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All the basics that make parenting easier
The Raising Children DVD is a complete guide to parenting from birth to five. It features five hours of expert information, tips and strategies from other parents to help you feel like a parenting pro.
The DVD will help give your child the best start in life and, best of all, it's free to all Australian parents!
If you are an Australian parent, order your free DVD with free postage (limit of one DVD per address). Simply email rcdvd@parentingrc.org.au, including your postal address and youngest child’s date of birth*.
Parenting services and other organisations can order the DVD for $14.95. Order online now. (Note: bulk orders of free DVDs on behalf of parents cannot be processed.)
Overseas orders
For international orders (outside Australia), please email us at rcdvd@parentingrc.org.au. Note: the Raising Children DVD is PAL formatted, so it won’t play in NTSC-only players common in the US and Japan. There are no ‘region’ restrictions, so it’s playable in all regions in PAL-enabled players.
* Date of birth is required for internal reporting purposes only.
What’s been said
- ‘I wish we had received this DVD when we had our first baby’
Mother of three - ‘This DVD will be a godsend’
Father of one - ‘It covers such a wealth of topics in such an interactive manner, it keeps you captivated as you watch’
Health educator, PhD
A complete guide to parenting from birth to five
Finally, a comprehensive DVD that can help you make the best of the first weeks, months and years of your child's life. The Raising Children DVD — five hours of content — is packed with all the basics about your newborn, baby and child — what they need and what makes them tick.
Tips from over 85 celebrity and other parents
Sometimes the best parenting information comes from those who have walked in your shoes — other parents. It helps to know you’re not alone; there are other parents out there who are going through the same things and have some helpful insights.
Practical demos
You can find and watch 16 different demos on the DVD, including a breastfeeding demo, safe bathing for a newborn, fitting a car seat and even 17 ways to encourage good behaviour.
Expert information
All of the information in the DVD, no matter who is saying it, has been reviewed and approved by the Raising Children Network and a panel of independent experts. The DVD content is based on the RCN website content, with the highest level of quality assured for an online parenting resource.
