told us she’d been murdered in the most brutal way, but I keep hoping she’ll come home

Hold onto your popcorn as there are a string of blockbuster kids flicks hitting Aussie cinema screens soon.

This time around Chucky is not a doll come to life but rather a robot which begs the question: Have you tried turning it off and on again?

We're not crying, just something in my eye. Like a twig, or a branch or a tree or something.

I'd move heaven and Earth to give my girl a normal life.

Professor Brian Owler gives the facts on this serious disease.

Research shows, the earlier a child is diagnosed the more likely it is they'll develop life skills needed for a good quality of life.

With some sustaining catastrophic spinal injuries.

Consider these games your answer to the inevitable, "I'm bored".

The mum-of-14 has spoken candidly condemning her decision to have so many children.

This mother talks the taboo subject of loving one of her children and disliking the other.

The little boy left Disneyland with an unforgettable experience.

Apparently losing a child in a corn maze happens quite often...

“How can I tell her this is what women go through when she hasn’t even had a chance to be a girl yet?”

This masterpiece is going straight on the fridge.

An external review is now underway after accusations the childcare centre tried to cover up the incident.

What happened when a mum told her five-year-old to pack a “frozen juice pouch” for school…

These charges are disgusting.

“My hands might have done it but my head didn’t do it.”

A lump of cheese kept the boy alive.

Warning: graphic and distressing content.

The prestigious school fills up quickly.

The little girl was airlifted to hospital with pelvic injuries in a serious condition.

He has become Britain’s youngest male-on-male rapist.

The actor claims his current financial difficulties prevent him from meeting his obligation to both Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller.

When doctors said there was no cause for alarm after her baby girl was born with a head shaped like a football, a Queensland mum knew she had to take matters into her own hands.

Hamish Blake and wife Zoe's gorgeous little boy Sonny turns two today!

A child with autism gets too much information, but do you have enough to know what that looks like?

A popular car seat has been removed from sale after a baby fell headfirst from the restraint as her mother drove.

An American blogger has been sentenced to life in prison after she threw her autistic six-year-old son from a bridge.

All children have dreams that one day may come true but if our children are not given the chance then this can't happen.

In the nineties, child star Jake Lloyd found fame playing Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace prequel trilogy. But the actor's adult years haven't been as fortunate.

Simple, fun games to keep you and your littlie amused.

One in three girls and one in seven boys will fall victim to sexual abuse before their eighteenth birthday.

Are we producing a generation of kids used to getting their own way?

Constant bickering between two siblings can be enough to drive even the most patient parents crazy - but no matter how much your kids argue, there is plenty you can do to help them get along.

“I bet he likes you”

A two-year-old boy was found wondering his house, starving and dehydrated, after the sudden deaths of his mother and baby brother.

A 27-year-old posted footage of himself sexually assaulting his nephew while babysitting.

You’ll remember him as cheeky Chunk who could do the best truffle shuffle with his belly but these days, The Goonies actor Jeff Cohen is all grown up and unrecognisable from his child star days.

Jaleel White rose to fame as the hilarious Steve Urkel in Family Matters but now he’s 38-years-old and a whole lot of handsome!

I was just praying, 'Break the window. She is going to die.'

He will never never walk.

Brave young Tyrique Tomarra celebrated his seventh birthday at the Mckay Base Hospital after beign stung while frolicking in the water at Bucasia beach with his family on Sunday.

Rebecca Gibney’s son, Zac Bell is following in his mum’s footsteps and landing first acting role in new TV show, Winter.

One very brave Aussie nine-year-old Milla, has shared his experiences of growing up feeling like he’s in the wrong body and asked for acceptance via a video shared by his loving mum. Brisbane Mum Renee Fabish decided to ask for support for her child by sharing Milla’s story through a moving video posted to her […]

Jackie Stricker-Phelps on why Australia needs to overhaul its adoption and foster care system.

Adoption is at an all time low in Australia – over the last 25 years there has been a 76 per cent decline in the adoption of children. So what is going wrong?

