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Aboriginal - a new baby Updated

Aboriginal - being a dad

Aboriginal - better foods for kids

Aboriginal - breastfeeding

Aboriginal - child abuse and neglect

Aboriginal - coping skills for our kids

Aboriginal - ear health - pina pati, pina palya?

Aboriginal - families that work well

Aboriginal - family togetherness

Aboriginal - getting help and support

Aboriginal - grandparents

Aboriginal - how do we like our children to be?

Aboriginal - identity

Aboriginal - kids grieve too

Aboriginal - loving and laughing

Aboriginal - now you are a parent

Aboriginal - our children, our families, our way

Aboriginal - role models

Aboriginal - smoking close to children

Aboriginal - step-families

Aboriginal - storytelling

Aboriginal - sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Aboriginal - support

Aboriginal - we all need to feel safe and secure

About babies - their senses

Abuse of parents

Abuse, emotional (see: Yelling)

Acquired brain injury Updated

Acquired brain injury - Resources Updated

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (see: HIV and AIDS)

ADD and ADHD - how to manage them Updated

ADD and ADHD - what are they? Updated

Adolescence - when times get tough

Adoptions, intercountry (see: Intercountry Adoption - physical health)

After the breakup (see: Parenting arrangements after separation)

Aggro adolescents (see: Abuse of parents)

AIDS (see: HIV and AIDS)

Alcohol - effects on unborn children

Alcohol and young people

All about food - general

All about food - minerals and other elements

All about food - vitamins

Allergic Rhinitis (seasonal) (see: Hay fever)

Alternative care - foster parenting

Amoebic meningitis (see: Meningitis)

Anger (see: Feeling angry)

Anger - helping your child to manage it

Anorexia Nervosa (see: Eating disorders)

Asperger syndrome

Asthma in adolescence

Asthma in childhood

Atopic dermatitis (see: Eczema) Updated

Attention Deficit Disorder (see: ADD and ADHD - what are they?) Updated

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (see: ADD and ADHD - what are they?) Updated

Autism - diagnosis

Autism - resources

Autism spectrum disorder

Autism spectrum disorder - Resources

B

Babies - day and night patterns in the early months

Babies in hot weather

Babies' dummies – safety alert

Baby bath aids – safety alert

Baby care (see: Living with babies)

Baby walkers Updated

Baby's head shape

Bacterial meningitis (see: Meningitis)

Bad language (see: Swearing)

Barmah Forest Disease (see: Ross River and Barmah Forest Diseases)

Bedwetting Updated

Bee Stings (see: Bites and stings)

Behaviour management (see: Discipline - what is discipline?)

Being a dad Updated

Being a parent Updated

Bites and stings

Biting (see: Children biting)

Bladder infections (see: Urinary tract infection in young children)

Blindness (see: Vision impairment)

Boarding school

Books from Birth (see: Reading with babies)

Bottle feeding - all about infant formula

Bottle feeding - cleaning and sterilising bottles and equipment

Bottle feeding - drinks for babies

Bottle feeding - feeding your baby with formula

Bottle feeding - infant formula - easy read

Bottle feeding - making up formula

Bottle feeding - soy infant formulas Updated

Boy babies (see: Circumcision)

Brain injury (see: Acquired brain injury) Updated

Breast development in males (see: Gynecomastia (male breasts))

Breastfeeding - a new baby Updated

Breastfeeding - devices to help with breastfeeding

Breastfeeding - expressing and storing breastmilk

Breastfeeding - healthy breasts feed best

Breastfeeding - information for fathers Updated

Breastfeeding - looking after yourself

Breastfeeding - medicines and drugs

Breastfeeding - more about breastfeeding

Breastfeeding - not enough milk

Breastfeeding - sore breasts and nipples

Breastfeeding - too much milk

Breastfeeding - weaning from the breast

Breastfeeding - when babies won't feed

Bulimia Nervosa (see: Eating disorders)

Bullying Updated

Bushfires and children

C

Car safety restraints

Car sickness (see: Travel with children)

Central auditory processing disorder Updated

Cheating (see: Winning, losing and cheating)

