Lifestyle

Family budgeting, health, celebrations, and travel all go hand in hand with raising a family in and out of childcare. Whether you’re getting ready to go back to work or around the world, we bring to you the top childcare tips, advice and opinions from our family to yours.

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Budget

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Understanding paid parental leave
Budget

An overview of Paid Parental Leave including what it is, who it is for, who is eligible, h...

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Family Tax Benefit PART A and PART B
Budget

The Family Tax Benefit (FTB) is designed to help eligible families with the cost of raisin...

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Child care gets a Budget boost in 2021
Budget

Child care gets a Budget boost in 2021.

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Family Tax Benefit hacks around EOFY
Budget

It’s that time of year again. Here are a few EOFY hacks so you can get the most out of you...

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How to Apply for Childcare Assistance | Careforkids.com.au
Budget

Information about the application process for childcare assistance, including how to apply...

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Care & Learning

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Navigating Change and Embracing Growth: A Year in Review
Care & Learning

A wrap up of 2023 with regards to the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector fro...

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Grandparents stepping into childcare
Care & Learning

Tips and tricks for using grandparents in your child care arrangements, including payment,...

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Childcare ratios and qualifications
Care & Learning

An overview of child to carer ratios and qualification requirements under the child care N...

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Getting through childcare refusal
Care & Learning

How to cope on those mornings when your child doesn't want to go to care and you have to g...

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Is It Better To Choose A Childcare Near Home Or Work?
Care & Learning

Whether you decide on a childcare provider near home or that’s close to work, each option ...

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Family Car Conversation

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Parenting Playbook | Upgrading your family vehicle
Family Car Conversation

Upgrading your family vehicle can be difficult, especially if you don't research the best ...

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Family Food Planning

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Intuitive Eating - Why we should all eat like toddlers
Family Food Planning

There is so much going on in that-pint size package that is our toddlers, if we just focus...

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Rick Stein recipes to try at home
Family Food Planning

Rick Stein shares two delicious recipes from his gorgeous new recipe book Rick Stein at Ho...

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7 ways to encourage your child to eat more vegetables
Family Food Planning

Struggling to get your child to eat their greens? We’ve got seven suggestions which may he...

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Lentil Vegetable Bake
Family Food Planning

Whether you're a vegetarian or not, this meat-free lentil vegetable bake will satisfy the ...

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Healthy Pumpkin Soup Recipe
Family Food Planning

A great one-pot wonder, this healthy pumpkin soup recipe for kids is packed full of goodne...

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Family Travel

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Road-trip survival tips from a nutritionist
Family Travel

Road trips can fast go from enjoyable to horrendous if your child is snacking on the wrong...

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Holiday with kids without losing your mind
Family Travel

Going on a first family holiday with kids? We’ve put together a list of our tried and test...

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How can parents keep children safer in the car?
Family Travel

Car and transportation safety reminders for the parents of infants and preschool-aged chil...

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It's not always about the destination
Family Travel

Travelling with children is challenging when you have a long way to go. Keeping the entert...

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Bluey inspired holiday goes completely wrong
Family Travel

Planning and packing a camping trip for your family is hard enough but what happens when i...

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Health & Wellbeing

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How are child care services responding to COVID-19?
Health & Wellbeing

With early childhood services and schools open, this article explains the measures in plac...

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Road-trip survival tips from a nutritionist
Health & Wellbeing

Road trips can fast go from enjoyable to horrendous if your child is snacking on the wrong...

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Intuitive Eating - Why we should all eat like toddlers
Health & Wellbeing

There is so much going on in that-pint size package that is our toddlers, if we just focus...

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Does a positive childhood protect kids from mental illness?
Health & Wellbeing

Research shows that a happy positive childhood doesn't necessarily safeguard children's me...

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Childcare and head lice
Health & Wellbeing

Head lice and nits are common in childcare services, this article outlines tried and teste...

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Celebrations

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'Be a voice for generations'
Celebrations

The theme of Reconciliation Week 2023 is Be A Voice For Generations. We look at what Recon...

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All I (really) want for Christmas is…
Celebrations

Here are 4 Christmas gifts for educators to show your thanks to your little one’s educator...

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7 Father’s Day gifts, made with love
Celebrations

7 creative ideas for presents that dads, stepdads and grandads will treasure.

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Five easy ways to make mum's day!
Celebrations

With Mother's Day just around the corner, we're taking every chance to give some low budge...

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How to celebrate Early Learning Matters Week
Celebrations

Early Childhood Australia Chief Executive Officer Sam Page explains why early learning i...

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Mental Health

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The importance of self-care for mums
Mental Health

Simple and effective self-care reminders from life coach/mum Tanya Maree Biddle.

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Helping kids deal with grief in early childhood
Mental Health

Children experience grief as acutely as adults but it manifests in different ways. This ar...

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Building resilience and supporting mental health in early learning
Mental Health

In this interview with Judy Kynaston, the general manager of Be You, the national mental h...

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Key ways to support your child’s mental health
Mental Health

How parents can take steps to supporting their child’s mental health and emotional wellbei...

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Mental health support for educators and children
Mental Health

COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of parents, educators and children. This ar...

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Parenting & Family

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Fewer toys leads to higher quality play
Parenting & Family

Raise Early Years director, Mandy Richardson describes how decluttering your child’s toy b...

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Keeping living costs down
Parenting & Family

Living costs have skyrocketed over the last 12-months and we're all feeling the pinch. Fro...

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Afterhours Childcare or Overnight Babysitting: Which is Better?
Parenting & Family

Planning an evening off for the kids? Afterhours childcare or overnight babysitting: which...

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How do you choose weekend childcare?
Parenting & Family

Finding the right childcare can be tough, especially if you don’t work a standard 9 to 5 j...

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How to Find the Right Babysitter for Your Child's Age
Parenting & Family

There are so many different factors that go into finding the best babysitter, with your ch...

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Back to Work

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Top 3 job-winning tips for mums returning to work
Back to Work

Three tips for mums returning to work after a spell of parental leave.

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Helpful information about breastfeeding, work and child care
Back to Work

How breastfeeding mums can continue to breastfeed while using child care and working and ...

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How to organise child care when you travel for work
Back to Work

Learn how to plan for and execute work trips when you have small children at home includin...

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Working from home: Childcare and other strategies
Back to Work

Strategies for successfully and productively working from home when you have children arou...

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Tips to help you balance work and child care at home
Back to Work

Tips to support the balance between parenting and productivity while working and homeschoo...

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