Jessica Balanzategui, Joanna McIntyre and Liam Burke look at the rapid unravelling of local Children's television content on TV. Today ABC, BBC Studios and Screen Australia announced series three of the award-winning animation series Bluey will commence production in Brisbane later this year. But despite Bluey’s global...
It is now almost six months since the world became aware of COVID-19, writes Sanjaya Senanayake, and almost four months since the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic. As the number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus grows, so does our knowledge of how it...
Recntly, the World Health Organisation made an announcement you might have missed, reports Zoë Hyde. It recommended children aged 12 years and older should wear masks, and that masks should be considered for those aged 6-11 years. The German Society for Virology went further, recommending...
Everyone has stories about the games that destroy relationships. Someone throwing down their cards and storming away from the table, heated arguments over the Risk board or even a flipped table (and worse) playing Monopoly. Here Dr Melissa Rogerson introduces some new games to you...
The negative mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are clear, report Sarah Whittle and Kate Bray, but there is particular concern children will be most affected in the long run. By the end of March school closures were impacting 91% of the world’s student population...
It’s time to put belonging and connection first on the agenda for Melbourne’s school students. Year 3 to Year 10 students have been learning at home for most of the year, and have now been put last on the list of students to return to “normal”...
Are there new ways of thinking about technology that will make parenting easier? asks Prof Amanda Gordon Parenting in the age of technology was hard enough. We had to make so many decisions about phones, and screens, and apps, and snapchat, and Facetime, and tiktok and...
Young mum, Rania Saab a lawyer from Sydney, was concerned that her infant daughter, Alana, may lag behind in her development due to the disruption of in-person physiotherapy appointments for Alana’s hypotonia. Rania has cochlear implants for her hearing loss. However, using Zoom, Rania was...
Heavy TV and computer use can impact children’s academic results...
Most adults will remember spending much of their childhood playing outdoors without much parental supervision, writes Avril Rowley. But fears for children’s safety plus the demands of modern life mean many parents don’t allow their children the same freedoms. We live in an age where people...
