Lily Trew looks at how you can help your child give up on the pursuit of perfection. Setting goals and trying their best can help young people find success and happiness, but striving for unrealistic goals and unattainable standards, and being self-critical when they don’t meet...
How can school playgrounds be set up to stop it? Brendon Hyndman has some ideas. Children spend thousands of hours in playgrounds at school. A lot of this time does not have the same levels of teacher preparation and supervision as classrooms do. Research shows school playgrounds...
Bullying is arguably one of the most serious issues facing Australia’s schools, write Vanessa Miller and Tony Yeigh About one in four students between Year 4 and Year 9 report being bullied regularly. This can have serious and lasting consequences. Research suggests students who are bullied are at...
The regulation of the working with children check system is poor, writes Rosemary Sheehan. What are working with children checks? Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Melbourne childcare worker, who has been charged with more than 70 offences, including sexual assault and producing child abuse material. Health...
Inman Grant wants Australians to consider the bill a “social media delay” rather than a ban, reports Tama Leaver. But AI raises even more concerns for kids. Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, today addressed the National Press Club to outline how her office will be...
Ethically Made Felt Toys Designed for Imaginative Play Tara Treasures has become the first toy brand in Australia to receive Fairtrade Certification—marking a major milestone for ethical children’s products. Founded by Melbourne mum-of-two Jooli Chan, the brand offers handcrafted felt toys made by women in Nepal...
What does it mean? The challenge could be finding quality care, writes Victoria Whitington One of the Albanese government’s headline election policies was a “three-day guarantee” for childcare. From January 5 2026, all eligible Australian families will be able to access at least three days of subsidised...
Here’s how you can help, report researchers Andrew J. Martin, Oscar Yau, Paul Ginns and Rebecca J. Collie As educational psychology researchers, we are very interested in how students deal with setbacks and challenges in their schooling. Research has found resilient students tend to have more positive...
The 2025 shortlisted children’s books foster a curiosity in the natural world, a love of nature and a hopeful spirit of collaboration to overcome environmental challenges The Environment Award for Children’s Literature was started in 1994 by a group of environmental educators who wanted to work...
As children approach their final year of school, keeping a sense of perspective can be useful for students and over-eager parents alike, writes Elizabeth Quinn. Navigating Year 12: Why Parents Need Perspective Too Year 12 can be a trying time for both students and their parents. Even...
