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Homemade toys and free activities for children

Homemade toys and activities help children learn and develop, because they can stimulate curiosity, creativity and imagination. They’re also great for building your relationship with your child, and they’re a lot of fun.

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Baby development and developmental milestones

Baby development in the first 12 months is amazing. Through warm and responsive interactions with you and other caregivers, as well as play, babies learn to communicate, think, move, express emotions and much more.

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Temperament: what it is and why it matters

Temperament: what is it? Temperament is the way children respond to the world.

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Newborn behaviour: an overview

Your newborn baby depends on you and other caregivers to give them what they need for healthy development – warm, loving and responsive attention, comfort, food, daily care, time for gentle play and learning, and so on.

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Supporting children's communication development

Communication development is linked to many other outcomes, so parents are encouraged to be proactive and seek early intervention if they’re concerned

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Failure’s gifts: self-determination and grit

Well-intentioned parents spend hours trying to protect their children from experiencing imperfection, especially failure. Maggie Dent, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, explores why letting our children fail may be a gift for life.

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How screens impact our children's brains

Dr Michael Nagel and Dr Rachael Sharman have co-authored Becoming Autistic. The book examines the neurological consequences of screen time on the developing brain and how they are increasingly being expressed as changes that resemble autism symptoms.

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Boy playing with his father and biting his nose.

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Biting: What to do when your child bites

So your toddler has bitten another child. Many of us can empathise with how concerning it is to have a child that is biting. The truth is that for many children aged under three, this is a common and often passing phase of normal child development.

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