Among educators and parents, the most often complained about age groups are toddlers and teens, report Marg Rogers and Margaret Sims Among educators and parents, the most often complained about age groups are toddlers and teens. Physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively, there are many similarities in...
Gen Muir looks at dealing with big emotions and challenging behaviour in kids in her new book 'Little People, Big Feelings' 1. Talk to your child as if they are already brave The way we talk to our kids about what they are doing makes a big...
Philippa Macken writes about safety issues and how parents can help to keep their infants free from harm. Bringing a newborn home is an exciting milestone when parents leave the hospital with precious cargo and important responsibilities. The home and the car can feel like a...
Gen Muir looks at dealing with big emotions and challenging behaviour in kids in her new book 'Little People, Big Feelings' When I was around 10 days postpartum with my fourth child, my third son, Tom – who was 2 years old and obsessed with Batman...
To improve Australia’s education system, we need to move away from the idea that the basic features of education are fixed, writes Professor John Quay Have you heard of ‘Flat-Earth education’? It’s a phrase I am using as a provocation to highlight a problem – the...
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...
Yes, childcare is costly, writes Ben Phillips but nowhere near as costly as recent reports suggest Childcare in Australia is generally regarded as expensive. And it’s true that prices charged by some centres, particularly long daycare centres, can be pretty steep, climbing to as much as A$200...
Kids aged five to 14 read less in their spare time than they did four years ago*, writes researcher Kate Douglas– but a healthy 72.4% still like to read. How can we encourage children to keep reading? Supporting kids to choose what they read is crucial to...
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...
The better you prepare ahead of time, the smoother the journey once you welcome your baby, writes author Ana Kresina Whether your desire for kids has been a lifelong dream or a realisation that kicked in at age 30 when your ovaries went into overdrive, the...
