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16 December, 2020
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New app to help Australian parents care for kids’ mental health
A new free app will help overcome the mental health challenges children can experience when their routine is broken or when staying away from their parents. While I’m Away – launched by infant and child mental health organisation Emerging Minds – will limit disruptions to children’s...
10 December, 2020
How to reduce the risk of Covid-19 at the beach or the pool
Australians are emerging from winter and, where possible, enjoying trips to beaches and public pools. Beach-side picnics, barbecues and get-togethers are back on the cards for many of us. While daily COVID-19 case numbers have been looking promising in most places lately, we're still very much...
18 November, 2020
Parenting For Change
Robin Grille explains the link between childrearing practices and social justice. Some of the most remarkable social changes – such as universal suffrage, human rights declarations, fairer labour laws and environmental protection – were brought about by major developments in childrearing attitudes. Parenting and education can change...
18 November, 2020
4 ways to teach you’re (sic) kids about grammar so they actually care
Brett Healey looks at The Very Hungry Caterpillar to show how we can shape grammar to make it more meaningful. First, a grammar quiz. Which of these sentences do you think begins the Eric Carle classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar? a) A little egg lay...
16 November, 2020
How was it? what parents told us about remote learning
'The workload was intense' Tracey Muir, Carol Murphy, David Hicks, and Kim Beasy surveyed parents and carers to see how they really felt about remote schooling. It wasn't all positive. Parents and carers were responsible for overseeing their children’s learning during the first wave of COVID restrictions...
14 November, 2020
The magic of the kindergarten years
by Andrea McArthur “Is it Kindy Day today, I want to go!” This is what I have heard every day this year after my four-year-old started kindergarten in 2020. Enrolling Taylor into Alderley Kindergarten has been one of my best parenting decisions to date. This year...
11 November, 2020
Rather than recalling unsafe products, why not ensure they’re safe in the first place?
As we approach the gift-giving season Professor Luke Nottage warns that it's time to put safety first, as recalls of children’s products have increased 88% from 2011 to 2017. The death of Brittney Conway, the three-year-old Gold Coast girl killed by swallowing a button battery, has...
11 November, 2020
Transition from primary to high school – parents can be the key to this life challenge
Clinical Psychologist, Prof Amanda Gordon, looks how parents can support this milestone School is the most important social network for children there is. As children move from infants to primary to high school, the importance of their friendships increases, almost proportionally to their independence. Children need...
04 November, 2020
What’s the game-plan when your child’s friends are twins or triplets?
As mother to four-year-old twins Annika and Isabelle, and a 12-month-old boy, Frances Waterford was the President of the Eastern Suburbs Multiple Birth Association in Sydney. We asked her for pointers on how those of us with one-at-a-time kids can best include families with multiples. Every...
04 November, 2020