With a second royal baby on the way, Duchess Catherine has been practising her skills meeting with other little ones – although she often seems to have "the Duchess Catherine effect" on them!

Tatiana Tauaifaga was playing in the backyard of her home in Constitution Hill when a driver ploughed through the fence in an allegedly stolen black Audi, with police not far behind.

The search for toddler with autism in Perth has turned to tragedy today after police discovered a body in a lake close to the missing boy's home

Australians have never needed to be more aware of child abuse and it traumatic effects than now, says Dr Cathy Kezelman, president of national support group, Adult Surviving Child Abuse (ASCA). “Childhood trauma directly affects an estimated five million adult Australians”, says Dr Kezelman. “It also affects their family, including their children and their communities. It’s like the […]

Police have found a number of bones from bushland in the search for missing toddler William Tyrell, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The three-year-old boy has now been missing for 10 days after he disappeared from his grandmother’s home in Kendall, on the NSW central coast, on Friday, September 12. At a community meeting on […]

Police have scaled back their search for missing three-year-old William Tyrell, nine days after he disappeared from his grandmother’s home on the NSW Mid North Coast. On Sunday police confirmed that the search would now shift its focus to the pieces of information they have received since the toddler’s unexplained disappearance. About 70 police and […]

The hunt for missing three-year-old boy William Tyrell on the state’s mid north coast has expanded as crews enter their fourth day of searching. William, who was playing in the front of his grandmother’s Kendall home in his Spider-Man costume, went missing about 10.30am on Friday. Police from Mid North Coast have been coordinating the […]

Think tofu is for hippies? I have to admit; I’m a bit of an urban hippy at heart but even for me, tofu is usually a shocker in the taste department, cardboard being a commonly used adjective used when reviewing its flavour. But this is about to change that perception because cheesy tofu bites are […]

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans has opened up about the first time he saw his adopted son Robel in an emotional interview. Speaking in the November issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly Cadel and his wife Chiara recall clicking on an email attachment and opening a photo of the Ethiopian orphan who would become […]

To some people, Katrina Abianac’s eight-month-old son Parker is just another Down syndrome baby but to her, he’s a beautiful little boy who just happens to have Down syndrome. It’s a small but significant distinction Katrina wishes more people understood. My world spun and clicked when I was told my baby son had Down Syndrome. […]

When Kaelan Mann was three, he developed a mysterious stutter that doctors couldn’t explain. After months of elimination diets his desperate mum removed food additives from his diet as a last resort. Just four weeks later, the stutter was gone. Here, his mum Anna describes their quest to save Kaelan’s speech. Kaelan Mann is your […]

Here are some of our favourite shots of child stars all grown up!

Avoid squabbles in the bathroom by giving each child a matching coloured facewasher and toothbrush. That colour then becomes the child’s own and she won’t use anyone else’s.

Write each of your children’s names on a brown paper bag and put into it any of their photos that don’t make the family album. In years to come, you’ll have a treasured selection of pictures to give to each child on a special occasion, such as a 21st birthday.

Older toddlers enjoy simple, homemade jigsaw puzzles. Paste a magazine picture onto cardboard and cut it into pieces the child will be able to assemble. Use more complicated shapes for older children.

As a cheaper alternative to helium balloons for children’s party decorations, blow up ordinary balloons and stick them to walls and ceilings with double-sided sticky tape.

A game of Snakes and Ladders played with young children can be a long drawn-out affair, as anyone who has played with them will testify. Use two dice – it moves the game along more quickly and teaches them about adding up.

Some of the Barbie dolls’ clothes are very tight-fitting and difficult for little children to get on and off. Sprinkle the doll with talcum powder and the clothes will slip on easily.

Overalls that have become too short for your child can be lengthened with knitted cuffs in one plain, one purl rib sewn to the bottom of the legs. They look cute and also give extra warmth.

Store wooden jigsaw puzzles in the cut-off legs of laddered pantyhose. The stocking holds the puzzle pieces in place and you can easily see which puzzle is which.

Scratch the name or initials of your child on passionfruit when they are green on the vine – a nail will do the trick. When the fruit turns purple, the name stands out and the kids have fun finding “their” fruit.

