Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new, writes Lyndal Collins In the midst of this global pandemic, a sourdough revolution has been born. More time at home combined with supermarket shortages of essentials, has fostered the creativity of a whole new generation...
As any lock-down parent knows by the end of the home schooling day, reading to a child a story, can become a real chore. BBC children's channel Cbees have produced a great line up of well known stars for their CBeebies Bedtime Stories. So if you...
Pandemic-induced lockdowns have provided stories of both hardship and resilience. This extends to families in the community caring for children in out-of-home care, a group which has weathered unique challenges as children are physically and sometimes virtually cut off from contact with their biological families. A...
David Roy and Jill Duncan report that with more infectious variants of the COVID-19 virus emerging, teachers and students have been required to wear masks in high school classrooms. It was mandatory in Greater Sydney and all of Victoria before the recent switch to remote learning...
We’ve been living in a COVID world for more than 18 months now, writes Lara Herrero. At the outset of the pandemic, government agencies and health authorities scrambled to inform people on how to identify symptoms of the virus. But as the virus has evolved, it...
For those parents with kids at home and home schooling, here is a compilation of our articles to show how much we have progressed (or not!) over the past 18 months with COVID-19. How can you minimise all that extra screen time ? Are fathers...
What do children think of economic inequality? Writes Kelly Kirkland, we did an experiment to find out COVID-19 is increasing economic inequality around the world. On the one hand, the number of people in extreme poverty is on the rise for the first time in decades. The...
We are guessing that going in and out of virus lockdowns will be with us for a while, so here are some ideas to keep everyone busy, especially if there is a school holiday at the same time! Firstly, take a look at 4 ways to...
Even before COVID-19 lockdowns, school closures and strict social distancing, depression was on the rise in children and teenagers around the globe, report Sarah Hetrick, Joanne McKenzie, Nick Meader, and Sally Merry By the age of 19, around 25% of adolescents are estimated to have experienced...
When will kids in Australia be eligible for the vaccine? Christopher Blyth, Peter Richmond, and Ushma Wadia assess the current situation. Adolescents in North America are beginning to roll up their sleeves for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after it was approved for 12-15-year-olds this month. The Canadian drug...
