These are tricky times for everyone when this happens, writes Gail Smith It's natural to get caught up with your own emotional roller coaster and reflecting on your child's emotional state can be secondary. Often, a child will go quiet when separation occurs. In their minds,...
Ashneeta Prasad and Holly Seale look at ways you might broach the question of vaccination status with workmates, school parents and other families you mix with, without causing any angst. Over the next couple of months, there will be a need to navigate conversations and questions...
Every childhood experience has an impact on the body and mind and some are more lasting and meaningful than others, advises Gail Smith. Sometimes due to circumstances that may be out of your control as parents, your child may experience severe trauma. This could be because...
After the recent headlines featuring Facebook and its associated social media companies, a new poll finds Australian teens want to more easily delete online profiles and are uncomfortable with targeted advertising. The polling, by Reset Australia, reveals for the first time what kind of data protection...
NSW inquiry rejects expert advice on Parental Rights Bill, and it will cause students to suffer, write Emma F. Jackson, Jonathan David, Melissa Norberg and Veronica Sheanoda. A newly released report by a NSW parliamentary inquiry ignores scientific research in supporting changes to the Education Act....
Parents, take the school holidays pressure off yourself! writes Monica Thielking. If you’re a parent feeling a modicum of dread about the upcoming school holidays, you’re not alone. Many parents will be working from home over the school holidays and wondering, “how am I going to...
Advice for adults and kids, from ethicist, Hugh Breakey COVID lockdown rules have thrust “dobbing” into the spotlight, with some asking whether Australia is a nation of dobbers. But when is dobbing ethical and when is it wrong? This is a tricky question for adults and kids...
With almost 60% of Australians again in lockdown the pressure on Australian families is building more than at any other time since the start of the COVID pandemic according to the latest statistics from The Separation Guide’s online Q and A. Figures released by The Separation...
Men’s feelings about fatherhood found new expression in a study into contemporary Australian parenting, write Marie Ann Nelson, Claire Halle and Kathy Hennessy. “Don’t think you can cope … you can’t. Don’t think you can keep your old life … you won’t. Hope that when he...
Raising a family is one of the most important jobs you’ll ever have, but the sudden loss of a partner due to their line of work flips your world entirely –this was the reality for Queensland Mum, Beckie MacKinney-Clohesy on the 24th of August 2010. Beckie’s...
