Time-poor parents, or parents who are at a loss as to how to teach their children about cyber safety or sex education or other life lessons, often wish that schools could take on these tasks. But we also expect schools to provide our children with...
The term 'sporting parent' has had a negative connotation for too long. It paints the picture of enraged parents turning up for battle at their child's weekend sporting fixture, writes author Nathan Parnham. What's wrong with wanting the best for your child if you go...
We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it’s hard to know if these beliefs are helpful or harmful, report Philip D. Parker, Jake Anders, Rhiannon Parker and Taren Sanders. Overly optimistic parents...
...let’s work with schools to allow them to teach the curriculum, while we do as much as we can at home to prepare them for adulthood. Write Dr Ginni Mansberg and Jo Lamble Working with teachers Kids have always complained about some teachers and it can be...
Not sure how to broach the sometimes tricky post-game conversation? We get a sport-parenting expert to share some of his top tricks. ...
A Coalition party room meeting recently debated the A$1.7 billion childcare package announced in the budget, which would increase subsidies for families with more than one child in care and remove a cap on subsidies for higher-income families. Reports Laurien Beane Some MPs reportedly argued childcare...
Leah Ruppanner and Andrea Carson say Politicians criticising women for ‘outsourcing’ parenting need a reality check. Here it is. During a heated exchange in a Coalition party room meeting about childcare subsidies, a male MP stated working women are “outsourcing parenting”. The notion that working mothers are...
Now that we are getting deeper into the football season have you noticed how many players are taken off the field for an HIA? Head Injury Assessment? In the professional arena, a doctor comes onto the field to make the assessment and the player is taken...
Relationships can be hard work – psychologist Rachel Voysey looks at ways to fall towards each other, not apart. “Over 70 percent of Australian couples report a significant decrease in relationship satisfaction upon the arrival of baby number one.” 1.COMMUNICATION Communication is one of the biggest things that...
American rapper Kanye West has been making headlines recently as he mounts a campaign to be elected president of the United States, writes Ian Hickie We’ve seen a series of chaotic and emotional public outbursts, including during his first presidential campaign appearance, as well as a...
