Anxiety in children can make everyday life feel far more threatening than it looks from the outside. In his book, About Your Child’s Mental Health, developmental paediatrician Dr Billy Garvey uses the image of a leopard in the jungle to explain what anxiety can feel...
If your child is bright, capable and full of good ideas, but reading, spelling and writing still seem much harder than they should, you may already be wondering whether dyslexia could be part of the picture. For many families, this question does not come up in the...
After school meltdowns are one of the most common concerns parents raise with our colleagues at Kids First Children’s Services. Your child may appear to cope beautifully at preschool or school, but arrive home angry, tearful, defiant or completely shut down. Many...
If your child needs speech therapy, there is now an additional way to access Medicare rebates. Medicare has expanded one of its existing funding pathways so that more children and young people can now receive rebates for speech therapy. If your child has stuttering, a...
Many parents have asked what the Australian Government’s Thriving Kids / No Child Left Behind report could mean for families. Kids First founder, Sonja Walker, recently reviewed the 80,000-word document released in early February 2026 and below are some of the key...