Child development: 0-3 months

Child development: 1-2 years

Child development: 10-12 years

Child development: 12-15 years

Child development: 2-3 years

Child development: 3-4 years

Child development: 3-6 months

Child development: 4-5 years

Child development: 5-6 years

Child development: 6-9 months

Child development: 6-9 years

Child development: 9-12 months

Child nutrition (see: Feeding children) Updated

Children and separation (see: Family break-up)

Children and sport (see: Sport for children)

Children biting

Children in hospital

Children with disabilities

Children with hearing loss

Children with hearing loss - Resources

Children working Updated

Children's grief (see: Grief and loss) Updated

Children's mental health Updated

Children's sexual behaviour

Choking on food - easy read

Choosing child care

Chronic childhood illness – managing the emotional impact

Chronic Constipation in Childhood (see: Soiling)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Cigarettes and smoking

Cleft lip and palate

Clicky hips (see: Developmental dysplasia of the hip)

Co-sleeping (see: Sleeping with your baby)

Coeliac disease

Colic in babies

Colour blindness

Comforters (see: Dummies, thumbs and other comforters)

Communication difficulties

Communication difficulties - Resources

Computer security

Conduct disorders

Congenital club foot (see: Club foot)

Congenital dislocation of the hip (see: Developmental dysplasia of the hip)

Congenital torticollis

Constipation - easy read

Contraceptive pill, emergency (see: Emergency contraception)

Convulsions (see: Epilepsy)

Coping skills (resilience)

Cot Safety (see: Safe sleep for babies and toddlers)

Cow's milk allergy

Crisis (see: Dealing with a crisis)

Cross dressing in children

Cryptosporidiosis

CTEV (see: Club foot)

Curvature of the spine (see: Scoliosis)

Cuts, grazes and bruises

Cybersafety Updated

Cytomegalovirus

D

Deafness (see: Children with hearing loss)

Dealing with a crisis

Depression in adolescence (see: Teenage depression)

Depression in children

Depression, post natal (see: Post natal depression)

Developmental delay

Developmental disabilities (alcohol related) (see: Alcohol - effects on unborn children)

Developmental dysplasia of the hip

Diabetes - managing diabetes in childhood

Diabetes in adolescents

Diabetes in childhood

Diabetes in pregnancy

Diaper Rash (see: Nappy rash)

Diarrhoea (see: Gastroenteritis)

Disabilities (see: Children with disabilities)

Disability - brothers and sisters

Discipline (teens)

Discipline - how parents can discipline children

Discipline - what is discipline?

Discipline for different ages

Discipline for toddlers (see: Toddlers - tips for toddler troubles)

Divorce (see: Family break-up)

Divorce and children (see: Parenting arrangements after separation)

Domestic violence (see: More than arguments - domestic violence)

Domestic violence - facts

Donor conception - telling your child

Down syndrome - Resources

Drinking water Updated

Drinks for children - easy read

Drowning prevention (see: Water safety)

Drugs and parenting (see: Parents on drugs)

Drugs and teenagers (see: Young people and drugs)

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (see: Muscular dystrophy) Updated

Dummies, thumbs and other comforters

Dyslexia (see: Specific learning difficulties)

E

Ear and body piercing (see: Body piercing)

Eating disorders

Eating things that are not food

Eczema Updated

Emergency contraception

Emotional abuse (see: Yelling)

Encopresis (see: Soiling)

Enuresis (see: Bedwetting) Updated

Epistaxis (see: Nose bleeds)

Escherichia coli (see: E coli)

Exam stress (see: Stress and exams) Updated

Exanthum Subitum (see: Roseola infantum)

Exclusion for infectious diseases

Exercise (see: Physical activity for children)

Exercise in pregnancy (see: Pregnancy - exercise)

Eyes (see: Your baby's eyes)

F

Falls (see: Head injuries)

Families that work well

Family break-up

Family squabbles (see: Sibling rivalry)

Family violence (see: More than arguments - domestic violence)

Fathers (see: Being a dad) Updated

Fears - young children

Fears and phobias - older children and teenagers

Febrile convulsions

Feeding children Updated

Feeding toddlers

Feeding toddlers – what and how much?

