Children

Kate discusses six board books for babies and toddlers: The Pencil by Paula Bossio, The Noisy Book by Soledad Bravi, What's your Favourite Animal? by Eric Carle and Friends, and My New Zealand ABC… Audio

Jessica Lahey is an American teacher and author. She writes a bi-weekly column titled The Parent Teacher Conference for the New York Times. She says we are the generation that invented over parenting… Audio

An investigation into stillbirth has found the parents of 2.6 million babies are suffering in silence each year because of slow progress in combating the problems related to delivering a stillborn… Audio

Long before Caitlin Jenner came out, people who feel they have been born in the wrong body have taken steps to change what gender they're identified as. What's changed now though is that some… Audio

23 year old Jessikha Leatham-Vlasic has a 16 month old son, and they and her partner live with her family in West Auckland. Even with all that support, she's found it a struggle at times to complete… Audio

Children's temperamental traits are present from birth, and have a significant impact on parenting strategies Joseph Driessen says the main types are as follows: A Easy going ( Any parent can parent… Audio

Do restaurants need to focus more on healthy options for children? We ask Marisa Bidois of the Restaurant Association. Audio

A petition to raise the age young people can stay in state care has been delivered to the Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley. Audio

The United Nations Childrens' Fund says talk of climate action for future generations is misleading given the livelihood of millions of children around the world already adversely affected by climate… Audio

Children who get acute rheumatic fever and need heart surgery continue to battle the disease in later life. Audio

Otago University researchers say toddlers are picking up anti-obesity attitudes from their mothers. Audio

Kate discusses three children's non-fiction books: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Timeline by Peter Goes, and Shackleton's Journey by William Grill. Audio

More than 20 years after signing up to the UN convention on the Rights of the Child, New Zealand is being accused of letting its children down. Audio

Berhampore suburb in Wellington has achieved a lot of firsts. Berhampore was the first community in New Zealand to build social housing blocks. The suburb was also ground central for the 1981… Audio, Gallery

Save the Children nutrition advisor on assignment in the Ukraine and challenged with providing decent food to children and families in areas under stress from civil war. Audio

New Zealand composer and songwriter living in Sydney, whose group The Umbrellas celebrated their 30th anniversary recently. He has been the pianist and musical director on ABC-TV's PlaySchool since… Audio

New Zealand has plenty of design talent and no shortage of innovative ideas, but what opportunities exist for our emerging designers, especially in the area of textiles? Sonia Sly headed to Massey… Audio, Gallery

Jimmy Pham and Lisa King are the brains behind 'Eat My Lunch'. Audio

Antenatal depression affects at least one in eight mothers according to research undertaken by Auckland University's, 'Growing up in New Zealand' study, while other research suggests that one in six… Video, Audio