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More Australians are putting off having children until their 30s and having fewer when they do.

If determination is any indicator of future success, Queensland toddler Imran Hussein is likely to go far in life.

The woman and her child have been located and are safe.

Hamas has threatened to broadcast the executions of hostages if Israel continues its retaliatory airstrikes.

Parents are being warned that parts that can be torn free present a danger for kids.

The 78-year-old is scheduled to front court in Sydney today.

The authors called for childhood verbal abuse to be ascribed to its own category of maltreatment to facilitate prevention.

About 10 children have been treated for burns from the popular snack over the past month in NSW.

A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son after a bear leapt on a picnic table and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for the boy's birthday dinner, inches from his face.

Arguing that their rights are being violated, the plaintiffs hope a favourable ruling will force governments to accelerate their climate efforts.

The eight-year-old was pinned between to vehicles after a road collision.

The militarisation of Russia's public schools has intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, driven not by a spontaneous surge of patriotic feeling, but by the government in Moscow.

Authorities have discovered a trap floor containing drugs, including fentanyl, inside a Bronx daycare centre where a one-year-old boy died of a suspected fentanyl overdose last week.

The four young children who went missing from Western Sydney last weekend have been found "safe and well".

Investigators believe the thieves followed the woman when she pulled up at her Gold Coast home.

Before Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his claims, Joe Biden warned no nation can be secure if "we allow Ukraine to be carved up".

Iconic Aussie television show Bluey is getting its first-ever video game, releasing later this year.

The initiative is aimed at boosting early childhood education, the Minns government said.

Some batches of a popular vaporiser which is designed to create a better night's sleep could cause burns, the consumer watchdog has warned.

A range of highchairs have been recalled after they caused injuries overseas.

More than 1300 mothers and their children were tracked to find out what causes chest infections in babies and young children.

A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday.

Police praised the bravery of bystanders they said stepped in to stop the alleged attempt.

New research shows the number of partners who would quit alcohol in support is also a slim majority.

Paw Patrol-branded kids' snacks have been recalled in the United Kingdom because their packaging contained the address of a website "not suitable" for children.

An eight-year-old boy was hospitalised after he pricked himself on a used needle hidden inside toilet paper on the NSW Mid North Coast.

Hospital workers took Maria's son from her arms right after birth. Forty-two years later, she met him face-to-face for the first time.

Two popular treats are quickly becoming a major choking hazard for kids under four

Identical twins Gillianne Gogas and Nicole Patrikakos were born together - and now the sisters have given birth together in mind-bogging synchronicity.

The popular item will now only be available to purchase at pharmacies.

The 11-year-old body's was found by her father, under a bed at an apartment complex.

Survivors said they would never forget their 16-hour ordeal dangling high over a valley.

The dramatic rescue efforts, 274 metres over a valley, transfixed the country for hours as Pakistanis crowded around televisions in offices, shops, restaurants and hospitals.

NAPLAN standards have been revised upwards for this year.

The body of a 9-year-old boy was found at the edge of a waterway after he was separated from his family at an Ikea store in Red Hook, a neighbourhood in Brooklyn, police say.

"There is a risk of choking, suffocation or death to young children if they continue to use these rattles," Product Safety Australia wrote.

Moments after the shooting, according to search warrants filed in the case, the child said he shot her dead and "I got my mum's gun last night".

Perth researchers have whipped up a novel way to boost fruit and veg intake in aged care residents, children and even military personnel.

There's new hope for millions of Australian children who suffer from painful and persistent ear infections.

US mother Lori Vallow Daybell will spend the rest of her life behind bars without the possibility of parole after her conviction earlier this year in the murders of two of her children.

"There is a risk of choking or suffocation in young children, leading to severe injury or death if they swallow the released small plastic mirror."

Charlee Castle, 13, was last seen at her home on Murrabin Avenue, Matraville, at about 11pm on Wednesday, July 26.

The boy was rushed to Sydney Children's Hospital, but despite the effort of doctors, died as a result of his injuries later that night.

Two childcare workers have escaped jail time after leaving a toddler on a bus for more than five hours in the Central Queensland heat.

It's understood the child was on their way to school at 8.45am when they were "picked up in an unknown vehicle" by a man in his 30s.

A former Queensland Police officer has been charged with over 70 historical sexual assault offences dating back almost 30 years.

A young child was taken to hospital yesterday in central NSW after she was accidentally left on a minibus.

The controversial move comes as the system struggles to cope with the expanded free kinder program.

Six people have been killed and one injured in an early morning knife attack outside a kindergarten in southern China, according to Lianjiang city police and Chinese state-run media.

Growing numbers of Australians are choosing to go back to basics with their mobile phone.