Feeding your baby

Feet (see: Gait)

Female circumcision (see: Female genital mutilation)

Female genital mutilation

Fetal alcohol synrome (see: Alcohol - effects on unborn children)

Financial support for parents

First Aid (see: Cuts, grazes and bruises)

Fish for young children

Fits (see: Epilepsy)

Fits with Fever (see: Febrile convulsions)

Flu (see: Influenza)

Folic acid and pregnancy

Food allergy (see: Reactions to food)

Food allergy - easy read

Food in adolescence (see: Young people and food) Updated

Food intolerance (see: Reactions to food)

Food labels for families

Foods for babies (solids) 1 - how and when to start

Foods for babies (solids) 2 - questions and answers

Foreign objects (see: Swallowed objects)

Fragile X syndrome Updated

Freckles and moles

Fruit and vegetables for young children

Fussy babies (see: Wonder weeks)

Fussy eating - easy read

G

Gastric Reflux (see: Reflux)

Gastroenteritis

Gastroesophageal reflux (see: Reflux)

German Measles (see: Rubella)

Giardiasis (see: Giardia)

Gifted and talented children

Glandular fever Updated

Going back to work

Golden staph (see: Staphylococcus aureus infections)

Grief and loss Updated

Growing and learning in the family

Growing and learning with babies

Growing and learning with preschoolers

Growing and learning with toddlers

Gynecomastia (male breasts)

H

Haemophilus influenza type B

Hand, foot and mouth disease

Hashish (see: Cannabis)

Head shape (see: Baby's head shape)

Healthy food, happy kids

Healthy swimming in pools

Hearing and hearing loss

Hearing impairment (see: Children with hearing loss)

Hearing problems from noise (see: Noise and hearing)

Hearing screening follow-up test

Helping your child learn to read

Helping your children after a suicide

Hernia (see: Umbilical care and umbilical hernia)

Herpes Simplex Type 1 (see: Cold sores)

Herpes virus type 2 (see: Genital herpes)

Herpes, Genital (see: Genital herpes)

HiB (see: Haemophilus influenza type B)

High fibre diet for children

Holiday activities

Home alone Updated

House dust mites

How children learn

Human Papilloma Virus (see: Genital warts)

Human papillomavirus (HPV) - immunisation

I

Ibuprofen (see: Using paracetamol or ibuprofen)

Imaginary friends

Impetigo (see: School sores (impetigo))

Infant deaths - fact sheet

Infectious Diseases (exclusion) (see: Exclusion for infectious diseases)

Infectious Mononucleosis (see: Glandular fever) Updated

Ingrowing toenails

Inhaled Objects (see: Choking)

Insect Bites and Stings (see: Bites and stings)

Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability - Resources

Intercountry adoption - emotional health

Intercountry Adoption - physical health

Intercountry adoption - travel

J

Jaundice in babies

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

L

Lactose intolerance in babies

Language impairment (see: Communication difficulties)

Laryngo-tracheo-bronchitis (see: Croup)

Learn or burn - campfire safety

Learning in young children (see: How children learn)

Learning Problems (see: Specific learning difficulties)

Learning to talk

Leg Pains (see: Growing pains)

Legal issues for children A-K (South Australia)

Legal issues for children L-Z (South Australia)

Legs (see: Gait)

Limits that stick (see: Discipline (teens))

Literacy (see: More than reading and writing)

Living with adult children

Living with babies

Living with teens

Low lactose diet for children

Lying (see: Lies and fibs)

M

Male breasts (see: Gynecomastia (male breasts))

Marfan Syndrome

Marijuana (see: Cannabis)

Medicines and Breastfeeding (see: Breastfeeding - medicines and drugs)

Meningococcal disease

Menstruation (see: Periods)

Mental illness (see: Schizophrenia) Updated

Mental illness of parent (see: Parent with mental illness)

Middle ear infections (see: Ear infections)

Milk for toddlers

Misshapen head (see: Baby's head shape)

Molluscum contagiosum

More than arguments - domestic violence

More than reading and writing

Morning After Pill (see: Emergency contraception)

Morning sickness (see: Pregnancy - morning sickness)

Mother-child relationship (see: Attachment)

Mothers (see: New mums)

Motion sickness (see: Travel with children)

Motor development (see: Moving around)