Try a chocolate-hazelnut spread for fairy bread instead of butter or margarine. The hundreds and thousands stick better and children love it.

Old soft toys can be given a new lease of life by turning them into bookends for children’s rooms. Open a seam, fill with pebbles or sand to add the weight, then re-stitch.

When toilet training a little boy, float a ping-pong ball with a bullseye painted on it in the bowl to help him aim straight! The ball won’t flush away and he’ll get used to aiming for the target.

To remove chewing gum from clothing, pick off as much as possible, smother gum with olive or canola oil and rub briskly with fingers. Spray with pre-wash stain remover and wash in the usual way.

Save some toys that your child hasn’t played with for a while, add whatever toys are passed down from cousins and so on, and bring them out when your child is sick in bed. It’s surprising how interesting they can become.

Some large stores sell children’s gift-wrapping papers with pictures on them, and the sheets have never been folded or creased. Framed, they make lovely pictures for a child’s room at a fraction of the cost of wall posters.

Getting a toddler to eat meals can be tricky, so next time yours refuses to eat, put a glove puppet on your hand and let the puppet feed the child.

Remove glue from school clothes by soaking garments overnight in brown vinegar. Follow with a light scrub, then machine-wash as usual.

To help young children recognise their schoolbags in a group, put a photograph of them inside of the clear plastic label.

Plastic trellis makes an effective cover for a sandpit. It discourages cats and other inquisitive animals, yet is light enough for children to remove by themselves.

Use a large bulldog clip to hold your child’s school paintings together and hang them behind the bedroom door. Put new paintings on top and, when the wad gets too thick, remove some of the paintings from the back.

Mulberry stains on children’s clothes or skin can be removed by rubbing the stained areas with unripe mulberries. This must be done before stained clothing is washed.

Try using jelly instead of fruit juice when making iceblocks at home. Make up a packet of jelly crystals as directed, pour into iceblock moulds and freeze. They’re delicious and not as “drippy” as regular ice blocks.

To avoid iron-on and sew-on labels coming off children’s clothing, buy some fabric paint and use it to write their names on everything instead. The paint is permanent after drying for 24 hours and doesn’t fade.

Faded felt pens can be rejuvenated by removing the ends and pouring a few drops of water into their stems. Replace the ends, stand them upside down for a short time, and you’ll double their life.

Make a photograph album especially for the children. Fill it with duplicates of your favourite shots of family, pets, outings and so on, and they’ll get hours of fun from it.

Quickly cool a bowl of soup for a toddler by breaking a slice of frozen bread into it. As the bread defrosts, it cools the soup and adds bulk to the meal.

A plastic bucket is an excellent way to carry around baby and toddler toys when out visiting, or just for moving them to a new play area around the house. It’s the right size, easy to carry and costs only a few dollars.

Use marshmallows as candle holders on birthday cakes – they prevent wax running onto the cake.

Don’t throw away leftover soft drinks that have gone flat – they make great ice blocks.

Here’s a quick and easy birthday “cake” for a child who doesn’t like cake. Turn a small tub of vanilla ice-cream out onto a plate. On the top of the “cake”, outline in chocolate buttons or Smarties the age of the birthday child. Add a paper frill around the sides of the ice-cream and stick […]

Wear an oven mitt to stroke air out of adhesive paper when covering school books. It makes a tricky job much easier.

A backpack filled with toys, books and snacks and hung from the front seat of your car is a great way to entertain children on long journeys. It’s easily accessible and will keep them amused for ages.

Buy a wooden mug tree for the nursery – you can use it hang up all the hair bows and hats you seem to acquire for your baby, making them instantly accessible.

Make the littlies their own “grocery shop”. Trim to size the labels from smaller-size canned foods and glue them onto empty film containers, making miniatures of the products. Small cereal packets and juice boxes can be added to the mini-supermarket.

Renew the features on old, faded dolls’ faces by using a cream foundation and blending in blusher (works best on matt surfaces). Nail polish is excellent for lipstick, and waterproof mascara can be used for eyelashes.