Peter Carew and Valerie Sung ask, 'Are your kids using headphones more during the pandemic?' Here's how you can protect their ears. During the coronavirus pandemic, have your kids been using headphones more than usual? Maybe for remote schooling, video chats with relatives, or for their...
Since COVID-19 restrictions came into force across Australia, many families have been adapting to a whole new way of life, writes Lisa Needham. Even now, several months in with some restrictions easing, most of us are spending unprecedented amounts of time in our homes. Our social...
Not every child is a bookworm, but research shows that developing a love of reading early in life can provide many benefits, writes Isang Awah, From a positive impact on academic achievement, increased general knowledge, vocabulary growth, improved writing ability, and helping children to develop empathy,...
The growth in eSports during the corona virus lockdown has shown that its' advantages are a positive and it should not be dismissed. Although many sports fans might not realise it, some of the biggest sporting events of the past five years have involved organised competitive...
As Australia emerges from lockdown and adjusts to the reality of social distancing at home, work and in public, a significant number are seeing that the changes of recent weeks have negatively impacted their physical and mental wellness, highlighting the importance of a diligent approach to self-care during the time of COVID-19 and beyond. To understand...
Nikki Rickard writes about the benefits of music education in enhancing not only children’s intellectual development, but also their emotional wellbeing. As always, parents play a key role in encouraging music engagement in children. Music education gives children the foundations for a lifelong love of music,...
It was heartbreaking to watch helplessly as my gregarious little girl, turned into a shy, introverted child in the space of a year, writes Emily Weight. When Daisy started to talk, she was the usual noisy toddler, making sounds and gurgling away. She was a very...
If you’re pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic, you might be feeling a unique type of stress, writes Monique Robinson. You might be uncertain about how an infection could affect your unborn baby. That’s over and above the stress you might be feeling about the pregnancy itself,...
Coronavirus could make things worse for those with an intellectual disability report Susan Collings and Margaret Spencer The coronavirus pandemic is keeping us at home due to widespread unemployment, school closures and social distancing. This has already led to concerns about an upsurge in domestic and...
The coronavirus restrictions are slowly being eased but the pressures on families at home still probably lead to many tears of frustration write Winnifred Louis and Tom Denson It could be tensions about noise and clutter, keeping up with home schooling and mums and dads torn...
