Development
Changing Children’s Minds and Brains, Part 3
In the final of a three-part series, Diane Bourke explains the Output Phase of the Feuerstein approach to helping children learn.
Making girls strong and free
Steve Biddulph, author of the best-selling Raising Boys, has taken up the fight for the mental health of girls.
Changing Children’s Minds and Brains, Part 2
In the second of a three-part series, Diane Bourke talks about task solving in the Feuerstein approach to helping children learn.
Fighting the ‘Don’t You Look Pretty’ Syndrome
The New Puberty, by Amanda Dunn, explores how children are going through puberty earlier than ever before. In this extract, she looks at how we unconsciously value girls by their appearance.
Changing Children’s Minds and Brains
In the first of a three-part series, Diane Bourke explains how you can help your child learn using the Feuerstein approach.
Best of the Web: Supporting Mums of Teenagers, Taking Away Toys and Tackling Misbehaving Parents
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
Best of the Web: Breaking Through With Autism, Outsourcing Parenting, and Tracking Students by Phone
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
Advice for parents to discuss and identify eating disorders
Controversial Netflix drama To the Bone has brought eating disorders into the spotlight, but a Deakin University clinical psychologist recommends parents should take the lead on these issues.
How 30 million words can fuel your child’s brain
The language environment of a young child can have a profound impact on development, writes Diane Bourke.