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The challenges facing LGBTQIA+ families
Challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ families include difficulties in the journey to parenthood, intrusive questioning, and discrimination in mainstream services. Allies are important in combating discrimination, and raising inclusive children through conversations and exposure to diverse resources is recommended.
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Lifestyle
How to cope with postnatal rage
The term postnatal rage is, thankfully, gaining visibility. Conversations about postnatal rage have become more common over the past few years with the rise in parents openly discussing their early experiences and challenges on social media platforms.
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Health & emotions
The effects of childhood trauma
Helping children through trauma
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Lifestyle
Estate planning for young families
What parents need to consider when it comes to writing a will - including financial distribution, who cares for the children, who manages the children's wealth until they come of age, what happens if it's just one parent and not the other
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Child Development
Your First Steps – baby product safety
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Your First Steps, a new website parents and carers can use to get the latest, most reliable information on baby product safety in the first six months of a child’s life.
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Child Development
How maternal nurse home visits help mums
Australian researchers have found a simple way to improve the mental health and wellbeing of mothers living in adversity. Mothers reported lower rates of depression, anxiety and stress after regular home visits by maternal and child health nurses.
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Child Development
Genomics: Would you test your child?
Genomic testing reviews the whole of a person’s genetic makeup. Researchers from Melbourne’s Murdoch Children’s Research Institute set out to discover if parents were offered additional genetic information about their newborn, would they accept it?
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Child Development
Midwives key to improve vaccination rates
A study has found that midwives could be the key to increasing the uptake of maternal and childhood vaccines. Midwives have been identified as one of the most highly trusted health care providers by women within the public antenatal hospital system.
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