Trigger warnings are increasingly used in Universities and are growing now in the wider world, report Jessica Gildersleeve, India Bryce and Kate Cantrell Last year, London’s Globe Theatre attached a trigger warning to Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, advising it “contains depictions of suicide, moments of violence,...
The government’s social media ban for kids will exempt ‘low-risk’ platforms. Lisa M. Given looks at what this means. In a speech to the New South Wales and South Australian government social media summit today, Federal Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland announced more details of how...
Research conducted online amongst Australian parents finds two-thirds of parents feel guilty about their kids’ internet use, writes Dr Kimberley O’Brien. A national survey of more than 1,000 adults with children aged up to 18 years found more than two-thirds (70%) of parents report feeling anxious...
Australia has 53% of qualified teachers choosing not to teach and 20% of graduates who will never teach. What’s going on?...
Infertility affects countless women, but one woman asks: What if we are unconsciously preventing ourselves from falling pregnant?...
A behavioural optometrist provides some insight into the effect screen time has on children’s eyes and how to combat this....
What portion sizes are you giving your kids? A Nutritionist gives her recommendations for kids' serving sizes....
One in three are children short-sighted, a study reports, so how can parents protect their child's vision? Children’s eyesight is steadily worsening, with one in three now suffering from short-sightedness, or myopia, according to a global study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The study, involving...
Jane Tuckerman and Danielle Wurzel report, but researchers can’t say one causes the other yet As winter rolls on into spring in Australia, respiratory viruses are everywhere. One of the main culprits is respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which has caused more than 145,000 infections around...
Chris Zomer and Sumudu Mallawaarachchi show you 3 things you can do about it. Ever found yourself unable to resist checking out a social media notification? Or sending a random picture just to keep a Snapchat “streak” going? Or simply getting stuck staring at YouTube because it...
