Growing up in California, Carrie Silva-Thomas imagined she might one day be a marine biologist. Today, Silva-Thomas, 50, is ...

A year of smaller payments to providers and a new early education program for 4-year-olds are part of the deal in the budget.

Bridget Phillipson is to announce that councils must set targets to improve 'school readiness' in their area, so what should ...

With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for ...

Child care costs continue to climb for families with young children. If you have two kids, the bill can rival your mortgage ...

Parents already face a range of agonising decisions when weighing up whether to place their children into care. Their safety ...

In 2015, the royal commission into child abuse did a specific report on working with children checks. It cautioned against an ...

Children's play is essential for their cognitive, physical and social development. But in cities, spaces to play are usually ...

I do not believe the cruel cuts to Medicaid in this bill are what Jesus meant when He said, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ...

Dr. Yetunde Adeniyi, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the director of the Centre for Early Development, Learning and ...

Could we design something that felt more intentional — a space that supported both imaginative play for children and a sense ...