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The COVID-19 pandemic has meant we’re all now used to working from home and shopping from home, but what about getting hospital care at home?
June 5, 2022
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You’ve just got your braces on, now what happens?
You’ve just had your braces on, now what? Top tips for kids, including foods to avoid, easing discomfort and getting the best out of your treatment.
May 30, 2022
Adelaide Festival Centre’s newest gallery Children’s Artspace takes a mythical turn throughout May and June with Legendary Textile Tales!
This exhibition is the stuff of legends – literally! With help from Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED program, students from Salisbury East High School and Craigmore High School delved into their family history to create felt tableaus, tapestries, stuffed talismans and inky creatures from myths, legends, and folktales from their ancestry. With the help of SA textile artist Caitlin Bowe, all artwork in this exhibition is created by, and for, South Aussie kids.
May 24, 2022
Is your child ready to start preschool?
Evidence shows that children who experience play-based learning guided by qualified educators in our nation’s leading preschools are on the right path to a bright future. We wanted to help out parents by covering some of the basics for when to enrol your child in preschool, and how!
May 23, 2022
Word on the Street with Helen Connolly: A nudge not a nag to get kids more active
Given childhood is the most sensitive period of human development, it is particularly important that physical activity in children and young people be promoted from a young age. Helen Connolly shares her insights into children and young peoples’ thoughts on getting active.
May 23, 2022
Good Life Market; all natural, healthy, healthy snacks with no nasties
With a product range straight from the fruit tree to your tummy (with just a little bit of squashing and packaging in between!), Good Life Market fruit strips and dried fruit are snacks you won’t feel guilty about giving your children. They’re delicious, they’re preservative, additive and sulphur free—which is a big tick when it comes to dried fruit—100% natural with none of the nasties.
May 16, 2022
Keeping our kids safe at home at play and on the road!
Providing professional car seat fitting and checking services, as well as safety sessions for families, Kidsafe SA have been actively helping parents keep their kids safe at home, play and on the road for 35 years! We find out more about keeping our kids safe in the car, as well as some simple steps to ascertaining whether your child is ready for an adult seat!
May 15, 2022
Against all odds | The gripping memoir of Emily Korir
From the moment she was born, Emily Korir had to learn how to fight. Her gripping memoir, ‘Against All Odds’ shares an intimate insight into the journey of her life, paying tribute to the battles we fight to be our best selves. We caught up with Emily to find out more about her extraordinary journey of courage and determination…against all odds.
May 11, 2022
Are you planning a pregnancy? Does your health before pregnancy matter?
The Begin Better Randomised Controlled Trial is a research study that aims to understand whether improving a woman’s health before pregnancy – by changing behaviours related to physical activity and diet – will improve health outcomes for both mum and baby. Find out more about how you can be involved and receive health recommendations and pregnancy planning advice from a midwife and 6 months of health coaching.
May 11, 2022
Calm Kid Central
If you have a child who gets frustrated easily, finds it hard to follow instructions, worries a lot, finds it hard to make or manage friendships, has been through tough life situations or has other emotional, social, behaviour or life challenges, then Calm Kid Central might be able to help your family.
May 10, 2022
BMW fully electric | A new era of BMW
“It’s natural for parents to worry about the planet our children are going to inherit. A move towards electric vehicles is one way we can help reduce our carbon footprint, and it’s never been so timely with current global conflicts around oil supply.” Rebecca Morse took the new fully electric BMW iX for a test drive and gives us the down low on this family friendly, sustainable ride.
May 4, 2022
Best of care, close to home | WCH Virtual Urgent Care Service
The Women’s and Children’s Health Network is providing families with access to specialist paediatric emergency staff from the comfort of your own home with their virtual urgent care service. The Child and Adolescent Virtual Urgent Care Service is an online video call with highly-skilled emergency doctors and nurses who can assess children with non-life threatening conditions, saving families a trip to the Emergency Department.
May 4, 2022
When is the best time to see an Orthodontist?
Time seems to go in the blink of an eye from those newborn sleep deprived days to having the tooth fairy visiting your little one (then having to remember what the current going rate is for the tooth fairy!) When adult teeth start to appear and your baby seems like a baby no more, you might be wondering – when is the best time to see an orthodontist? Dr Daniel De Angelis from Transform Orthodontics gives us the word on when best to head to the Orthodontist with your kiddo!
May 2, 2022
KIDDO chats with the Easter Bunny
Easter is only a hop, skip and a jump away and we decided to catch up with the Easter Bunny to ask some all important pre Easter questions and find out what’s new at the Bunny Post this year!
March 8, 2022
South Australian activist and entrepreneur shares extraordinary story of empowerment with disability
Emily Korir, activist, entrepreneur and South Australian icon-in-the-making launches her first book – a memoir chronicling her unusual and surprising life defined by defying all expectations and thriving after disability. The book, Against All Odds, is being launched with a gala event on March 8 2022, International Women’s Day, in Adelaide.
March 2, 2022