Shani Sniedze writes that many kids say, ‘It makes me nervous’. As the school year hits the halfway mark, many Year 6 students and their families will start thinking more about the move to high school next year. Moving to secondary school is a big change for...
Discipline does not have to be hardline to be effective, writes Mary Pearl. My husband is a primary school teacher who uses a piano accordion (“A creature lives and breathes in a big grey box, can you guess what it is?”) and three monkeys to capture...
A chance encounter leads Steve Biddulph to reflect on the nature of families and the challenges we all face. It’s morning in Dorrigo, northern NSW, a town of such loveliness that I can never quite believe it. A dramatic backdrop of rainforest ranges sets off old-style...
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more often diagnosed in children, writes Alison Poulton. That might make you wonder if people grow out of it as they reach adulthood. ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that involves difficulties focusing attention (for study or work) and/or sitting still or...
Mother of two, Louisa Gibson, discovers how grounded she can be as she copes with the impact of her husband’s fly-in, fly-out employment. I live in the twilight zone between wife and single mother. Like many others, my husband is a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker, and...
Are you sure you want Frozen again? You’ve already seen it 20 times! Laura Scholes knows the feeling! Do you find your children asking to watch the same TV shows and movies or play the same video games over and over (and over again)? Perhaps you...
Sarah Blunden, suggests you relax – having different sleeping arrangements over the holidays probably won’t wreck your child’s sleep routine Sleep, along with diet and physical activity, is one of the three pillars of good health. Good sleep makes it easier to grow, learn, perform, be...
Australia’s media classification system is no help to parents and carers. It needs a grounding in evidence, reports researchers Elizabeth Handsley and Fae Heaselgrave In the era of proliferating streaming platforms, choosing what to watch on family movie night can be hard. Parents have a greater need...
We need to talk about the deadly norms of car use, report by Hulya Gilbert and Marco te Brömmelstroet The deaths and injuries caused by car drivers are an everyday occurrence. This road violence has become normalised. We take it for granted as the price we have...
As the festive season approaches, the joy of giving can often be overshadowed by the financial strains associated with holiday spending, writes. Dr Angel Zhong, Associate Professor, Finance Research from Finder shows that Australians will spend more than $30 billion this Christmas, representing a 10% increase compared to 2022....
