Literacy

What to consider when your teen asks for a non-alcoholic beer or wine, self-care tips for parents from mental health experts and how to help young people with dyslexia.

Handwriting is not just about forming letters, write Lucinda McKnight and Maria Nicholas. It also develops fine motor skills, helps with memory and even wellbeing – so AI has not made it redundant.

Boys lag behind girls when it comes to reading, writes Margaret K. Merga. She suggests ways we can make reading fun for boys – not just for school but life.

If you think nursery rhymes are old fashioned, think again, writes Diane Bourke. She explains how they can help launch a child's development.

We're asking parents and grandparents to encourage their young poets to enter our Student Poetry Competition. Diane Bourke suggests ideas and simple activities to help young people enjoy poetry.

Celebrating the finalists in this year's Children's Book of the Year, disturbing research on girls in school uniform being harassed on the street, and a moving reflection on why the small moments of parenting matter.

Do you have budding young poets in the family? Find out how they can take part in ISV's popular Student Poetry Competition

A new program to retrain the brains of teenagers who are problem gamers, how Dolly Parton is fostering a love of reading in Australian kids, and ways to avoid after-school silence.

Growing concern over school refusal, the powerful impact of dads doing story time, and how you can make sure sibling rivalry doesn't become harmful.