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Gender dysphoria can be the experience of distress or discomfort with your body's sex characteristics or the gender role assigned to you. Check out some ideas that could help.

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's content on emotional and mental wellbeing in tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people), you can share a QR code poster. Anyone can scan the QR code with their phone and go straight to the KidsHealth emotional and mental wellbeing section.

Watch a series of videos. The first video, 'The REAL Sex Talk', is an introduction to gender identity. The video series from InsideOUT celebrates the diversity of the rainbow community and features rangatahi (young people) talking about their experiences.

All tamariki (children) explore different ways of expressing their gender. For some tamariki, gender can be fluid. Be open to wherever your child's gender journey leads. Find out how to support your gender diverse younger child or teen, and where to get your own support. Check the resources for takatāpui and whānau, and Pasifika young people.

To give others easy access to KidsHealth's autism-takiwātanga content, you can share 2 QR code posters. Anyone can scan the QR code with their phone and go straight to KidsHealth's content on autism-takiwātanga.

Autism-tākiwatanga support informationNgā kete tipuranga: the basket of growth and development 

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Age-specific information on autism-takiwātanga

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Age-specific information on autism-takiwātanga

It can sometimes be overwhelming finding age-appropriate information on

Age-specific information on autism-takiwātanga

It can sometimes be overwhelming finding age-appropriate information on

Age-specific information on autism-takiwātanga

It can sometimes be overwhelming finding age-appropriate information on

Age-specific information for tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with autism-takiwātanga and their whānau (families).

There are different anxiety disorders, which all have different key features. Learn more about the different types.

There are some things to consider before a student with cancer returns to their school or early learning centre. Find out how parents, caregivers and school staff can make the child or young person's transition as safe and easy as possible for them. 

Find out where to get help if your child or young person is having a mental health emergency.

Check Whānau Āwhina Plunket's chart on how to store expressed milk.

Frequent feeding is normal when your baby is first born. Your baby may feed as often as every 1 to 2 hours. After the newborn period, your baby should be feeding at least 8 times in 24 hours including during the nighttime.