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Baby basics: How to burp your baby
Burping your baby is a key part of your baby’s feeding routine. Learn the signs of trapped gas and different techniques to burp your baby. Embedded video follows, How to burp your baby, Why?, Burping your baby is a key part of your baby’s feeding routine. When your baby swallows, air bubbles can become trapped in the stomach and cause discomfort. Burping allows your baby to remove some of that gassiness to relieve the pain. It also helps prevent ...
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Common breastfeeding positions
While babies are born with the reflex to look for their mother’s breast, many mothers need support with positioning their baby for breastfeeding and making sure their baby is correctly attached. Breastfeeding takes time and practice for both mothers and babies! To help you both make the most of breastfeeding, here...
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Guide for Parents: How to talk to children after an earthquake
Myanmar is struck by 7.7 earthquake on 28th March 2025. Many families including young children are affected by this earthquake and aftershocks. This guide will help parents in providing care and support, especially to their young children, at this time of crisis.
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Heat wave safety tips
Heat waves are anything but fun in the sun. Extreme heat and humidity can be extremely uncomfortable and pose serious health risks, especially for infants, children, pregnant women and the elderly. Without taking the proper precautions, extreme heat can lead to heat stroke and even worse, fatality. As a result of ...
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Earthquake safety information
Experiencing an earthquake is scary for anyone, but especially for children. These devastating events aren’t preventable or predictable, but if you and your family live in an area at risk, then it’s important to take steps to be as prepared as possible. Children always benefit from having a plan in place and the a...
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How can I protect my child from air pollution?
No parent should have to worry that the simple act of breathing could harm their child. But in East Asia and the Pacific, where children in every country are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, it’s a daily reality for millions of families. As a parent it’s easy to feel powerless. But there are simple, e...
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How to talk to your children about conflict and war
When conflict or war makes the headlines, it can cause feelings such as fear, sadness, anger and anxiety wherever you live. Children always look to their parents for a sense of safety and security – even more so in times of crisis. Here are some tips on how to approach the conversation with your child and to provi...
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Flood safety information for parents
Experiencing a flood is difficult and devastating for anyone, but especially so for children and their families. If you live in an area at risk of flooding, follow these expert tips to keep yourself and your family safe., Facts about floods, What is a flood? Floods are an overflow of water onto land that is usuall...
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How to remove gender stereotypes from playtime
Play is fundamental to every child’s learning and development. As a parent you have a key role in all of this – both in the time you can bring to playing with your children and which toys, games and activities you select. As you do so, have you considered whether you might be, even unconsciously, contributing to r...
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10 ways to create healthy digital habits at home
Raising kids in the digital age isn’t easy. It can be tough to keep up with the pace of emerging technologies and to understand how to balance the risks and opportunities that come with them. We spoke to digital parenting expert Dr. Jacqueline Nesi for her top tips on fostering a healthy relationship with technolo...
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How to discipline your child the smart and healthy way
There comes a time when every parent struggles with how best to discipline their child. Whether dealing with a screaming toddler or an angry teen, it can be hard to control your temper. No parent wants to find themselves in such a situation and the bottom line is that shouting and physical violence never help. Tha...
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Babies need humans, not screens
Did you know that the negative effects of too much screen time for babies and toddlers range from shorter attention span to lower empathy? Carlota Nelson, director of the documentary Brain Matters , explores why too much screen time can harm babies and the importance of ensuring children enjoy off-screen experien...