How can schools respond to excessive communication demands, verbal abuse and threatening behaviour. Public schools are also taking new steps to try and curtail abusive parents....
Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia’s academic results....
Twelve-year-old Dusty Langby has completed an extraordinary 16-day walk from western NSW to Canberra, raising more than $500,000 to help regional children access specialist medical care....
Location sharing, shared passwords and connected devices are now part of everyday family life. But when technology is used to monitor, intimidate or control someone, it can become a form of abuse — and new Australian research suggests many people may not recognise it....
Probably hundreds, and most will be quite boring. Nathan Garland looks at the real mathematics of trying to collect the 30th Anniversary card set....
If you’ve decided to separate from your partner, and you have kids together, it’s normal to worry about the potential impact on them, writes Jaimie Northam, Although some studies have shown a higher risk of mental health problems for children of divorced parents, separation is not...
There is an image from Ethel Turner’s 1894 Australian children’s classic novel, Seven Little Australians, that has stayed with me for more than 50 years....
Family estrangement can be painful for parents and adult children alike. As “going no contact” becomes a more familiar phrase, relationship experts say the reasons families stop speaking are usually far more complicated than choosing sides....
Online grooming does not always begin with an obviously inappropriate message. New Australian research suggests some approaches can look surprisingly ordinary at first — making it important for children to know what to watch for and what to do if something feels wrong. A recent Adelaide...
Australia’s childcare safety changes are turning one. It has been a tumultuous and frightening time for Australian families and educators, writes Daryl Higgins....
