
Best of the Web: Setting your Teen Free, and more…
Give your teenager more control, let kids fail often, get adults out of kids' sport, and more...

Logging on to Relaxation
Gamifying wellbeing is part of a new program that's helping students to de-stress and maintain focus, writes Professor Dianne Vella-Brodrick, University of Melbourne.

Why we’re thinking about the write stuff
Michael Broadstock is using the Feuerstein approach to thinking and learning with his children. A model airplane building session with his son was an opportunity to explore how things might seem the same but are different - including words.

Students go green by lobbying principal to ban plastic straws
Plastic straws are now banned at the Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School canteen, thanks to the efforts of a group of primary students. Find out more in the latest of our Community Connections posts.

Best of the Web: Dads Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes, Hard Work doesn’t Always Pay Off, and Navigating Parent-Teacher Interviews, and more
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.

Michael Grose: Strategies to Help your Anxious Child
Leading parenting expert Michael Grose has just published a new book on coping with childhood anxiety. Here he offers advice on helping your child manage anxiety.

Testing Times: Are we Making Kids Afraid of Exams?
We may be teaching children to be afraid of exams, rather than encouraging them to see exams as a positive challenge, writes Mandie Shean.

School bags full of hope
Students from Al Siraat College are helping poor and disadvantaged children overseas. Read about their work in the latest of our Community Connections posts.

Tracky Dack Day: a Fashion Statement to Support Sick Kids
Students can turn a casual clothes day into Tracky Dack Day, and make a real difference to the lives of sick kids and their families.