Matthew Barton and Michael Todorovic answer this question sent to Curious Kids Why are some kids left-handed and others are right-handed? —asked Sofia, aged 8 to 'Curious Kids' Hi Sofia, thanks for your great question! For a lot of human history, lefties have been seen as a little...
A new report discovered that the Ts and Cs of nine of the 10 surveyed apps required a tertiary level reading age, and on average, it would take one hour and 46 minutes to read. The authors think that young Australians need much better protection...
Boys perform better than girls in tests made up of multiple-choice questions, says Silvia Griselda. Multiple-choice questions are considered objective and easy to mark. But my research shows they give an advantage to males. I compared around 500,000 test results of boys and girls who sat the...
A 'crowded curriculum'? Sure, it may be complex, but so is the world kids must engage with, writes Chris Hickey. The Australian Curriculum is going through a review process with proposed changes released for public consultation at the end of April. When Australian state education ministers commissioned...
Hint: use lollies! Write Nial Wheate and Elise Schubert When was the last time you swallowed a pill, be it a tablet or capsule? This morning or sometime in the past week? Now, can you remember the very first time you had to take a pill?...
We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it’s hard to know if these beliefs are helpful or harmful, report Philip D. Parker, Jake Anders, Rhiannon Parker and Taren Sanders. Overly optimistic parents...
Not sure how to broach the sometimes tricky post-game conversation? We get a sport-parenting expert to share some of his top tricks. ...
A Coalition party room meeting recently debated the A$1.7 billion childcare package announced in the budget, which would increase subsidies for families with more than one child in care and remove a cap on subsidies for higher-income families. Reports Laurien Beane Some MPs reportedly argued childcare...
Zoë Bishop finds it difficult to tone down her enthusiastic responses to her son’s achievements. The first time that it happened was in a ski-hire shop. My son looked at my smiling face and asked me, quite politely, if I could please stop being so excited....
Children cannot be what they cannot see – or so the saying goes, writes Dilvin Yasa. What happens when they're seeing (and hearing) things you'd rather they didn't? My Invasion of the Body Snatchers moment happened when my five year old decided to regale me with...
