Parents who want more information on the kinds of topics their children may have encountered can access specialised plain-language resources from health services or from sexuality educators such as Bish UK and Scarleteen....
If they say something critical about their appearance in front of you, avoid saying phrases such as, “don’t be ridiculous, you look beautiful”. This can dismiss their feelings and reinforce the idea that how they look is what matters....
While we tend to focus on building adolescents’ knowledge, starting conversations about consent as early as possible, and having them as often as possible, is the best approach....
Schools should be supported to develop a whole-school approach to relationships and sexuality education, in which school leadership is engaged and all staff have some capacity to respond to issues relating to consent, respectful relationships and sexual wellbeing....
Storm Boy, Colin Thiele’s much-loved classic, has never been out of print. Its iconic 1976 film version, with David Gulpilil as Fingerbone, turns 50 this year – and it has long been hailed one of Australia’s greatest books....
How can schools respond to excessive communication demands, verbal abuse and threatening behaviour. Public schools are also taking new steps to try and curtail abusive parents....
Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia’s academic results....
Location sharing, shared passwords and connected devices are now part of everyday family life. But when technology is used to monitor, intimidate or control someone, it can become a form of abuse — and new Australian research suggests many people may not recognise it....
Probably hundreds, and most will be quite boring. Nathan Garland looks at the real mathematics of trying to collect the 30th Anniversary card set....
If you’ve decided to separate from your partner, and you have kids together, it’s normal to worry about the potential impact on them, writes Jaimie Northam, Although some studies have shown a higher risk of mental health problems for children of divorced parents, separation is not...
