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...
Not sure how to broach the sometimes tricky post-game conversation? We get a sport-parenting expert to share some of his top tricks. ...
Why do kids hate going to sleep, while adults usually love it? Asks Gemma Paech. The school holidays are here, and parents struggling to get their children to bed will no doubt be thinking: what is wrong with you? I would do anything to get more...
Monash University researchers have developed a fast, cheap paper test that can detect bilirubin in jaundiced newborns. The tape-paper sensor is on the verge of extensive clinical trials. The in-home test aims to detect bilirubin levels and could provide results in less than 10...
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...
Relationships can be hard work – psychologist Rachel Voysey looks at ways to fall towards each other, not apart. “Over 70 percent of Australian couples report a significant decrease in relationship satisfaction upon the arrival of baby number one.” 1.COMMUNICATION Communication is one of the biggest things that...
American rapper Kanye West has been making headlines recently as he mounts a campaign to be elected president of the United States, writes Ian Hickie We’ve seen a series of chaotic and emotional public outbursts, including during his first presidential campaign appearance, as well as a...
Children cannot be what they cannot see – or so the saying goes, writes Dilvin Yasa. What happens when they're seeing (and hearing) things you'd rather they didn't? My Invasion of the Body Snatchers moment happened when my five year old decided to regale me with...
Books for tweens and teens become harder to select as they grow older. Some will give books and reading away for other interests but all of these books below will take them to the other-worlds of dark arts, fantasy and magic. Much like the digital...
