As festive cheer starts to fill the air, Spin Master has unveiled its eagerly awaited 2024 Christmas Gift Guide, designed to bring every child’s holiday dreams to life. This year’s guide includes an exciting line-up of toys, blending timeless favourites with innovative new creations, all curated...
Coping skills can be taught, and with depression rates on the rise among young people, learning them is more important than ever, writes Associate Professor Erica Frydenberg Stress is part of everyday life, and coping is how we deal with it. But just as there are...
Melanie Charlton writes about innovative ways to satisfy her children’s desire for a pet (particularly at Christmas) without bearing all the responsibility of owning one. It was a rainy Saturday afternoon, and the kids were agitated at being stuck indoors, so I suggested we go to...
Jacinta Parsons suffers the consequences of some wicked wordplay with her daughter. “Can you say Bubonic Plague?” I asked, pointing to a picture of a rat-type character in my two-year-old daughter’s storybook. Without hesitation, she began attempting the four-syllable historical reference to her once innocent rat....
Mia Cobb looks at the science of happier dogs and tips to keep them happy When you hear about “science focused on how dogs can live their best lives with us”, it sounds like an imaginary job made up by a child. However, the field of...
Jacqueline Warwick looks at what our appetite for cute white kids says about us. Anyone who was paying attention to North American pop culture in the late 1990s and early 2000s will remember that it was a moment fascinated with childhood. The most mainstream entertainment revolved...
Lauren Breen looks at the importance of the viral 'chat' recently done on Sesame Street between Andrew Garfield and Elmo. When was the last time you heard someone talk in detail about their grief? For many of us, it could be rarely or never. There are several...
Prudence Flowers reports that the debates in the United States tell us why The 2022 news that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion sent shockwaves around the world. For Australian opponents of abortion who had long looked...
Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the children and young adult books for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel With prize money of $150,000, the ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New Zealand historical novelists the chance to be recognised in a class of...
Mindfulness is an evidence-based practice that can help people to become calmer, more focused and better manage stress in their lives. Now, parents can learn mindfulness techniques to help them form stronger connections with their children and create calmer, happier and more balanced homes. Parenting and caregiving can...
