How To…Handle Adolescents’ Mood Swings And Sibling Fighting

Adolescent years can be a turbulent time for children and parents, as teenagers lack the skills and maturity to handle emotional stressors....

18 May, 2021

Mum-flu is the very opposite of man-flu!

Research reveals mums almost never prioritise themselves when sick. The latest research suggests that mums too often leave themselves last on the priorities list, with almost half (44%) of mums saying they rarely or never visit the doctor when they start feeling sick. When they do become...

14 May, 2021

Pets and Australians

Australians like their pets, and for most of us by far, the dog remains our best friend, write Associate Professor Luke Smillie and Dr Ferdi Botha For the first time, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey that covers 17,000 Australians annually, has...

12 May, 2021

Fatigue in Children

We explore the issue of fatigue in children and the importance of creating a good sleep routine....

22 April, 2021

Getting Kids Back into Street Play

Remember when kids played in the street? It’s time to do that again. Aussie families are stepping out onto the playground right outside their front door - the road....

08 April, 2021

Understanding the Autism Spectrum

There are about 230,000 children in Australia with an ASD, or about one in 100 children, yet it remains one of our least-understood conditions. ...

01 April, 2021

FREE KIT ????: Scientists Call on Kids to  Get Messy to Help Discover Backyard Bacteria

Soils for Science seeks to enlist Queenslanders to collect 100,000 soil samples from across the state, and from today (23 March 2021), Queenslanders can order free soil sampling kits with pre-paid return postage from the Soils for Science website. To support children to get involved in the Australia...

25 March, 2021

Should I get a COVID vaccine while I’m pregnant or breastfeeding?

Is it safe for me and my baby? Nina Jane Chad and Karleen Gribble look at the issues. Australia’s front-line health workers, quarantine staff, border control officers, and workers and residents in aged-care homes have been offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Some of these workers will be women...

14 March, 2021

Strength training is as important as cardio – and you can do it from home!

We often get bombarded with the message “regular physical activity is the key to good health and well-being”, write Jason Bennie, Jane Shakespear-Druery and Katrien De Cocker. And the good news is strength training can be done by anyone, anywhere — and you don’t need...

09 March, 2021

Two Minute Mantras: How to Empower Yourself With Words

That voice in our heads can get pretty nasty, can’t it? It just loves to tell us what we’re doing wrong, what we aren’t capable of, how terrible we look. Today we talked to trainer and author Lizzie Williamson about how to silence the negative...

24 February, 2021