In this series focusing on the wellbeing of pre-schoolers, school and tertiary students, The Age explores what children and young people need to thrive in a post-pandemic world.
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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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In this series focusing on the wellbeing of pre-schoolers, school and tertiary students, The Age explores what children and young people need to thrive in a post-pandemic world.
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Experts have seen a 'substantial' yet unexplained rise in new cases worldwide since the pandemic.
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Factors such as having supportive family and friends, safer communities, positive school environments and adequate resources, are often associated with more physical activity.
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Injuries, such as motor vehicle crash, youth violence, and suicide, are the leading cause of child and adolescent death. However, almost all of these injuries can be prevented through the widespread application of evidence-based practices and policies.
Public health experts, nurses, physicians, social workers, teachers, child care providers, and parents all play a vital role in pediatric injury prevention. Despite its impact, very little training on injury prevention science currently exists.
This course lays a broad foundation for pediatric injury prevention and will increase your understanding of this major public health issue through powerful, concise, up-to-date lectures, interviews, and demonstrations from a multidisciplinary panel of nationally-recognized injury prevention experts.
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By WA 7.30 presenter, Andrew O'Connor Dedicated fathers treasure the opportunity to dispense wisdom to their children, but let me tell you about the urban survival lesson my teenage son gave me in
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The scientist behind synthetic cannabis says the products absolutely should not be used as recreational drugs.
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Swallowing a tablespoon of the dry spice on a dare could lead to serious health problems, according to the latest report on the practice.
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AUSTRALIA'S emergency services are set to launch a long-awaited triple-0 smartphone application to respond more quickly to people in a crisis.
Perhaps an app you could suggest to your children who have smart phones as a safety measure?
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Higher education has become "college lite" for many students, stunting their intellectual growth
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Binge drinking traps brains in adolescence, Brisbane research shows...
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Tom Brady is the gifted quarterback of the New England Patriots, widely regarded (even by Jets’ fans) as one of the best ever at his position. But when he was a kid in the late 1980s and early '90s, his father Tom Sr.
PM - While it is about American football, the science behind the reasons why kids should not play tackle football sound correct.
Should tackle football have an age requirement?
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Learn about Cyber-safety and Cyber bullying. Read advice on internet safety and security and tips on how to stop spam.
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We launched Telstra Safe Social™ earlier this week. The best thing about the tool is that it can help make it easy for parents to start a conversation with their kids about who they are chatting with online and stay aware of potentially risky situations.
This step-by-step guide takes you through how to sign up and use Telstra Safe Social™ service.
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An inspiring story about bullying: a girl called Maisie, the taunts and her pigtail hairstyle...
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POLICE are investigating a new Facebook page inviting teens to fight each other in a Ringwood backyard.
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A NEW book about child sexuality debunks myths about the prevalence of "sexting" among young people and provides parents with a practical guide on the sexual development of children from birth to 17 years of age.
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CHILDREN as young as 10 are experimenting with sending sex texts and should be educated about its dangers, a leading charity has warned.
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Police have warned parents that children as young as 12 are sending sexually explicit messages and photographs through social media and mobile phones.
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Teens who send and receive sexually explicit texts or photos, colloquially known as "sexting," are likely engaging in the same kinds of risky sexual behaviors offline, finds a new survey of Los Angeles high school students.
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TEENAGERS whose parents buy them alcohol to drink at supervised parties are four times more likely to develop "risky" drinking habits, research shows.
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On Friday morning, my sports-addled son was reading the newspaper. As I was hustling him, his friend and his sister out the door to camp, he asked, What happened with Lance Armstrong? Deep breath.
One of the most popular topics on cheating, morals, and integrity.
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AN Armadale man has been arrested for online child exploitation offences after he chatted online with a police officer posing as a child.
"With younger children having access to the internet and mobile phones, parents should make no mistake that convicted sex offenders are now also using this technology to access homes and groom young children for sex," he said.
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GOD bless America, where children as young as nine hang themselves in wardrobes and the heads of school boards put their hands on their hearts and declare ''our district does not have a problem with bullying''; where the Christian folk of Tuttle, Oklahoma - not just the children, but the teachers and parents - can all agree that a 16-year-old girl who comes out as a lesbian should be ostracised; or Yazoo County, Mississippi, where a 14-year-old black girl feels so threatened by her classmates that she takes her mother's gun on the school bus.
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DIVORCING couples face many hurdles beyond just the breakdown of a relationship, some unfair, says Ali Carle.
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Keep these guidelines in mind when deciding whether your child is ready for their own phone.