Screen Time
The design tricks keeping your kids hooked on games and apps – and 3 things you can do about it
Game and app designers use all sorts of tricks to keep kids playing – and spending money – on their platforms, but parents can help them understand the risks, say researchers Chris Zomer and Sumudu Mallawaarachchi.
Researchers reviewed 100 studies about little kids and screens. Here are 4 ways to help your child use them well
How to help your kids get the most out of their screen time, by University of Wollongong researchers Dylan Cliff and Sumudu Mallawaarachchi
Avoiding ‘safetyism’ and allowing our kids to stretch and grow, from Maggie Dent
Here, Maggie Dent one of Australia's leading parenting educators, explores the modern tendency of overprotecting children, which can hinder their development and resilience
Best of the Web: Should you ban your child from social media, and more
Why banning your child from social media might not be the best approach, the finalists in this year's Children's Book of the Year awards, and the need for compassion when it comes to school refusal.
Children produce better pieces of writing by hand, but they need keyboard skills too
It is easy to assume students will be able to write easily and effectively using a keyboard. They are growing up surrounded by technology. But here, researchers explain that children write better by hand.
5 ways to get the most out of watching the bumper Bluey episode with your kids
With the extra-long episode of Bluey about to hit screens globally, Divna Haslam shares how to watch it guilt-free.
Our family is always glued to separate devices. How can we connect again?
Many families want to set ground rules to help them reduce their screen time – and have time to connect with each other, without devices. Elise Waghorn shares how to start.
Screen time doesn’t have to be sedentary: 3 ways it can get kids moving
We tend to think that when children are using screens, they are passive or still. Here, researchers explore how screens can help keep kids physically active.
2024 Webinars for parents and carers, from eSafety
Learn how to support your children to have safe online experiences in a free live webinar from the eSafety Commissioner.