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Getting to sleep at night can be tricky when you've got a head full of worries. Help ease your child's anxieties (and help them sleep soundly) with this homemade worry monster.

When Bec Rose was diagnosed with Colorectal cancer, she was told she had six months to live. Almost four years later, as she entered palliative care, Bec reached out to Lunch Lady to share her final story.

Family movie nights need popcorn. Here's how to make the perfect batch of popcorn and three fab toppings that aren't boring butter and salt.

Made from fluffy lemon-flavoured cake with lolly rain, Rachel Savage's latest cake creation is fun to make for birthdays, holidays or even just rainy days.

Smash this heatwave with these rainbow fruit iceblocks. Fun to make one day, healthy to eat the next. The best cool-down snack ever.

The tween years can be tricky. Not quite a teenager, but definitely not a little child anymore. Author and parent, Sarah Ockwell-Smith, gives her best tips on how to navigate parenting a tween.

The fourth and final part of our lunchbox inspiration series features a salad you will definitely make friends with: our crispy veg and noodle salad. Here's how to make it.

Every good lunchbox needs a good biccy, and the recipe featured in part three of our lunchbox inspo series is a winner! Here's how to make it.

Part two of our four-part lunchbox series is here! This time, we've included one of our favourite bliss ball recipes ever and a sandwich that's as a fresh as it is tasty. Yum!

Whether you're stuck in a lunchbox rut or you're just looking for a few new ideas to satisfy your fussy eaters — we've got your back. Try out the recipes in our four-part lunchbox special.

Make dinner time fun again with these easy-peasy coloured pasta recipes. They're made with the goodness of veggie purees instead of artificial colours.

The world of parenting has changed a lot since Maggie Dent grew up in the 1950s. But she reckons that the trauma of your own childhood often becomes your gift you give to the world. For her, that meant doing things very differently.

Run out of store-bought salad dressing or just sick of eating boring salads? Never fear—your sad salad days are over. We’ve got seven super-simple dressing recipes that will even have your kids asking for seconds.

When mother of six Jillian Johnsrud adopted three siblings and found out she was pregnant, her world was turned upside down. With her life feeling so full, she realised they needed less and so began her six year deep dive into minimalism.

In an era where anxiety rates in children are on the increase, it's important to understand what anxiety is. Then, we can learn how to manage it. Dr Jodi Richardson shares her best tips to help parents understand anxiety and help their kids learn to manage it.

The word 'resilience' gets bantered around a lot these days. But what is it and why does it actually matter if our kids are resilient or not? In issue 13 of Lunch Lady Magazine, we took a deep-dive into the history, science and practical aspects of resilience.

A quick and easy DIY project that makes outdoor play even more fun. You just need sticks, twine, a hot glue gun and a sense of adventure. Set sail, kids!

Studies show that grateful kids do better in almost every metric than their non-grateful peers. But how do you even start to cultivate something as ambiguous as gratitude?

Looking for extra DIY activities to occupy the kids on a rainy day or fill the school holidays? Try this DIY drum kit. It's easier than you think.

Psychologist Oliver James offers an unexpected solution to those times when you and your child seem to be speaking different languages.  While it might seem counterintuitive, James believes that giving your kid control is the answer to managing controlling behaviour. That, and a whole lot of love.

Sarah Troop is on a mission to normalise death in everyday culture and teach adults and kids that it's a natural and normal part of life. To do that, she wants adults to talk to kids about death.

Gever Tulley reckons that danger is part of life, and by shielding our kids from risks, we're denying them learning opportunities. That's why he wants you and your kids to lick a nine-volt battery and begin engaging with the world in a new way.

Communicating with kids about their feelings can be tough, no matter how old your child is. To set you up for success, we're sharing ten tips from the best-selling parenting book, How To Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk.

Kate Baer is a mother to four kids, a wife and a staunch believer in telling it like it is. She chats with Lunch Lady about writing, pregnancy, marriage, inequality, body image and more.