It’s a risky move, writes Lisa M. Given, because the eSafety advisory explains AI companions can “share harmful content, distort reality and give advice that is dangerous”. Google has announced it will roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to children under the age of...
Is your child gearing up for Book Week? Children’s Book Week (August 16–23, 2025). Do they love stories about farming, animals, or where their food comes from? Here’s a great opportunity to get their school, preschool or childcare centre involved in a nationwide giveaway just in...
Google Australia has teamed up with Life Ed and Healthy Harold to launch a new initiative aimed at helping parents and teachers guide kids safely through the digital world. A United Effort to Keep Kids Safe OnlineWith children spending more time than ever online, the risks...
Students are neither left nor right-brained, writes Kate E. Williams. How some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong. Many teachers and parents know that neuroscience, studying how the brain functions and develops, is important for children’s education. Brain development is recommended as part of...
Is your child anxious about going on school camp? Asks Micah Boerma. Here are four ways to prepare your anxious child to attend and enjoy camp. One of the highlights of the school year is an overnight excursion or school camp. These can happen as early...
Ruth Wajnryb explores the latest avenues for learning in the digital age. Dealing with this change is our decade’s big challenge. "The young people of today love luxury; they have bad manners; they scoff at authority… lack respect for their elders… contradict their parents… eat gluttonously...
Experts, Gabrielle Meagher and Marianne Fenech, investigate why many Australian childcare centres are not meeting regulatory standards for early childhood education services. Recently, an ABC’s Four Corners investigation reported shocking cases of abuse and neglect in Australian childcare centres. This included examples of children being sexually...
Victoria Minson asks What are the national standards? Recently, we heard claims of shocking abuse and neglect in Australian childcare centres on ABC’s Four Corners program. While 91% of services met or exceeded the national standards as of February 2025, there have also been reports of centres...
Simple schoolhouses, big dreams – how a dad-to-be’s PhD project is transforming childhoods around the world When Faisal Bin Badar started his PhD at Charles Darwin University, he had one goal in mind: to help children in Pakistan access a better education. What he didn’t expect...
Rachel Leslie, Annette Brömdal, Cris Townley and Glenys Oberg advise parents how you can tell the difference and help your child It’s back-to-school again around Australia. While many students will be excited to reunite with friends, or have some nerves about their first day, others may...
