Parenting
Best of the Web: Why Children aren’t Behaving, John Marsden in Conversation, and Helicopter Parenting
Instilling a sense of self-discipline in children, John Marsden's story, and the damage caused by helicopter parents.
Working mums tell their stories
A new book brings together 27 powerful stories by working mums on the daily challenges of combining children, work and life. We speak with the authors and two of the mums, Danielle Ross Walls and Louise Correcha.
Best of the Web: Developing Empathy, How to Raise a Human without Parenting Books, and Helping Kids Deal with Rejection
Raising kids who care, parenting by instinct not books, ideas to help your child when they have been rejected.
Best of the Web: Tips for Reading to Kids, Why You Should be a Lazy Parent, and the Sadness of the Empty Nest
Five tips to make the most of reading to children, why you should become an 'intentionally lazy' parent, and the the grief and freedom of empty nesters.
Best of the Web: The Importance of Play, Advice if your Child is a Quitter, Tech Means Trouble Holding Pencils, and Stop Nagging Kids not to Forget
Play helps children make sense of the world, strategies when your child is a quitter, and kids struggling to hold pencils because of tech.
Best of the Web: Help Your Child Deal with Social Exclusion, Support Teens to Make Better Decisions, and Good Parenting Produces Olympians
How to help your child when they are excluded by friends, why teens make bad decisions, and who needs times tables.
The Gift of Experience
Give a gift to children this Christmas that is all about an experience, writes Diane Bourke.
Best of the Web: What Kids Think of Parents Drinking, Bonding Through Baking, and What Age for Smartphones
The impact of parents drinking, bonding in the kitchen, and what's the right age for a smartphone.
The power of curiosity
Diane Bourke explains how fostering curiosity in children will create a love of learning.