Australia has its first assistant minister for autism and is crafting its first national autism strategy. How the rest of society steps up will be crucial.
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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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Australia has its first assistant minister for autism and is crafting its first national autism strategy. How the rest of society steps up will be crucial.
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As a result of long remote learning periods due to COVID, many families have found they prefer this method over traditional school.
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A new reality TV show wants to find Australia's "best parenting style". But does that exist?
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In ANU study parents report negative effect of Covid and prolonged lockdown has become ‘a lot worse’ than earlier in pandemic
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We have laudable goals on eradicating violence against women and children, but we are nowhere near achieving them. Here’s what needs to happen.
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Sydney parents are paying for their children to work out with a personal trainer as an antidote to being cooped up in their rooms looking at screens all day.
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New South Wales and Victoria are investing $250 and $337 million respectively for disadvantaged students who fell behind in 2020 to have extra tutors.
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COVID-19 has not only changed the way Victorians live, it has changed the way they are dying, with the number of families providing palliative care for loved ones at home soaring over the past six months.
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More than a quarter of school students in rural NSW do not have access to the internet at home, showing where kids live may determine educational outcomes.
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COVID-19 means Term 2 of school starts at home; these University of Melbourne experts explain how parents and carers can help, particularly Year 12 students.
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People of Asian appearance, including children, have been a target of racism from the early days of the pandemic, experts say. To change it, we need to start having a discussion about diversity and fairness with all of our children.
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Eight years after a group of parents began campaigning for a new high school in the city, Inner Sydney High School finally opened its doors.
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Since the second world war, every generation has worried that children are spoilt, cosseted, or being corrupted by new technologies. But, on many measures, today's children are doing just fine.
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It is recommended that young people spend no more than two hours a day sitting in front of a small screen. The PISA test shows students globally spend 3 hours online outside of school - an increase of one hour since 2012.
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Royal Darwin Hospital doctors are seeing a concerning number of quad bike injuries, sparking fresh calls to ban Australian kids 16 and younger from ATVs.
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Australian parents rely on a number of factors to choose a school for their child. These include school performance, location and social connections.
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Researchers call for better sex education after study finds two-thirds of school leavers don’t know they can access morning-after pill without a prescription
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Around 20,000 Australian children are being homeschooled. Some parents do so because their child has a disability. Others may disagree with traditional schooling methods or the social environment.
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One in five parents of children with ADHD have been urged by their school to seek a diagnosis or autism or anxiety to gain funding to support their child at school.
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Half of all state school teachers and employees in Victoria have experienced students in their school self-harming in the past year, a survey has found.
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The ethics of specifically targeting children with a collectibles promotional campaign are questionable.
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The best-selling author of the Tomorrow series is also a teacher and school principal. His new book The Art of Growing Up has many truths on raising children, but also many contradictions.
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Neither parents, nor kids, are convinced by schools' mantras that "you are not the sum of your ATAR", but we should try.
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Coming to live in Australia on your own and studying in an unfamiliar education system is extremely hard. There are ways to make it a bit easier.
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Australian children on the cusp of adolescence sit for around 11 hours sitting down a day, and sleep more than many of their overseas counterparts.