Multiple births (see: Twins)

Muscular dystrophy Updated

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) (see: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

MySpace and other computer based leisure

N

Neonatal jaundice (see: Jaundice in babies)

Neonatal screening test

Never shake a baby

Newborn screening (see: Neonatal screening test)

Night terrors and other sleep disturbances

Nits (see: Head lice)

Noise and hearing

Novelty contact lenses

Nursery - getting ready for baby

O

Obesity (see: Weight problems in childhood)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Oral-facial clefts (see: Cleft lip and palate)

Otitis externa (swimmer's ear)

Otitis media (see: Ear infections)

Overseas adoptions (see: Intercountry adoption - emotional health)

Overweight Children (see: Weight problems in childhood)

P

Pacifiers (see: Dummies, thumbs and other comforters)

Paedophiles (see: Protect your child from pedophiles)

Paracetamol (see: Using paracetamol or ibuprofen)

Parent with mental illness

Parent's rights (see: What about parents' rights?) Updated

Parent-child relationship (see: Attachment)

Parenting (see: Being a parent) Updated

Parenting arrangements after separation

Parents on drugs

Passive smoking

Pertussis (see: Whooping cough (pertussis)) Updated

Physical activity for children

Physical disability

Physical disability - Resources

Pica (see: Eating things that are not food)

Pimples (see: Acne)

Pinworms (see: Worms)

Plagiocephaly (see: Baby's head shape)

Plantar Warts (see: Warts)

Play (holiday activities) (see: Holiday activities)

Play with children

Playstages - easy read

Pneumococcal disease

Poliomyelitis (see: Polio)

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Poos, wees and nappies Updated

Post natal depression

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Prams and strollers

Precocious Puberty (see: Puberty that happens early)

Pregnancy - exercise

Pregnancy - immunisations

Pregnancy - morning sickness

Pregnancy - risks

Pregnancy - teeth

Pregnancy in adolescence (see: Teenage pregnancy)

Protect your child from pedophiles

Psychosis (see: Schizophrenia) Updated

Puberty that happens early

Puerperal Disorders (see: Post natal depression)

Q

Quarrelling (see: Sibling rivalry)

R

Reactions to food

Reading with babies

Reading with children (see: Why stories are important)

Resilience (see: Coping skills (resilience))

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Right from the start

Rights for parents (see: What about parents' rights?) Updated

Ringworm (see: Tinea)

Risks in pregnancy (see: Pregnancy - risks)

Roseola infantum

Ross River and Barmah Forest Diseases

Rotavirus gastroenteritis

RSV (see: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV))

Rubeola (see: Measles)

S

S. aureus (see: Staphylococcus aureus infections)

Safe food and safe kitchens for young children

Safe sleep for babies and toddlers

Safe toys (see: Toy safety)

Safety - baby walkers (see: Baby walkers) Updated

Safety - blind and curtain cords

Safety for children 0-4 years

Safety in the Home (see: Home safety)

Schizophrenia Updated

School refusal and truancy

School sores (impetigo)

School suspension, exclusion or expulsion

Seat Belts (see: Car safety restraints)

Secondary school (see: Starting high school)

Seizures (see: Epilepsy)

Separation anxiety

Sexual abuse (see: Child abuse)

Sexual and reproductive health of young people

Sexual assault (see: Rape)

Sexual assault and drugs (see: Drink spiking)

Sexual development in adolescence (see: Talking sex with young people)

Sexual development of children (see: Children's sexual behaviour)

Sexually transmitted infections

Sharing bed with babies (see: Sleeping with your baby)

Shigellosis (see: Shigella)

Shoes for children

Sibling rivalry

SIDS (see: Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (including SIDS))

Single parenting

Sixth Disease (see: Roseola infantum)

Slapped Face Disease (see: Fifth disease)

Sleep - 3 to 6 months Updated

Sleep - 3 years to 5 years Updated

Sleep - 6 months to 3 years Updated

Sleep - birth to 3 months Updated

Sleep - moving from a cot to a bed (see: Toddlers - moving from a cot to a bed)

Sleep in early childhood Updated

Sleep Problems (see: Nightmares)

Sleep terrors (see: Night terrors and other sleep disturbances)

