Parenting

Only half of Australian babies are still being breastfed at six months of age — a far cry from the two years recommended by the World Health Organization. So why aren’t more of our babies on the boob for longer?

The thing that goes bump in the night could be your child having a night terror or sleepwalking. It’s often more harrowing for parent than child, but there are simple ways to deal with these nocturnal activities so everyone can rest easy.

Regular skincare products are filled with harsh chemicals and substances. Learn how to protect your baby’s skin from these artificial nasties with the use of natural skincare ingredients.

The experience of fatherhood is unique with as many different pathways as there are men to travel them. Even so, there are some things every dad should know about his daughter.

Raising children is a challenging journey, but accessing your innate parenting wisdom makes it easier for you and your offspring.

What can you do when you make the painful discovery that something you have done has hurt your child? We look at coping with the guilt and moving on as a successful and happy parent.

Rates of autism are on the rise. Yet, where once the condition was seen as a psychiatric disorder, a biomedical approach is proving dietary intervention can be the basis of real change for this troubling condition.

HypnoBirthing provides a method and philosophy of preparation and birthing that aims to reduce, and sometimes remove, the pain associated with childbirth, allowing women to fully appreciate the miracle that it is.

Homoeopathic remedies work on the emotions of the child and go to the root of the problem, unlike pharmaceuticals that may merely suppress symptoms.

To be in control of your own birthing experience is not necessarily to have a strict birth plan that has to go a certain way but to be open to the experience and whatever it may throw at you. Here is one woman’s amazing story.

The Minangkabu is the largest continuous matriarchy in the world. Under the auspices of the matrilineal system, the mother/child bond forms the basis of society.

Postnatal depression doesn’t have to be disturbing or debilitating. There are many natural solutions to this common problem.