As Australia's world-first ban on social media accounts for under-16s faces its first major legal test in the High Court, the law's popularity with Australian parents may be outpacing the evidence that it actually works. ...
When should your child start engaging with screens? How long should they use them for? Can they watch or play alone? Should there be a gap before bed?...
Apart from being fun, it’s important for children to challenge themselves to develop physically, mentally and emotionally....
According to CQUniversity's Head of Educational Neuroscience, Professor Ken Purnell, parents are often turning to homeschooling because their child's experience at school has become difficult....
Girls begin puberty between the age of eight and 13 years. Breast development, known as thelarche, is the first sign. Menarche, the first menstrual period, follows 1.5 to three years later. The evidence suggests girls are entering puberty a little earlier....
You may have heard the term “Digital Duty of Care” in the news, but what does it actually mean? In simple terms, the Australian Government wants online companies to take more responsibility for preventing foreseeable harm — rather than leaving children, parents and teachers to...
For parents, school success can easily become associated with marks, homework, behaviour and attendance. But another factor may be just as important: whether a child genuinely feels that they belong. A major international review led by Monash University has examined research into school belonging — the...
Loneliness happens whenever a person feels a discrepancy between their desired and actual connections. It’s different to social isolation, which involves a person having objectively fewer social contacts, social roles, and relationships. And it’s different from being alone, which is an objective experience of being...
Suicidal thoughts and behaviours typically first emerge during adolescence and young adulthood. This is also when peer relationships take on increasing importance in young people’s lives....
In other words, students who get better at handling adversity in academic life may also become better at handling disruption. And students who get better at handling disruption at school may become better at handling adversity....
