The 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist has just been announced. The List of Notables was published at the end of February. This year's shortlist features some of the best known names in Australian children’s literature, such as Isobelle Carmody, Freya Blackwood, Matt Stanton and...
A hollow egg or the whole basket? Clare Dix, Helen Truby and Stella Boyd-Ford. Try to help parents to manage their kids’ chocolate intake. Easter is the time for chocolate. The shops are full of fantastically packaged and shiny chocolates in all shapes and sizes, making...
The launch of the iPad in 2010 coincided with the beginning of our current generation of children, writes Mark McCrindle. Generation Alpha – and there are now 2.5 million Gen Alphas being born around the globe each week. While Australian teenagers currently consume more than 10 hours...
Romans love their pasta and have four or five favourite sauces that have become the classic Roman pasta dishes, writes Roberta Muir. Spaghetti carbonara is one of the five classic Roman pastas. This simple Roman sauce is made creamy by the combination of egg yolks...
Sheree Gleeson ponders her own school days for an answer to her daughter’s literary bias. Mrs Ford, my daughter’s teacher, was searching for answers, and I had a sinking feeling I was in possession of them. “There’s an enormous discrepancy between Rachel’s literacy and numerical abilities,”...
Mouthguards are crucial for kids in sport to protect their teeth, jaw, and soft tissues With 100,000 sport-related concussions occurring in Australia each year, parents and young athletes are being urged to prioritise mouthguard protection as the 2025 junior and amateur AFL and rugby seasons kick off....
Here’s how to break the nit cycle, writes scientist Cameron Webb Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical products aren’t working...
Research shows that anti-bullying efforts are more effective when students are involved. It also shows we need to involve the whole school to stop it. write Fiona MacDonald and Nina Van Dyke About one in four students report being regularly bullied in Australian schools. Children who are...
Ben Kilby looks at how to talk about philosophy with little kids If your young child asks “what’s the meaning of life?” you might laugh it off (how cute!) or freeze in panic (where do I even begin?). It’s tempting to dismiss these big questions as too...
Bullying is one of the top concerns Australian parents have about their children’s health. Report Deborah Green and Barbara Spears Unfortunately, about one in four Australian students between Year 4 and Year 9 report being bullied at least every few weeks. The federal government has recently set...
