Virtual Vacations: Our guide to taking an overseas family holiday at home
We're back home again for the school holidays. But don't let that cramp your family travel plans – you can bring the world to your lounge room with a virtual vacation. We've provided ideas to help get you to the departure gate.
Andrew Fuller: How to survive and thrive in tests and exams
Leading clinical psychologist Andrew Fuller provides strategies for students to cope with exam anxiety and perform at their best, in one of his most popular articles on The Parents Website.
Our super list of great ideas for kids at home
Play the new Science Island game, learn how to juggle, plus fun activities from The Gruffalo books – all new on our updated list of ideas for kids of all ages, curated from around the world.
‘This totally sucks!’ Teens, COVID and the Lockdown Lifestyle – tips from Andrew Fuller
Our teenagers have been doing it hard in the pandemic. Leading adolescent psychologist Andrew Fuller offers them some advice and tips on how to get through it.
5 micro-habits to be a better parent, from Michael Grose
When it comes to parenting, it's the little things that count, writes leading parenting educator Michael Grose.
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Best of the Web: 6 ways to help with parental burnout, and more
Strategies for parents to cope with burnout, the benefits of connecting emotionally with your kids, and why video games should be used in the classroom.
Kids and exercise: Why we’ll need to make sure they’re on track
With increased screen time and a decline in physical activity among children during lockdowns, we'll need to monitor what happens next, write Tim Olds, Carol Maher and Verity Booth.
Best of the Web: Why kids behave worse for you than their teacher, and more
Five ideas to help you and your kids with lockdown life and remote learning, little voices delivering big hope, and Round the Twist set for the stage.
The Invisible Life of Us: Parenting kids with additional needs
We speak to 'Too Peas in a Podcast' creators Kate Jones and Mandy Hose about their first book on parenting kids with additional needs. They share some insights and tips on neurodiverse families, in this Q&A with Natalie Moutafis.
Student Poetry Competition 2021: And the winners are…
Deputy Premier and Minister for Education James Merlino congratulates the winners of ISV's Student Poetry Competition.
Celebrating the Joy of our young poets
Our judges were moved by the poetry of the primary-aged students who embraced our optional theme of Joy. They found a 'true shared humanity' in the things that brought our children joy.
Watch Dr Jared Cooney Horvath’s webinar: A tour through the teenage brain
Natalie Moutafis
In our latest The Parents Website Webinar Series, renowned educational neuroscientist and Harvard graduate Dr Jared Cooney Horvath took us on a tour of the teenage brain and gave us tips on how to support our teens. Here, you can watch the full webinar.