Children

Social media is alive with "skinfluencers" sharing beauty routines, promoting products and posting wildly popular "get ready with me" videos, and tweens and teens are paying close attention.

Halls Creek Shire president Malcolm Edwards has responded to community backlash over the controversial departure of CEO Phillip Cassell, insisting serious allegations of workplace misconduct will take time to investigate.

Communities struggling to get early childhood and aged care services can take inspiration from this unique solution.

While there's no substitute for a qualified teacher, we've asked experts for their best tips for parents who want to help teach their kids to read at home. 

Liam Moffitt wants to visit as many of the 334 Fire and Rescue stations in New South Wales as he can as part of a fundraising mission for burns survivors.

A boy allegedly involved in an attack on an elderly man outside his home fails to show in court, as prosecutors tell a court he attacked two children at his school weeks later.

Figures revealed in Western Australia's first parliamentary sitting for the year showed 66 children under the age of 14 contracted an STI over the past three years.

Blair Snelgar would have celebrated her fourth birthday this weekend but, instead, her Queensland family is preparing to honour the memory of their happy little girl with the infectious laugh.

Child and education advocates say the figures should be a "wake-up call" that schools need more funding and support to manage at-risk students.

Greens senator David Shoebridge labels comments by the Australian Federal Police as "chilling" and "extraordinary" after it defended its handling of terror charges against an autistic teenager.

16 years on from Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations, statistics show Indigenous children are still being removed from their families at a significant rate — and that the rate is worsening.

Western Australia has new guidelines limiting ham in school canteens. Parents are reportedly confused and frustrated. So what has changed and what evidence is it based on?

WA's corrective services minister is taking aim at a Perth Children's Court judge that last week said the state's youth justice system had failed a young offender in offering them adequate rehabilitation.

The lawyer for a woman charged with the attempted murder of a three-month-old baby tells an Ipswich court she may be suffering from "serious" postpartum depression.

A youth counsellor wants children to understand why not everyone can afford the latest trendy item.

Managing menstruation in public can be challenging at the best of times, but imagine being eight years old and having to deal with your period at school. Here's how teachers can make it easier.

The stabbing death of an Ipswich grandmother has reignited debate about youth justice in Queensland — in particular, opening the doors of Childrens Court matters to journalists.

Young parents aren't as common as they once were, but experts say supporting them is crucial to break the cycle of intergenerational disadvantage. The Brave Foundation is supporting Anton to change careers which he hopes will provide a more secure income.

The girl was reported missing on Wednesday night. Police and emergency services searched a nearby park and bushland for her.

A mould infestation at a Broken Hill high school is so severe the NSW Department of Education has declared it too dangerous for students to return, forcing them to start term one scattered around different campuses.

A South Australian woman says she has been on a waiting list for occupational therapy for her autistic daughter since 2022 — and that living in a regional town makes accessing services all the more difficult.   

Cases of whooping cough are surging across Australia, with an infectious disease expert warning that the respiratory disease is "back with a vengeance".

Billie B Brown author and new Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin reveals the secret behind her success. 

Anna Cozens says better treatment options for type 1 diabetes have given her son freedom to do more activities and she wants others to have the same access.

New research shows more than half of young children who play online games wish their parents would game with them — and that joining in can help keep kids safe online.