Sleeping with your baby

Smoke-free kids

Smoking and children's health (see: Passive smoking)

Snacks for children - easy read

Sniffing (see: Inhalants)

Solariums (tanning salons)

Solids for Babies (see: Foods for babies (solids) 1 - how and when to start)

Sore Eyes (see: Conjunctivitis)

Sore Throat (see: Tonsillitis)

Soy infant formulas (see: Bottle feeding - soy infant formulas) Updated

Specific learning difficulties

Speech Development (see: Learning to talk)

Speech impairment (see: Communication difficulties)

Spiked drinks (see: Drink spiking)

Spilling (see: Reflux)

Spina Bifida (see: Folic acid and pregnancy)

Splitting up (see: Family break-up)

Sport for children

Squint (see: Turned eyes)

Stammering (see: Stuttering)

Staph aureus (see: Staphylococcus aureus infections)

Staphylococcus aureus infections

Starting high school

Starting school

Starting solids 1 - how and when to start (see: Foods for babies (solids) 1 - how and when to start)

Starting solids 2 - questions and answers (see: Foods for babies (solids) 2 - questions and answers)

Stomach ache (see: Abdominal pain)

Strabismus (see: Turned eyes)

Stranger danger (see: Protect your child from pedophiles)

Streptococcal sore throat (see: Scarlet fever)

Stress and exams Updated

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (see: Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (including SIDS))

Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Infancy (including SIDS)

Suicidal Risk in Adolescence (see: Teenage depression)

Suicide (see: Helping your children after a suicide)

Summer heat and babies (see: Babies in hot weather)

Sunshine - health benefits and health risks

Swallowed objects

Sweating and body odour

Swimmer's ear (see: Otitis externa (swimmer's ear))

Swimming safety (see: Water safety)

T

Talipes Equino Varus (CTEV) (see: Club foot)

Talking sex with young people

Tantrums Updated

TB (see: Tuberculosis)

Teenage depression

Teenage pregnancy

Teenagers with epilepsy

Teeth - decay and erosion

Teeth - dental care for children

Teeth - development and teething Updated

Teeth - fluoride

Teeth - give your child's teeth a healthy start

Teeth - when a tooth is knocked out

Television Updated

The Nanny Show and you

Thinking divorce

Toddlers - feeding toddlers (see: Feeding toddlers)

Toddlers - keeping them safe

Toddlers - living with toddlers

Toddlers - moving from a cot to a bed

Toddlers - tips for toddler troubles

Toilet training

Tooth Injuries (see: Teeth - when a tooth is knocked out)

Torticollis (see: Congenital torticollis)

Tourette Syndrome Updated

Toxoplasma (see: Toxoplasmosis)

Travel with children

Treadmill safety

Tropical ear (see: Otitis externa (swimmer's ear))

Truancy (see: School refusal and truancy)

Tummy pain (see: Abdominal pain)

Tummy Upsets (see: Gastroenteritis)

U

Umbilical care and umbilical hernia

Unsettled Baby (see: Crying baby)

Urinary tract infection in young children

Urine infections (see: Urinary tract infection in young children)

Urticaria (see: Hives)

Using paracetamol or ibuprofen

V

Varicella Zoster (see: Chickenpox)

Vegetarian eating for young people

Viral meningitis (see: Meningitis)

Vision (see: Your baby's eyes)

Vision - short sightedness

Vision impairment

Vision impairment - Resources

Volatile Subtances (see: Inhalants)

W

Walking (see: Gait)

War and children Updated

Wasp Stings (see: Bites and stings)

Water (see: Drinking water) Updated

Weight problems in childhood

What about parents' rights? Updated

What are babies like? (see: About babies)

When there is a tragedy

Whooping cough (pertussis) Updated

Why stories are important

WildFires (see: Bushfires and children)

Winning, losing and cheating

Work and children (see: Children working) Updated

Working and parenting (see: Going back to work)

Wrapping babies Updated

Y

Young people and drugs

Young people and food Updated

Young people and parties

Young people who are gay or lesbian

Your baby in hospital

Your baby's eyes

Your baby's new-born hearing screening

Z

Zits (see: Acne)

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Last updated: Tuesday 14 September 2004