Discover how to provide your child with the right environment for optimum learning and brain development with these useful tips.

It can be quite a chore to try and convince a fussy child to eat their vegetables. So here are five creative ways that you can hide vegetables in foods that kids love.

A healthy lunch helps keep children happy and alert throughout the afternoon. Read more about our healthy lunchbox ideas.

If you are one of those people who are clueless when it comes to knowing your vitamins and nutritional terms, then our A to Z terminology list will help you to wise up.

We were all born with a love of sweet treats. Later on, our tastes progress, but gummy bears, sweets and chocolate are the snacks of choice for many children.

Many children eat more in snacks during the day than they do at mealtimes, so it is important to make sure that there are some healthy snacks around.

Bulking up meals: Add shredded chicken, minced or deboned fish (can be pilchards) to the actual pap or gravy. This at least ensures that the little bit that the child has, is energy dense and rich in high quality protein.

"cake" or "pizza" – are these your children's favourite foods as well? Lots of children like fast food and sweet things.

Children between the ages of two and six often reject foods that they do not recognise. This refusal to try new things probably stems from what our ancestors learnt from birth.

Helping our kids grow up with healthy bodies and minds is an essential part of being a parent. Here are a few brain games that pre-schoolers can play to keep their minds stimulated.

Winter often sends us into a slump, so we thought we’d share 3 winter activities to help keep you and your kids busy.

July is mental health month. One of the factors that affect mental health is poor quality sleep. Poor quality sleep badly affects overall physical health, and the functioning of your body systems including the immune system - the ability to fight off infection.

Is your child a couch potato? This means that they often sit on the sofa watching television and love munching snacks and sweets.

Weight can be a sensitive issue for some children, especially if they’re overweight. Learn how to talk to your children properly about it.

Vitamin D deficiency can impact on everything from bone strength to psychological condition. Learn the benefits of Vitamin D for your children’s health.

Nothing will thrill mom more than a delicious breakfast in bed especially if it’s cooked by her adoring children.

Kids’ health is less robust if they have weak immune systems. Find out how to boost your immune system and your family’s too through healthy eating.

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Healthy eating for kids is often seen as the foundation for a healthy life. Yet good health requires other important groundwork too. Find out more.

Establishing healthy habits for kids early stands them in good stead for life. Follow these ten simple tips on healthy living for kids.

Water is essential for life. Healthy child development and good health requires sufficient hydration.

Cooking with kids is a fun activity that provides stimulation and teaches skills essential to child development.

Fruit and vegetables don't taste good – they could, however, eat pizza and pasta every day.

It’s easy to get caught up in simply getting a dinner on the table that everyone’s willing to eat – never mind all the worries about nutrition! Issues like: am I feeding them too much?

Do you also ask yourself – like many parents, incidentally – whether your child's weight is normal?

Clinical signs of nutritional deficiency

Codependency can prevent your children from growing up as an emotionally healthy beings. Find out more about codependency and how you can help the situation.

It is easy to worry about child development, but knowing the signs of positive growth will put your mind at ease that you are raising healthy kids.

You will certainly be familiar with these situations or similar ones: your child throws themselves on the floor and, for some reason trivial to you, starts to scream or thump their fists and feet on the floor.