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Raising children
Who is the Raising Children website is for?
This is a website for Australian mothers, fathers, grandparents and anyone else who has responsibility for the care of children.
What information is available on the Raising Children website?
The Raising Children Network’s website offers up-to-date, research-based material covering newborns (0–3 months), babies (3–12 months), toddlers (1–3 years), preschoolers (3–5 years) and school-age children.
Topics include:
- child development
- behaviour
- health
- nutrition and fitness
- play and learning
- connecting and communicating
- sleep
- safety.
The Raising Children website is funded through the Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy. This strategy is aimed at giving families and their children and communities the opportunity to build a better future.
The Raising Children Network sees its role as providing information that can help parents with the day-to-day decisions of raising children, and looking after their own needs. The Raising Children Network believes that positive outcomes for children across a range of areas can be achieved when parents have access to information based on the best science in parenting and child health and development. The Raising Children Network provides easy to understand information for families on a range of matters.
The Australian Government’s Stronger Families and Communities Strategy is implemented through the Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
For more information on this initiative please visit the FaHCSIA website.