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

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

single parents went dramatically backwards during COVID

Already badly off, single parents went dramatically backwards during COVID, report Tom Crowley, Danielle Wood and Esther Suckling. These parents are raising our future adults. Single parents with dependent children — eight out of ten of them women — were far more likely than others to...

01 May, 2021

how a toxic and sexist workplace culture can affect your health

Depression, burnout, insomnia, headaches: Xi Wen (Carys) Chan and Paula Brough look at how a toxic and sexist workplace culture can affect your health As allegations of rape and sexual assault engulf Australian federal politics, several current and former female staffers and politicians have come forward...

30 April, 2021

why are bullied children reluctant to seek help from teachers?

In Australia approximately one student in five is bullied at school every few weeks or more often, writes Kenneth Rigby Many of these students suffer serious emotional and psychological harm, such as persistent anxiety, depression and suicidal thinking, and are unable to concentrate on their school...

26 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

Is our sex education system broken?

In the fields of gender, sexuality, and sexual health research, it’s a no-brainer that sex education should start early, and that sex should be discussed often – both in schools and at home. But instead, we talk about storks, cabbage patches, and the birds and...

24 March, 2021

Why one in ten young women struggle to afford pads and tampons

Imagine having your period and no money for pads or tampons. Would you still go to school? asks Sarah Duffy, Michelle O'Shea and Patrick van Esch The New South Wales Education Department said last week said it would trial a program to hand out free pads...

17 March, 2021

Blooming Early

Dr Kurt Gebauer writes about the increasing number of children coping with acne and earlier-onset puberty. 16 per cent of girls and six per cent of boys reach puberty at eight to nine years of age. Children will inevitably morph into teenagers, with all the attendant...

17 March, 2021

9 tips teachers (and parents) can use when talking about racism

Leticia Anderson, Kathomi Gatwiri, Lynette Riley and Marcelle Townsend-Cross look at ways teachers (and parents) can bring the topic of racism comfortably into the classroom. As Black Lives Matter protests rage across the world, many of us are motivated to learn more about racism and talk...

10 March, 2021