New UniSQ study first to explore Australian adolescents’ trolling experiences If you’ve ever thought that young online trolls are nothing more than pot-stirrers or mischief-makers who get a kick out of riling people up, you might be onto something. Trolling is an online antisocial behaviour that is...
The City of Sydney is inviting children aged 3 to 12 to participate in the Little Sydney Lives photography competition by submitting their creative snaps taken in Sydney over the past year. The photo can be of people or a landscape. Lacey Griffiths: Sparkly Spikes. City of...
Rose O'Rielly spends time with her grandchildren during the holidays and everyone learns a thing or two! During the summer holidays, Dan taught our grandchildren how to play darts. He showed them games he’d learned at bush pubs as a young man, such as Rings and...
Avoiding excess can sow the seeds for a successful birthday party, writes Martha Miller. Giving your child a memorable birthday party is one of the many pleasures of being a parent. But it’s easy to get carried away in the party-supplies aisle where everything seems inexpensive...
The best venue for your child’s party might be at the end of your street, writes Claire Yezbak Fadden. Is your home too small to accommodate 10 seven year olds running around? Or are you the kind of mum who wants to be more hands-on with...
Dig It calls on the kids of Australia to “name the nine” In a move that will thrill kids across the country, Kate Keegan & Sam Maccoll from DIG IT is officially inviting kids to NAME THE NINE excavators, with the creators of the chosen names...
Don’t forget the power of play – write David Trembath and Andrew Whitehouse. Navigating a maze of therapies and supports can be difficult for parents of autistic children. Often, children have multiple learning needs, and attempting to address them one by one can take more hours than there...
Grit or quit? asks Sarah Jefferson Grit. Don't quit. That's the mantra many parents may have in mind when they, like me, spend what feels like years ferrying children to a seemingly endless variety of sports and activities. From enduring sheets of almost vertical icy rain...
Cassy Dittman asks how should parents respond? The new year often means a new season of kids’ sports. Many families may be pondering whether to commit to another season or discovering their child is now saying they’d like to quit their usual sport. My husband and I...
Lucinda Bertram reminds us of the joys of child’s play. If my lounge room is looking neat and no form of craft is filling up the dining-room table, then you can pretty much guarantee we’ve been on holiday or the TV has been on for too...
