Teachers identify one in five children as having emerging health or developmental concerns when they start school, report researchers Meredith O'Connor, Jon Quach, and Sharon Goldfeld, This might include a child being disruptive, having difficulties understanding the teacher’s instructions, or experiencing fears and anxieties at a...
Like adults, children use the news to learn about what’s happening in the world. But the circulation of misinformation, such as the recent spread of fake news about COVID-19 (the disease caused by coronavirus), blurs our understanding of events and issues, researchers Tanya Notley and...
Stefan Klein examines the changes in the female brain upon pregnancy, and in relationships upon parenthood. We all know what it feels like to be happy, but what mechanisms inside our brains trigger such a positive emotion? Love blossoms when a child is born. In some ways,...
Johanna Rigg-Smith wanted a no-frills childhood for her daughter, but has learned to embrace pink tulle…up to a pointe. If only I could bottle this confidence, this serenity, and hand it back to her when she turns 15, when those stars will seem out of reach,...
Are you having a case of school refusal in your home? Help is at hand with these 6 tips from ReachOut The battle to get your kids up and ready for school is as old as time. But what can you do if your child’s resistance...
Join the NeuRA research study if you live near Sydney and get $100 cash back! The NeuRA child car seat study is a research study looking at the factors that help or hinder proper child car seat use. Recent research indicates that 50% of car seats have...
This week’s ABC’s Four Corners exposed an elite Melbourne school for failing to adequately respond to the grooming of a student by a former athletics coach, who is now a convicted offender. Larissa Christensen, Nadine McKillop, and Susan Rayment-McHugh report what parents should know and...
Is there a special time when our children’s brains are more open to learning new skills like reading, writing and playing a musical instrument? And is ‘earlier’ always ‘better’? We all want to give our children the best start in life, yet knowing when to introduce...
Among the almost one in four Australian families that only contain one parent is a small group who have been through a particular kind of hell: widowed parents of young children, writes Klay Lamprell. “It’s coming up to a year and I’m just starting to wake...
Now that the kids are back at school it's time to go over their personal safety! It certainly won't hurt those bigger kids too. Whether you are getting your little one ready for their first days at school - which can be a very emotional time...
