childhood development

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.

Learning difficulties needn’t be a life sentence of underachievement and low self-esteem for your child. Find out how they can help themselves.

Find out whether you are a television addict and how you can break free from your viewing habits.

A recent study has found that babies enter the world already exposed to many toxic chemicals by way of their pregnant mothers. Here’s how you can protect your little one.

Yoga is a fun way to get children of any age active. Yoga also has spiritual and mental benefits, beyond what can be found in other childrens’ activities.

Keeping baby close by using a sling or carrier is as precious for parents as it is beneficial for bubs.

Children with CAPD typically have normal hearing and intelligence and their difficulties do not lie in developmental intelligence. Fundamentally, their language and communication problems can be linked to an underdeveloped ear.

Time to move past the milk? Give your baby a solid start to eating by taking these points into consideration.

Words convey love, offer hope, communicate vital information and reduce pain. Words wound, provoke anger, end close relationships and start wars. Shouldn’t we use them a little more wisely?