The launch of the iPad in 2010 coincided with the beginning of our current generation of children, writes Mark McCrindle. Generation Alpha – and there are now 2.5 million Gen Alphas being born around the globe each week. While Australian teenagers currently consume more than 10 hours...
Here’s how to break the nit cycle, writes scientist Cameron Webb Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to face. And the job is getting harder. Commonly used chemical products aren’t working...
Bullying is one of the top concerns Australian parents have about their children’s health. Report Deborah Green and Barbara Spears Unfortunately, about one in four Australian students between Year 4 and Year 9 report being bullied at least every few weeks. The federal government has recently set...
This will not hold your child back at school, report researchers Valeria Maria Rigobon and Rauno Parrila. It may actually help your child. It is common for Australian children to grow up with languages other than English in their family lives. More than one-fifth of Australians report speaking...
Cancers caused by the human papillomavirus or HPV are entirely preventable. And now it takes just one dose to vaccinate against it, write Julia Brotherton, Claire Nightingale and Claire Vajdic Cervical cancer is a devastating disease that can strike down women in the prime of their lives. Amazingly,...
Cyclones and floods are terrifying and unpredictable, write Psychologists Elizabeth Westrupp and Emma Marshall The stress of ensuring your family’s safety, worrying about what might happen and then coping with the aftermath can feel overwhelming. Some parents are also managing kids and young people through the crisis. You...
Maths and creativity don’t have to be opposites—they might just be the perfect pair for better learning outcomes. Could Creative Thinking Boost Literacy and Numeracy? When ‘Elephant’ toothpaste erupts in the science lab, history lessons involve Pokémon playing cards, and maths students bake chocolate brownies, it might...
Whatever TikTok says, write Karleen Gribble, Naomi Hull and Nina Jane Chad, feeding your baby butter won’t help them sleep through the night. Sleep is the holy grail for new parents. So no wonder many tired parents are looking for something to help their babies sleep. A...
Rhonda Garad reminisces about the changing nature of child’s play. My three-year-old curled up beside me and, gently removing my glasses, stared earnestly into my eyes and asked, “What are you doing Mum?” I replied that I was having fun. She looked at the newspaper I...
This can leave separated parents ‘completely out of it’, report researchers Renee Desmarchelier, India Bryce and Kate Cantrell In 1987, UK researchers lamented how schools were organised “around the assumption that the nuclear family is the norm”. Families who did not fit this model were “either...
