Parenting
Top Tips for Learner Drivers and their Parents
Teaching your teenager to drive can be a nerve-wracking experience for all involved. We asked the experts at the RACV for their best advice. By Mark O'Brien.
How Parent Shaming Undermines Us
The recent trend of criticising helicopter parents is the latest in a long history of undermining parents, writes Frank Furedi.
My Tiny Human: Mum’s Guilt
With an almost two-year-old and a return to part-time work, Natalie Moutafis is getting acquainted with mother's guilt. Read her first My Tiny Human blog for The Parents' Website.
How to Raise a Thriving Child
Parents want the best for their children, but are we over-managing their lives? A new book just published in Australia argues that we need to give kids a sense of control. Read this extract from The Thriving Child.
Best of the Web: Male Bias in Picture Books, Teens Turning Off Social Media, and the Dangers of Outcome Love
Why male characters fill kids' picture books, the teens saying 'no' to social media, and why grades shouldn't be linked to rewards.
Best of the Web: Raising Happy Kids in the Digital Age, Why Kids should Talk Back, and Parenting with MND
Why getting kids outside matters more than ever, encouraging conversations between adults and children, and parenting with MND.
Surviving Teenagers: A Parent’s Guide
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg's book Surviving Adolescents has just been updated, with adolescent health expert Elly Robinson. We speak to her about the challenges teenagers are facing, and what parents can do to help.
Best of the Web: the Perils of a Teenage Daughter, Put Down your Phone, the Value of Chatting to Kids, and Compassion Lessons from a Crazed Seagull
The rollercoaster ride of parenting a teenage daughter, why screen use affects parenting, and the importance of how you talk to your child.
Confident Girls: a How-to Guide
The teenage years often mean a loss in confidence for girls. A new book gives them the code for building confidence - and taking on the world, writes Shane Green.