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Rod and Deonie Fiford and Niamh with the rocket that rekindled his passion for building blocks.

A good toy can be the building blocks of a career, or just a way to skip church

Not all toys say “educational” on the box. Still, some can spark lifelong learning. Here’s what the experts put in toy boxes.

  • Jackson Graham

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese framed improvements to childcare reform as an economic reform.

Childcare subsidy won’t deliver for children, families or taxpayers

It’s safe to say the cost of childcare may come in as a close second in deterring parents-to-be from starting a family.

  • Georgie Dent
Parenting has always been stressful, but now it’s different, experts say.

Has parenting really become too hard? Experts certainly believe so

Many parents are at the breaking point of stress, and some say parenting has become too hard. What can we do to bring the joy back?

  • Sarah Berry
Children playing at Gardiner Preschool, which faces closure at the end of next year.

Eighty-year-old kinder facing eviction as church eyes lucrative sale

Gardiner Preschool, which has been on St Andrews Lane in Glen Iris for 80 years, has been given notice by the Uniting Church to vacate by the end of 2025.

  • Noel Towell
All young children must be freely entitled to a quality early childhood education.

No medal for Australia in international childcare rankings

A study of childcare in nine developed countries found Australia’s system did little to incentivise services where they’re most needed.

  • Alex Crowe
Andy Lee at Richmond Primary School with his nephews Freddy Miles (left) and George Miles (right). The other students are (rear l-r): Nikolas Daglis, Cece Dragovic; (front l-r): Grace Miller, Manuela Valente, Theodore Ang.

Andy Lee’s books have sold 3.5 million copies. Now comes the TV series

The popular podcaster and TV host is turning his bestselling children’s books into an animated series.

  • Karl Quinn
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Monash councillor Josh Fergeus outside the approved site for a new childcare centre in an industrial zone on Myrtle Street in Glen Waverly.

‘Kids and heavy industry don’t mix’: Backlash after childcare centre approved in industrial zone

A tribunal approved a childcare development in an industrial zone with chemical smells, ruling the children could play indoors “if the odour is particularly strong”.

  • Sophie Aubrey
The Cubbies, right across the street from Fitzroy’s grand town hall.

The Cubbies: the junkyard that became home to children’s dreams

An empty block in Fitzroy became a place of adventure for the children of the tower blocks. Scrounging cast-offs, they built their dreams: cubby houses.

  • Tony Wright
Sam Vale, acting director of the Windsor Community Children’s Centre, with two-year-olds Thea (centre) and Lance.

Parents furious as university moves to evict kindergarten

A community children’s centre faces closure after 47 years, as its university landlord orders it to leave site.

  • Noel Towell
A new report has recommended a flat $10-a-day fee for childcare.

$10-a-day childcare should be ‘right there’ with Medicare, public schools

A think tank says the estimated $7 billion cost of providing free or low-fee early childhood education and care would be “more than offset” by other benefits.

  • Rachel Clun

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