Bullying

What can you do if your child is being bullied?
It’s confronting to learn your child is being bullied. It's crucial you work with their school when you do, say experts Deborah Green and Barbara Spears.

Understanding bullying: How to support your child
Bullying, whether in school, online, or among friends, can deeply affect your child's well-being. Here, Dr Deborah Trengove explores the types of bullying your child might encounter, and equips you with practical strategies to identify and address them.

There’s a Bully in My Brain: A book review
Sometimes, our inner voice can become too negative. Natalie Moutafis has found a new picture book that seeks to quiet that self-doubt and encourage more positive thinking.

Is your child being bullied? How parents can help
Bullying is not normal behaviour at school and can have long-lasting effects, writes Mandie Shean. She gives strategies for parents to support a child who is a victim of bullying.

Top 10 child health problems: What Australian parents think
A recent RCH National Child Health Poll found that excessive screen time was the number one child health concern, with 57 per cent of Australian parents rating it as a big problem.

Best of the Web: Three ways families can restore their digital health, and more
A new study confirms our overuse of screens, the impact of ultra-thin dolls on kids' body image, and using business skills to improve your parenting time.

Best of the Web: 10 tiny mindfulness habits to try with your family, and more
Find family peace with bite-sized mindfulness ideas, beating the bullies and changing lives, and what's the right age for kids to be home alone.

Best of the Web: How to raise kids who can overcome anxiety, and more
Watch a TED Talk on encouraging kids with anxiety to take risks and engage, Australia's anti-bullying day, and getting kids to ask more questions.

‘Thank you for saving my life’: Empowering kids to stymie harm
An online platform where students can anonymously report harmful behaviour is having a profound impact, writes Peter Hanlon. He speaks to Stymie founder Rachel Downie.