Helping Kids Find Wonder In The Everyday
Caroline Webster, author and founder of the blog Caro & Co, recalls a time in her childhood when she discovered the beauty of nature and a sense of wonder for the first time....
21 July, 2021
Why is Aussie kids’ financial knowledge on the decline?
The proposed national curriculum has downgraded it even further, reports Emily Ross and Margaret Marshman. Financial literacy means having an understanding of financial concepts and risks, and the skills, motivation and confidence to make effective decisions across a range of financial contexts. In Australia, many young people...
15 July, 2021
Book Review: The Sporting Parent
The term 'sporting parent' has had a negative connotation for too long. It paints the picture of enraged parents turning up for battle at their child's weekend sporting fixture, writes author Nathan Parnham. What's wrong with wanting the best for your child if you go...
15 July, 2021
What to do if you don’t like your child’s school friends
Dr Ginni Mansberg and Jo Lamble look at strategies for friendships and bad influences Your teen’s friends Now your child is a teen, it’s natural that you have less input into their friendships. They won’t necessarily be friends with the children of your own friends, as so...
15 July, 2021
Your belief in your kids’ academic ability can actually improve their grades!
We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it’s hard to know if these beliefs are helpful or harmful, report Philip D. Parker, Jake Anders, Rhiannon Parker and Taren Sanders. Overly optimistic parents...
15 July, 2021
what are we teaching our kids if we regularly protest about a teacher?
...let’s work with schools to allow them to teach the curriculum, while we do as much as we can at home to prepare them for adulthood. Write Dr Ginni Mansberg and Jo Lamble Working with teachers Kids have always complained about some teachers and it can be...
15 July, 2021
Kids & Sport – Debriefing Tips From an Expert
Not sure how to broach the sometimes tricky post-game conversation? We get a sport-parenting expert to share some of his top tricks. ...
15 July, 2021
Concussion in children
Now that we are getting deeper into the football season have you noticed how many players are taken off the field for an HIA? Head Injury Assessment? In the professional arena, a doctor comes onto the field to make the assessment and the player is taken...
30 June, 2021
What’s in a name?
Choosing a child’s name can be an elephantine task, writes Genevieve Quigley. When my husband and I found out we were having a baby, we wanted to give him or her a pet name. We hated saying “It” but we couldn’t say Baby or Bump because...
30 June, 2021
The Downside of Pride
Zoë Bishop finds it difficult to tone down her enthusiastic responses to her son’s achievements. The first time that it happened was in a ski-hire shop. My son looked at my smiling face and asked me, quite politely, if I could please stop being so excited....
30 June, 2021