Lily Pavlovic introduces a new local kids’ program called Hardball, which premiered on the ABC Me App on 1 April. A recent study by Viacom of 8,000 dads across 22 countries found today’s fathers are more emotionally attached, embracing greater responsibility and investing in children’s learning...
Victorian barrister Celia Conlan, advocates for separated parents to take a conciliatory approach when dealing with arrangements relating to their children. In our society, in which almost everything has a price, most of us cling tightly to our investments. Some parents even view their children as...
Anju Regis discusses with Renee Fedele, a Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) Mediator & Child Consultant, what she observes when parents are entrenched in the battlefield that a separation/divorce can be. When you see families in mediation, and children in child consultations, what are the common...
Dr Melissa Kang contemplates how sex education is treated in Australian classrooms, homes, media and peer groups. Background History The scientific study of human sexuality in Western societies began just over 100 years ago. Prior to then, societies allowed the church to dictate the purpose, meaning and...
A teenager’s plea for help takes Rebecca Chaney back to a place she rarely visits – her childhood. There was a knock at my front door the other night. It was late, and I was upstairs checking on our sleeping children before calling it a day....
Gemma Rolleman faces up to the fact she no longer has all the answers to her kids’ questions. It’s a sad day when your eight-year-old son turns to you for help with maths homework that might as well have been written in ancient Greek. For no...
The Australian Government's Office of the eSafety Commissioner provides Rosie's top tips for parents. Finding out your child is being cyberbullied must be heartbreaking. As a parent, I imagine all you’d want to do is take some kind of action to stop it—and stop them from...
Most people who use social media have different levels of comfort about sharing photos of their kids....
With both her kids now at school, Jean Flynn contemplates a ‘career change’. I’m looking for a job. I already have one, but I’m interested in doing something a bit different – branching out. I’ve been in my current position for nearly eight years. It’s full-time...
The struggle most parents face lies in accepting their children for who they are, and this is often amplified if their child is seen as ‘different’ in some way. The rewards of acceptance however, may be greater than you could imagine. It was only much later...
