Can Screen Time Really Impact Kids' Mental Clarity and Wellbeing? Researchers from UNSW’s School of Psychology investigate. With digital devices now ever-present in children’s lives, many parents worry about potential mental and emotional consequences of excessive screen time. Is there any truth to ‘brain rot’—the idea...
An Art Therapy Program organised by the Black Dog Institute and Art Gallery of New South Wales, found to reduce anxiety in children by 29% Creative Solutions to Childhood Anxiety A groundbreaking partnership between the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Black Dog Institute has...
Forget footballers, singers and film stars – families make the perfect role models, writes Mary Pearl. Not so long ago, my grown-up son told his grandmother she was his role model. At one time or another, Mark has bestowed various family members with a look of...
With reports of students abusing peers in primary schools, what can a parent do? Ask Daryl Higgins and Gabrielle Hunt An ABC report recently revealed a concerning rise in peer-on-peer sexual abuse within Australian primary schools. Data on Victorian schools shows hundreds of such incidents were reported in...
Breaking the cycle of child poverty. A new report commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) reveals a startling truth: child poverty in New South Wales costs the state $60 billion every year. Beyond the numbers, it’s a crisis that impacts families, communities, and...
What happens between 2 and 5 years of age is crucially important according to the esteemed Landmark series from 'The Lancet', a world-leading general medical journal. The Importance of the 'Next 1,000 Days' The years from 2 to 5 mark an essential period in your child’s growth,...
New hope in Neuroblastoma research: toward safer, more effective treatments for children. Few things are as heart-wrenching for a family as learning that their young child has cancer, especially one as rare and aggressive as neuroblastoma. Often appearing in infancy, this devastating cancer upends what should...
6 things to do if your child’s weight is beyond the ideal range – and 1 thing to avoid, writes Nick Fuller One of the more significant challenges we face as parents is making sure our kids are growing at a healthy rate. To manage this, we...
Victorian students will get ‘anti-Tate’ lessons, report Stephanie Wescott, Alexandra Phelan, Naomi Pfitzner, Sarah McCook and Steven Roberts – but much more is needed The Victorian government has announced new teaching resources to tackle the influence of “manosphere” figures, such as Andrew Tate, in the state’s...
Can we move beyond them? Asks researchers Bangle Wu and Ehsan Nabavi The Australian parliament will conduct a national inquiry into the dangers of “forever chemicals”. The move comes after a string of revelations about the potential dangers of the substances, including news this week that Sydney...
