‘I want to make sure if something happens to one of my kids, they can come to me’: fathers want to talk to kids about sex, but need support. Katy Thomas reports on her recent study. In the media, parents can be portrayed as fearful and...
Physical distancing at school is a challenge, writes Fatemeh Aminpour. Children account for a large proportion of new infections in Australia’s current COVID-19 outbreaks. This has raised concerns about their safe return to school. As schools in New South Wales and Victoria resume face-to-face learning, children...
Parents want to do everything they can to support their teen through high school, but they can stumble across common hurdles, such as study stress, procrastination and children wanting to change schools, as well as serious challenges such as school refusal, write Dr Ginni Mansberg...
Try these ideas from a happiness expert, Narelle Lemon School holidays are upon us again. In pre-pandemic days, many parents and carers would be busily planning holidays interstate or overseas, booking in play dates, organising day trips or tee-ing up visits to family and friends. Instead, a...
Suspensions and expulsions could set our most vulnerable kids on a path to school drop-out, drug use and crime, report Linda J. Graham, Callula Killingly, Kristin R. Laurens and Naomi Sweller. Increasing numbers of students are being excluded from Australian schools. This is done both temporarily,...
Australian students say they understand global issues, but few are learning another language compared to the OECD average, writes Sarah Richardson, Australian Council for Educational Research More Australian 15 year olds feel they are familiar with global issues such as climate change, migration, causes of poverty...
European countries have been asked to focus on “ensuring the right of children to be involved in all decisions that affect them”, in a newly released report ahead of the school year in Europe, reports Noam Peleg The report — from the “High-level meeting on schooling...
What potential might there be for creative reciprocity between artists and young children? Can we create space for intellectually rich, thoughtful, deep and complex early childhood visual arts pedagogy for the very youngest children in Early Childhood Education and Care settings and museum and...
The early NAPLAN results for 2021 released this week suggest the average impact of COVID school closures on literacy and numeracy in 2020 has been relatively small, report Julie Sonnemann and Jordana Hunter This was the first NAPLAN test since students moved to remote learning, and...
Last week the New South Wales government announced schools are scheduled to re-open in October 2021. While face-to-face learning undoubtedly has benefits for both children and parents, the announcement left unanswered a series of important questions about how this can be done safely. By the time...
