Parenting

Help your kids write a speech – but don’t do it for them

When it comes to speech writing, it's important to remember there are two parts - the writing and the delivery. Joanne O'Mara shares her tips on how parents can help.

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Best of the Web: When parents don’t enjoy playing, and more

What to do when you don't like imaginary play, the children's authors who don't like kids, and different rules for different children.

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My Tiny Humans: I banned TV

With signs that TV watching was affecting a Tiny Human, the plug was pulled on weekday television. Natalie Moutafis explains what happened next in this brave parenting experiment.

Opinion

How to encourage kids to eat breakfast before school

Yes, eating breakfast really is important. So how can parents help kids to eat this meal? Evangeline Mantzioris shares her advice to get kids to school with a full stomach.

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Best of the Web: Making our neighbourhoods kid-friendly, and more

How we can make our neighbourhoods kid-friendly once again, talking to teenagers about money, and should you post your kids' lives online?

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Best of the Web: How to overcome your maths anxiety to help your kids, and more

Why a fear of maths could really be maths anxiety, ferrying kids around in the car can be a time to connect, and how children are making us more eco-conscious.

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6 ways to help your primary kid learn to write

How can parents help their kids learn to write at home? It's as easy as shopping lists or jokes on the fridge, write Anabela Malpique, Deborah Pino Pasternak, Debora Valcan and Susan Ledger.

Features

Why ‘screen time’ is an outdated concept

'Screen time' is an outdated concept, so let's ditch it and focus on quality instead, writes Kate Highfield.

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Best of the Web: How a beehive helped a teen with dyslexia, and more

How bees gave a teen with dyslexia a different way to learn, saying the wrong things to parents of kids with disabilities, and parenting kids when you have money.

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