Two young people who have faced extraordinary challenges, have left a lasting impression on Dr Duncan Jefferson. One child lost half her brain with the remaining half able to make up for it. The other suffered a tragic sporting injury. There are people you meet in...
Every Tuesday, Nicole McInnes gets the long day care blues. I realised, as I hid my pain behind another animated farewell, that it wasn’t just guilt, it was plain and simple sadness. So many people have told me that sending your child to long day care is...
Dr Sam Tormey discusses the medical and ethical issues surrounding infant circumcision. For the majority of males, the presence or absence of the foreskin will make little appreciable difference to health, self-image or sexual function. On a steaming hot day in the middle of the wet season...
Penni Drysdale feels the heat of rejection as her four-year-old son adjusts to the arrival of his brother. He is jumping around like a crazed monkey amid myriad plastic toys that he’s pulled from a box that was out the back of the house. As is...
Since Linda Wyrill’s son doesn’t conform to standard developmental milestones, she seeks out others willing to help him bravely go where no child seems to have gone before. Yes, my son is wonderfully creative. But to think outside the square, he would first have to be...
As a practising teacher-librarian, Megan Daley has some tips and tricks for how to make the most of your school library and teacher-librarian. As an ambassador for the MS Readathon, she has some thoughts on how it can help your child to develop empathy for...
Today’s dads are eager to have a connection with their babies, and Richard Fletcher looks at how the bonding process works. Parents are often unaware how much babies want and actively seek a close connection with their fathers as well as their mothers. When talking to fathers-to-be...
As the weather starts to warm up in Spring, we look at some ideas to keep kids away from their digital devices! Gardening gives children a sense of responsibility and accomplishment and makes learning about the environment and the connection between plants and people fun. By encouraging...
The change from single-use plastic bags has helped provide funding for another round of grants for a sustainable hands-on project for schools and preschools. Woolworths and Landcare Australia are inviting Australian primary schools and early learning centres to apply for a Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants grant...
Professor Kevin Wheldall explains that there’s more to learning to read than meets the eye. Even if a child can read fluently and has a good vocabulary, that is not enough. The child also has to be able to make sense of words in context. Anyone who...
