It is breakfast time at the Yuendumu child care centre. Fruit and cereal are on the menu and around twenty kids are tucking in....

Sam grew up in Adelaide yet lives in one of the most remote areas in the country. Her home is Yuendumu, 300 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs on the edge of the Tanami Desert, only accessible by four wheel drive....

New child restraint and seatbelt laws come into force in Queensland today, but experts are warning that correct restraints are only half the story - they also need to be fitted correctly. Bruce Firth has been fitting child restraints for 22 years, and says he's only seen six in that time that didn't ...

They like to have fun, play in playgrounds, make sandcastles in the sandpit and climb trees. This is a celebration of local children from Eyre Peninsula....

Australia's first census of five-year-olds finds one in four have developmental problems. The difference between poor and rich areas is stark....

How do you raise happy and confident children? Marina Dickson from the Australian Childhood Foundation has some tips....

Mem Fox, author of Possum Magic, is soon to release her new book, The Goblin and the Empty Chair. Following a reading recorded by ABC Local she talks to Kathy Bedford about the emotion and inspiration of the new book....