If you pack school lunchboxes for your children, writes Neha Lalchandani, you’ll know it can sometimes feel like a real slog. It needs to be easy to prepare, nutritious and something children will actually eat. On top of this, there is increasing awareness it should be friendly...
Annoyance gradually becomes enjoyment, as Fiona Adams finds herself at home from work for the day with her sick child. “Don’t tell me you can’t go to school. You have to go to school,” I told my six-year-old daughter as she stared at me with her...
School breaks make up more than an hour of the school day. Should they be considered part of learning? Asks researcher Brendon Hyndman Most public debate about schooling focuses on what happens inside the classroom – on lessons, tests and academic results. But students also spend significant...
When we think about jobs you can do from home, you may not immediately picture a school teacher, write researchers Fiona Longmuir and Tim Delany, Monash University. But as Victoria debates a new right to work from home, the state’s teachers are asking what this...
Most pregnant women experience some nausea, but a small number develop a severe form known as hyperemesis gravidarum. Karin Hammarberg writes that researchers are still uncovering its causes, risk factors and treatments — and why symptoms can become so extreme. Most women experience some nausea and...
NAPLAN is being used by some schools as an entrance exam. This isn’t what it’s designed to do, reports Steven Lewis. School students around Australia have begun their NAPLAN tests this week. Amid technical glitches during the writing component of the exam on Wednesday, there has also...
From diagnosis to therapy and school support, families of neurodivergent children often face complex systems and long waiting lists. Researchers Kelsie Boulton and Adam Guastella suggests the parents under the most strain are often the ones waiting the longest. Parenting any young child is full of...
Most children bounce back from pain after an injury or illness. But for one in five – approximately 877,000 children in Australia –report Joshua Pate and Mark Hutchinson, the pain continues. Clinicians call this chronic or persistent pain, meaning pain that lasts longer than three months....
Quite significant, actually, writes Daniel Eldridge, When summer hits, the combination of heat and activity often result in increased sweating. Sweat is great – it’s our personal evaporative cooling system. Most of us will sweat out at least half a litre each day, and that’s before...
Bluey is a smart show that draws on all kinds of inspirations for its charming stories, including religious ones. Sarah Lawson writes that her newly published research looks at what Bluey has to say about religion, and the religion of play which the characters live...
