Some of the best Australian Parenting Resources covering general parenting sites, government and specialist sites, health, and safety sites.

Sydney's Child and Melbourne's Child  and now Adelaide's Child are a free magazine that can be found at childcares, kindys, libraries etc. This site has lots of reference materials for around Sydney & Melbourne & Adelaide as well as some great articles.

Parent 2 Parent replaces MotherChild/Womanzone.  Lots of forums covering just about every topic, from Pregnancy, Ages & Stages, Family Styles, Making Contact, Playgroups, Your Life, Your World etc.

Kids Life Lots of great parenting info, as well as going out, experts, and great links to community help. Also has message boards and competitions. Become a member to one of the best sites I've seen!

Mums Web Great Australian site covering pregnancy, parenting and family lifestyle.

Quality Time Online Magazine for parents is another online mag (based in Melbourne) full of lots of advice on health (including areas such as bedwetting, immunisation, breastfeeding), general parenting, child development, nutrition, safety, play ideas, book reviews and much more.

Ausbaby for pregnancy and baby info

Essential Baby - information on pregnancy, babies, shopping & message board.  Includes expert advice.

Quality Of Life For Kids - parenting information website based in Perth.  Has a list of places to go around Perth.

Sydney For Children Website of the book of the same name with lots of resources

Women's Gateway NSW, by the NSW Department for Women, is a one-stop entry point to government and community services for women in New South Wales.

Nursing Mothers Association of Australia with lots of info on breastfeeding

Tresillian - providing care & advice. Includes a 24-hr help line for NSW and day-stay and residential stays for parents in need of help  Karitane - similar to Tresillian (24hr help line for NSW, day and residential stays), but also provides care and advice on pre-natal and post-natal depression, and Volunteer Family Home Visiting. Karitane mostly services South-Western Sydney.

Distressed Infants Support Association is a Victorian based volunteer organisation. Their site covers such topics as Colic, Reflux, Food Intolerance & Allergies, Fussy Babies, Baby Masage, New Parents Survival Tips, Helpful Addresses for Victoria and much more

Post Natal Depression at St John Of God Burwood Sydney - day and residential stay, support services and more.

CARES SA based in South Australia, has information on Caesarean births as well as support and coffee mornings.  See also Birthrites in Western Australia.

Immunisation Health & Aged Care Govt Dept with information and links.  SIDS Australia Online - Information on reducing the risks, research into SIDS, newsletter, contact details for each state, and Red Nose Day.  A Stay Safe From Drugs has a very detailed site on different drugs and their bad side effects - a must to visit if you have a teenagerr.  School Drug Education Project, based in WA, has lots of information for both schools and parents.

Child Safety Lots of info on child safetyKid Safe Another really good child safety site for Australia  Safety for the whole family from the Dept of Fair Trading - concise but good info

Product Recalls Australia from the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs (Federal Govt) will give you information on products officially recalled.  Consumers Online will give you information on new safety standard set - further consumer links available from this site.

Nitwits Network Australia - lots of advice on nits - parents and school sections.

Family Court of Australia - Parenting Plan.  Covers such things as Child Support, contact, non-english cultures, legal advice etc.  Each topic is laid out and explained simply, with links to related material, and suggested book list.  Easy site to find your way around.  Legal Help by the Law Society of NSW.  Covering a huge range of Q&A including family law, also has sections on laywers, buying a home, and consumer protection.  Victoria's Legal Aid.  Covering all facets of law, such as family law, child support etc, and a Q&A on legal aid as well as an application form.  Also has an extensive link page.

DOCS Parenting Site.  Contains 4 on-line magazines with lots of parenting tips and information, such as bedwetting, grief, self-esteem, lying, sibling jealousy and much much more.  Also has a links page which contains Help Line phone numbers such as Tresillian.  Family & Children's Services (site based in WA), is full of general parenting (from baby to teenager) information, and even has some easy craft ideas for kids at home, school holiday ideas, and a kid's online area!  Parent Easy Guide from SA Government.  Another site with lots of information - 74 different topics.  Also has a separate section of 12 topics for Aboriginal parents.  Child & Youth Health by the SA state govt.  This is a searchable site with lots of info.

Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council - guidelines for home education.

Ozseek HSC Guide for information on the NSW HSC.  Contains Daily Chat each night for students, downloads, practice papers & study notes online, buy study guides, and much more.

NSW HSC Online a NSW Government site full of information on the NSW HSC, for parents, teachers & students regarding both the HSC and life beyond the HSC.  Includes the timetable for the exams.
 
 
 
 
 
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