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How ‘sharenting’ can damage your kids’ self-esteem

Sharing even ‘benign’ photos of children online can damage their development, according to one WA academic who wants to give young people the power to take them down.

Kate Emery

On her termsInfluencer Sophie Cachia refuses to play by the rules

The former mummy blogger on building a business empire and being a budding queer icon

Jessie Stoelwinder

Common WildPremiumHow can we teach our children to love themselves forever?

I know of children who are four and five who are asking their parents if they are ugly, or questioning if they are too fat. If only we could preserve the wonderful self-confidence of youth.

Paula Kuka

Health warningPremiumWhy screen time is a real pain in the neck for kids

Screen time is causing neck, spine and posture problems in young children and ‘playing havoc’ with their school readiness, researchers have warned.

Rhianna Mitchell

Common WildPremiumPrepared to party

Adults don’t like getting thrown into situations unexpectedly, so why do we expect our kids to adapt so readily?

Paula Kuka

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Night time battleCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Scientists reveal the secret of getting kids to sleep

It is the question sleep-deprived parents everywhere find themselves desperately Googling: how do I make my child go to bed? Now, a new study looks at what works and what doesn’t at bedtime.

Kate Emery

opinion
opinion
Undervalued angelsCommentsPremium
opinion
We must take better care of our childcare workers

Overwhelming evidence points to the value of early learning, both to the developing brains of babies and young children and the economy. But what value do we place on the educators themselves?

Rhianna Mitchell

Rhianna MitchellReporter

Arylene Westlake-JenningsCommentsPremiumWhy wouldn’t you want to toilet-train your kids?

I have a question for the parents who don’t toilet-train their kids by the time they’re in kindy: why wouldn’t you?

Arylene Westlake-Jennings

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Helpline spikeCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Surge in new mums struggling to cope amid pandemic

Calls to a helpline for new parents suffering from anxiety and depression have more than doubled in the past year, as WA families separated from support networks by COVID struggle to cope.

Kate Emery

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘heartbreaking’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
WA teachers say Year 1 students ‘not toilet trained’

West Australian teachers have reported a disturbing rise in the number of children — some primary school aged — who are attending school in nappies because they are not yet toilet trained.

Bethany Hiatt

KidsPremiumBaby boom expected after lockdown

A generation of lockdown children will be born this year after one state’s 2020 restrictions led to a baby boom.

Anton Nilsson

Common WildPremiumSnakes and ladders

One step forward, two steps back. Why bedtime with kids can seem never ending

Paula Kuka

POOL WARNINGCommentsPremiumDistracted parents ‘failing to supervise kids’ in pools

Perth parents are being urged to pay attention to their kids at public swimming pools after a study found almost a quarter were distracted by mobile phones and failing to supervise their children.

Rhianna Mitchell

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The West Australian exclusive
Holistic hubsCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Nicola Forrest’s plan to reform child care

The high-profile philanthropist is joining with a former premier to propose a massive change to the way we think about early childhood education.

Lanai Scarr

Growing painsCommentsPremiumMP wants parent leave bump for mums and dads

The call for increased parental leave comes as a new report has found Australia’s government-paid parental leave scheme is one of the least generous in the OECD.

Annabel Hennessy

opinion
opinion
Work/life balanceCommentsPremium
opinion
Partners should get same leave as mum

The first months with your child can be some of the most precious but too many fathers are not getting to bond more closely with their offspring because of a parental leavesystem skewed towards women.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Changing timesCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Huge push for dads to get same parental leave as mums

There are growing calls to give mums and dads the same amount of parental leave when they have a baby.

Annabel Hennessy

ParentingChildcare costs lock parents out of work

Expensive childcare fees are preventing thousands of Australians from returning to work, polling conducted for AAP shows.

Tiffanie Turnbull

IVFPremiumChances of IVF success still reliant on age

Finally the secrecy is lifted on the $500m fertility industry with the launch of a new website on Monday that promises to reveal which IVF clinics are the most successful. But fertility experts warn age, not clinic, is still the true predictor of success.

Jane Hansen

Common WildPremiumAn irreplaceable role

Sometimes, after a long week with kids, it can seem like you have achieved nothing. But the rewards are bigger than you can imagine.

Paula Kuka

ParentingBenefits of Aust kids' in-home learning

Children from low-income Australian homes who undergo an in-home early childhood learning program enjoy outsize benefits, two studies have shown.

HOW PARENTS CAN HELPCommentsPremiumHow to curb kids’ anxiety during coronavirus pandemic

The impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on children could be far-reaching, say experts, but parents can help.

Katie Hampson

opinion
opinion
eSafetyCommentsPremium
opinion
Online dangers are not new, just downloaded differently

You will not keep kids offline so the challenge is how to educate them to stay safe in the digital world we all live in.

Kate Emery

Kate EmerySenior Reporter

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Parent trapCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Mums face Insta pressure to splash cash on babies

Social media influencers are convincing some pregnant women their happiness depends on buying the right gear.

Kate Emery

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