From “Why do people die?” to “Do bees have knees?”, children’s questions can catch us off guard — especially when we're tired or unsure ourselves, writes Dr Susan White But research shows that how we respond is more important than having all the answers. The truth about...
A trial is testing ways to enforce Australia’s social media ban for under-16s. But the tech is flawed, report researchers Alexia Maddox, Luke Heemsbergen and My Le Australia’s move to ban under-16s from social media is receiving widespread praise. Other countries, including the United Kingdom, Ireland,...
Shawna Mastro Campbell and Susan Rowe have some quick strategies to show you how to tell the difference and how to handle the emotions. If you live with young children, there’s a good chance you’ve been on the receiving end of a child yelling, screaming, crying, throwing...
This new approach can help make it easier and quicker to work out what support is needed, write David Trembath and Rachelle Wicks If your child is struggling with certain everyday activities – such as playing with other kids, getting dressed or paying attention – you...
Some Australian schools are still not running a swimming program, with up to 40 per cent of children missing out on key skills, writes Abbey Boyer For a country with 34,000 kilometres of coastline, it may not come as a surprise that swimming is the...
Podiatrists Cylie Williams and Helen Banwell studied 2,750 dolls to find out What do you get when a group of podiatrists (and shoe lovers) team up with a Barbie doll collector? A huge opportunity to explore how Barbie reflects changes in the types of shoes women...
Dr Susan White looks at why young children ask so many questions — and why do they so often catch us off guard at the worst possible times? As it turns out, their constant curiosity is more than a phase. It’s how they learn, grow, and...
Even after they can read themselves, writes Robyn Cox, because reading aloud to your children is a parental superpower Is reading to your kids a bedtime ritual in your home? For many of us, it will be a visceral memory of our own childhoods. Or of...
Google Australia has teamed up with Life Ed and Healthy Harold to launch a new initiative aimed at helping parents and teachers guide kids safely through the digital world. A United Effort to Keep Kids Safe OnlineWith children spending more time than ever online, the risks...
Judith Kirkwood has mixed feelings about her 18-year-old son becoming a father. I didn’t know what to say when my teenage son, Robin, told me one winter afternoon that he was going to be a father. That didn’t stop me from mumbling something like, “I hope...
