When all parents talked about safety, they weren’t thinking equally about every type of risk. Their biggest concerns centred on staff-to-child conduct and supervision ratios....
Starting high school can be an exciting time. Students meet new people, study new subjects and gain more independence. But for many, high school can also feel harder to manage....
Research tells us firstborn children, on average, tend to do better on a range of outcomes. This includes doing better at school and being more likely to be top managers when compared to those born later....
Are children ‘persons’ with all the rights that this entails? Or are they property, owned by their parents and subject to their absolute authority? Maybe children are neither ‘property’ nor ‘persons’, but something in between....
When her eight-year-old daughter developed her first breast bud, Donna Reis wasn't quite ready for the answer. She set out to find out more about early puberty – and discovered that children don't always develop according to the timetable parents expect....
Phones and devices have become inextricably linked with everyday life, writes Danielle Einstein. They store our credit cards, provide critical bus updates, and allow us to communicate whenever we need to....
The Victorian government recently announced it will introduce “nation-leading” laws to make technology companies accountable for preventing hate and keeping children safe. How will they work? asks Professor Lisa M. Given...
An eSafety report has revealed gaps in protections against livestreamed child sexual abuse on major video-call platforms. Here's what parents should know....
Ben Gray, reports from New Zealand why Cultural safety in healthcare is not ‘ideological’ –but it is saving lives. The concept of cultural safety is recognised worldwide as an innovation by New Zealand nursing academic Irihapeti Ramsden. The New Zealand Nursing Council was a leader...
Need a doctor or nurse after hours? How to get virtual or in‑person health care in Australia – including for free. Researchers run through the many options Australians have available....
