This article provides general practitioners with an evidence-based, biopsychosocial approach to managing common sleep problems in infants and preschool-aged children.

American Born Chinese will prompt discussions on identities, family and friendship.

Application of specific biopsychosocial models supports general practitioners to advance best practice in disability care by meeting the complex care needs of their clients.

There has been some concern about potential side effects of oral, topical or inhaled steroids, including reduction in growth, weight gain, behavioural changes and immunosuppression.

As conditions become increasingly complex, and as both information and misinformation become more prevalent and accessible, the ‘good GP’ needs to be a great teacher and an excellent communicator.

Children are our future. Supporting them with competent, compassionate and responsible care is a core value of general practice.

This article discusses the baseline investigations, red flags and follow-up to expedite treatment of premature thelarche for children who need it.

Understanding common presentation and physical examination findings is the first step in diagnosing and, ultimately, managing symptomatic rotational abnormalities in children and adolescents.

Paediatric pes planus treatment has long been a contentious topic, with a lack of clarity in the literature regarding which children require treatment and the efficacy of intervention.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices of GPs and paediatricians towards Group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) tonsillopharyngitis.

Young people experience cancer risk management in ways that are different to adults, which may affect the acceptability of, adherence to and outcomes of screening.

A boy aged 3.5 years presented to the paediatric clinic of a metropolitan teaching hospital with a 14-month history of pica and behavioural problems.

General practitioners can facilitate recovery-orientated, trauma-focused care, even when local services are limited.

While paediatric cervical masses are most commonly benign and transient in nature, judicious consideration of red flag and congenital conditions is crucial.

In the absence of organic aetiology, childhood constipation is almost always functional and is often due to painful bowel movements that prompt the child to withhold stool.