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 proposed national curriculum has downgraded it even further, reports Emily Ross and Margaret Marshman. Financial literacy means having an understanding of financial concepts and risks, and the skills, motivation and confidence to make effective decisions across a range of financial contexts. In Australia, many young people...
Dr Ginni Mansberg and Jo Lamble look at strategies for friendships and bad influences Your teen’s friends Now your child is a teen, it’s natural that you have less input into their friendships. They won’t necessarily be friends with the children of your own friends, as so...
...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...
To understand racism, kids must empathise with its impact — and teachers must embrace discomfort writes Niranjan Casinader. For people who experience racism, the pain sometimes comes as much from words as it does from actions. Indigenous people like Adam Goodes and Latrell Mitchell have spoken...
Some wonderful books have been released recently for parents, step-parents and carers on how to support and help their kids develop into happy and healthy adults. These books cover many of the topics you might need to be confident supporting today's 'Generation Alpha' to flourish. The...
Are there any particular characteristics that contribute to teenagers trolling? How often do they troll, and how often are they trolled? Asks Lead researcher, Dr Jessica Marrington These are just some of the questions researchers are seeking answers to as part of a research project investigating...
ADHD affects girls too, and it can present differently to the way it does in boys, reports Rachael Murrihy Two female Australian comedians recently revealed they’ve been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). In an interview before her shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Fiona...
Sue Thomson reports that almost one in four (23%) Australian year 8 students were being taught maths in 2018 by teachers whose major qualification was in a field other than maths, hitting disadvantaged schools even harder. Internationally, on average, just one in ten year 8 equivalent...
Jane Elder no longer wonders whether her son is ‘gifted’ – she is just relieved that he has found his own niche. For two years, I stood by helplessly watching a vital and clever little boy transform into a bored and lonely, apathetic child who was...
