Stephanie Brown reports on the dilemmas families can face when making decisions in relation to organised sport. Seeing motley groups of kids playing an ad hoc game of touch football in the local park seems almost a thing of the past. For many children today, exercise...
Taya Coghlan looks at the importance and rise of disability sports available for kids and how this should be encouraged. In the last few decades, there has been significant progress in how wider society views and values the disabled community. Not too long ago, disabilities were...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
...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...
Not sure how to broach the sometimes tricky post-game conversation? We get a sport-parenting expert to share some of his top tricks. ...
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...
