Dr Kurt Gebauer writes about the increasing number of children coping with acne and earlier-onset puberty. 16 per cent of girls and six per cent of boys reach puberty at eight to nine years of age. Children will inevitably morph into teenagers, with all the attendant...
Here is a mixture of new and old mystery books that will please any budding sleuth! The Violet Veil Mysteries: A Case of Grave Danger by Sophie Cleverly and illustrated by Hannah Peck (HarperCollins, paperback RRP $16.99) Age Group 8+ years The author is known for her Scarlet...
But at the same cost mothers have long endured! Research by Leah Ruppanner,Caitlyn Collins, Liana Christin Landivar, William ScarboroughandXiao Tan has shown. The COVID-19 pandemic was heralded as an opportunity to restart gender expectations at home. Our research shows Australian fathers have stepped into more participatory...
Why the curriculum should be based on students' readiness not their age, argues Geoff Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research I handed down the final report of a two-year review of the New South Wales school curriculum in June 2020. One of the review’s key recommendations...
Is it safe for me and my baby? Nina Jane Chad and Karleen Gribble look at the issues. Australia’s front-line health workers, quarantine staff, border control officers, and workers and residents in aged-care homes have been offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Some of these workers will be women...
During a pandemic, the number of air changes per hour should be higher than usual, report Mary Myla Andamon, Jin Woo and Priya Rajagopalan. The World Health Organisation recommends six air changes per hour. Victorian students are learning in classrooms with very poor air quality. Our...
Patricia Tan and her toddler have an uncomfortable encounter at the park. My son and I are laughing and enjoying a sunny afternoon at our local playground. When he zooms down the slide and lands at my feet, he is approached by an older boy with...
Schools are no different from any other part of society, writes Jane Wilkinson. They have their issues, challenges and a wide variety of human nature. In late October 2019, Victorians were shocked to hear of sustained anti-Semitic bullying occurring in two public schools. The Victorian Education...
Let’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss, writes Kate Cantrell and Sharon Bickle As Philip Bump wrote recently in The Washington Post, No one is ‘cancelling’ Dr Seuss. The author, himself, is dead for one thing,...
Families come in all shapes and sizes, writes Jacqui Tomlin. Something is happening in our house on weekday mornings. We call it Sock Torture. Our youngest started Kindy recently, and she’s loving it, but at either end of the school day she’s tired, and how shall...
