You and Your Child
You and Your Child
Top Ten Tips for better bedtimes
Here are some tips from Relax Kids to help you with a smooth bedtime.
Build your child's confidence with praise
Children thrive on positive praise, remarks, comments and words. Praise is simply a genuine, positive comment, said with a warm look and tone.
Parents lack essential life-saving first aid skills
Elastoplast launches campaign to help parents get clued-up on first aid and help teach kids essential life skills.
Botox is not for kids, says clinic
Is Botox the new smoking? Teenage girls emulate the wrinkle-free celebrities they aspire to be.
Four children hospitalised each hour due to accidents
Accidents in the home lead to four children each hour going to A&E, according to a survey.
Filmclub takes children to war torn locations
After-school initiative unveils new Film Journeys season.
Swift Action from Chuck the Eco Duck
Chuck the Eco Duck enlisted to help the plight of swifts.
Eye health warning as girls go gaga for false lashes
Girls trying to copy the false eyelash style of Lady Gaga could be risking their eye health, says the Eyecare Trust.
Jarvis Cocker gets behind art
Parents encouraged to take their children to more art galleries.
Easter holiday ideas
What do you do to stop the children getting bored and moany? Here are some ideas for the holiday.
Options time - tips for parents
Options time can be confusing for children as well as for parents. Here is some useful information to help guide you through it.
Top ten tips to help promote safe social networking for children
Safety advice from parenting control software company Brightfilter.
School canteens will put kids off healthy meals
School Food Trust launches campaign to improve the quality of school canteens.
Nell McAndrew wants to get families swimming
Active mum Nell McAndrew is fronting a drive to get families to back into the swimming pool.
Make cooking a safe family experience
Fay Ripley teams up with Child Accident Prevention Trust to promote safety in the kitchen.
New campaign promotes online safety for kids
Parents to be educated about how to help their children stay safe online.
Supporting your child’s education at home - what can you do?
With the launch of the Government’s Home Access scheme to provide computers to low-income families, there are several ways parents can help to support their child's home learning.
Ten top tips for numeracy
These tips, from ZooBooKoo, are designed to help parents develop a positive attitude towards numeracy for their primary school children..
Every little training session helps
FA and Tesco teams up to provide free half-term football training sessions for kids.
Dr Miriam Stoppard on child immunisation
New research highlights mums' anxiety around immunisation.
Young people invited to socially network with the Cabinet
Bebo and the Government launch a campaign to invite young people to offer ideas for making Britain better.
Mangahigh launches curriculum-compliant maths site
Website aimed at 11-16-year olds to help improve their maths.
Only 9% of parents confident about first aid
British Red Cross survey discovers a massive majority of parents have no first aid skills.
Singer Sinitta supports a new child literacy campaign
Free Horrid Henry downloads as part of a campaign to help parents get children reading.
Don't turn a deaf ear to hearing loss
Hearing loss affects a child's speech, language, educational and social development. BongoClub looks at available hearing checks.
Little Book offers parents big advice on school food goodness
Also a chance to win FREE healthy school lunches for a year.
11 year old introduces the first new swimming stroke for 50 years
Eleven-year-old Ella Batchelor has beaten off hundreds of entries to win a national competition to invent a new swimming stroke.
Keeping the kids entertained on a shoestring budget
Cesarina Holm-Kandergives advice on surviving holidays with bank balance intact.
What next after GCSE? Tips for parents
Parents should know about the options available to their children so they can advise them.
Some parents still think there's a nit nurse
A quarter of parents mistakenly believe their child's hair is checked for nits at school.
Vote for the next new swimming stroke
Will it be the Dolphinella, the Seahorse or the Torno Twister?
Child movie awards launched by CBBC and BAFTA
The Me and My Movie competition encourages children to create their own films and tell their own stories.
Change your life at a stroke
Can your kids come up with a brand new swimming stroke?
Guilt free food for kids
If all they want to eat is treats, look for ways to make those treats healthier.
Go wild in the country
Pack a drink and a snack and get them into the great outdoors this summer.
Kids Week In The West End is back for 2009
Kids go FREE to top London shows from 14-28 August 2009.
Back to school - where to go shopping
We've rounded up some links to online shops where you can hunt for back to school savings.
New wave of cash to get kids in the swim
British Swimming secures new £3 million deal for grassroots development.
Kinder promises nice surprise for new faces
Kinder launches nationwide search to find new face of Kinder Chocolate Mini Treats.
Summer holiday offers no escape for bullied children
Bullying isn't restricted to the school gates, says ChildLine.
Sugary treats threaten best kids' teeth in Europe
Parents' use of sugary treats could lead to increased tooth problems.
How to look after children's teeth
Sue Gregory, Deputy Chief Dental Officer at the Department of Health.
Go nature scavenger hunting with the kids
Michaela Strachan demonstrates a nature scavenger hunt that's fun to do with the family.
Go bird spotting with Michaela Strachan
Michaela Strachan teams up with Robinsons be Natural to talk about bird spotting - in a bid to encourage kids back to nature.
Guide to childcare vouchers
As Busy Bees Childcare Vouchers celebrates its tenth anniversary, we look at how CVs actually work.
Wiggles launch interactive online virtual world
Wiggletime will provide safe, ad-free online world for pre-schoolers.
Credit crunch won't spoil family fun
Most mums won't let the credit crunch get in the way of family fun - and Amanda Holden is one of them.
Submit your celebritot photos for TV competition
BabyTV starts the search for the country’s celebrity look-alike babies.
Pixel perfection for your family snaps
Pixel Perfect Baby teaches families how to take professional quality baby photos in just one day.
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