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29 April, 2020
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Managing your family’s cabin fever
Family members confined together in isolation can soon start to get on each other’s nerves, says Associate Professor Terry Bowles. However, research shows that the way families communicate can help.One of the obvious consequences of close isolation is that space becomes compressed – physically, psychologically...
26 April, 2020
For children in foster care, this pandemic could be extremely destabilising
As Australians grapple with the sudden and challenging changes that COVID-19 has brought to their daily lives, the impact of the virus is being felt in extreme ways by vulnerable children and families, reports Melissa Kaltner. New research led by Melissa and EY partner Mark...
21 April, 2020
How to keep kids learning at home during COVID-19
Access tips and resources from teacher educator and former classroom teacher and homeschooling mum, Dr Nikki Brunker. These tips will keep your kids engaged and learning while they are at home during the Coronavirus outbreak. ~See Dr Nikki Brunker talk about her Top tips for parents and...
20 April, 2020
Remote learning in early childhood: can it work?
One early childhood educator is pushing against remote teaching for our youngest children and this is why. With the current rapid evolution from classroom teaching to online and remote delivery, the early childhood sector is in a strange place. We’re an evolving industry that’s been pushing...
18 April, 2020
Working and parenting with kids indoors is going to be a challenge
Extended time together in the house can lead to bored children. Getting on each other’s nerves, escalating conflict, and serious challenges to our sanity! Professor Mark Dadds, director of the Sydney Child Behaviour Research Clinic, has some tips for staying sane and getting along during the...
15 April, 2020
A drawing a day…our top 10 drawing activity ideas for families
A drawing a day won’t keep COVID-19 away report, Lauren Gardiner and Debbie Isaac, but it is a great activity for families in isolation. It’s educational and fun and requires materials most families will already have on hand. Giving your children the opportunity and encouragement to...
15 April, 2020
What governments can do about the increase in family violence due to coronavirus
It’s been reported family violence notifications to police nearly tripled in some areas of China’s Hubei province (where SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 originated) during the lockdown in February. Melissa O'Donnell, Aron Shlonsky, Ben Mathews, Fiona Arney, Fiona Stanley, Leah Bromfield, Rhiannon Pilkington and Rhonda...
15 April, 2020
Parlour Games for Modern Families: Consequences
Consequences is a very old game, already well established in the 16th century. It continues to be handed down, generation after generation. Some things just never change: when boy meets girl, the world is bound to talk. A good one for teenagers, in our opinion. NUMBER...
13 April, 2020
Non-digital Games are IN for family fun!
Search out those old family games and enjoy the 'lockdown' at home. Remember that old adage about 'the family that plays together, stays together! There are some great books around about games that you can play with little or no equipment - stuff that you can...
12 April, 2020