Sextortion scammers are using frighteningly simple tricks to target Australian children. The tech giants have “blood on their hands”, the family of one victim claims.
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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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Sextortion scammers are using frighteningly simple tricks to target Australian children. The tech giants have “blood on their hands”, the family of one victim claims.
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Must grief for the climate diminish you, or can it do the opposite?
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A bereavement counsellor explains how to cope with the loss of a parent.
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The ways that Americans used to learn child-rearing are falling apart. The new ones aren’t filling the gaps left behind.
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It’s hard to describe the loneliness and isolation that accompanies grief or a critically sick child or any other life-changing event. It’s like living in this state of abject terror, and still having to make sure there’s enough milk in the fridge.
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A suicide attempt is traumatic for survivors and their loved ones. How can you support someone through this crisis? Experts explain.
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It’s like This Is Your Life for ordinary Australians. Journalists around the country are recording people’s stories before it’s too late.
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There are three things I know I didn’t tell Dad enough before I accepted that he wasn’t getting better: I love you. I’m proud of you. I’m always thinking about you.
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They may all be alike, but given the choice, wouldn't you rather live in a happy family?
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How cigarette smoke – something I’d always been repelled by – finally unlocked my headful of roiling emotions a month after my beloved father died
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Our digital memories are everywhere, thousands of photos and searches and messages from two decades. The struggle now is knowing what to keep.
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Each year, the same narrow narrative about ‘top students’ appears in the media after year 12 results. New research talks to students who are the first in their families to go to university
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When Manni Coe received a disconcerting text from his brother Reuben, who has Down’s syndrome, he decided to remove him from the care system. Now the two tell their story in a new book
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Claire is a 33-year-old mother of five with bowel cancer. Without a cure and the cancer spreading to other organs, she's now been given a life expectancy date. This is how she's preparing her family for her death.
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I was devastated when I was told that Sam had a rare genetic disorder, just a week after he was born. But I have learned to live in the moment and enjoy the time I have with him
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With her third child about to leave the nest, our writer asks why cohabiting with our adult offspring is so looked down upon by modern society
What's wrong with living with grown up children?
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After years of anguish, Eli Casavant had finally decided that being non-binary felt right. Now Eli needed their parents to understand that this wasn’t a phase, and the new name was a big part of that. If Scott and Susan could let go of “Deanna,” maybe they could learn to embrace who Eli truly was
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“When you’re on the water, you can forget about your problems," said William Dunn, who is taking a group out on Father’s Day.
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It’s only when the characters learn how to embrace all of their emotions that they can become their true, authentic selves.
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Brooke is autistic and so are their two primary-school-aged children. This is how Brooke has found autism has given them a parenting advantage.
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It’s important to help your son identify and accept his own feelings, and to make sure he gets time alone with you
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It is a special kind of pain to awaken every day to your bully. It's time for the parents to step up.
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From lightweight car seats to travel strollers and packing cubes, parents share advice on what to pack and what to leave at home.