Wellbeing

How to study and increase your marks, from Andrew Fuller

What's the best way to study effectively? Leading adolescent psychologist Andrew Fuller provides his study tips and advice, part of our Best of The Parents Website series.

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Best of the Web: Let’s value young children as contributing citizens, and more…

Rethinking how we regard young children, the joys of family life living on a bus, and an app that scans your Lego and suggests ideas to build.

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Top 10 child health problems: What Australian parents think

A recent RCH National Child Health Poll found that excessive screen time was the number one child health concern, with 57 per cent of Australian parents rating it as a big problem.

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Best of the Web: Vale Eric Carle, who gave us The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and more…

Watch Eric Carle read his much-loved children's book, how Pop It fidget toys are helping kids stay calm, and fewer kids attending kindergarten linked to falls in literacy and maths skills.

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The students playing COVID catch-up

With the recent return to remote learning, Peter Hanlon examines the developmental impact 2020 had on particular groups of students.

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How to help your tricky kid deal with peer pressure, from Andrew Fuller

If you missed Andrew Fuller's webinar on kids with tricky behaviours, here's an extract from his Tricky Behaviours book on helping kids navigate the tricky world of peer pressure.

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Best of the Web: Watch the ‘Reverse Selfie’ video addressing the pressure on teens for the perfect image, and more…

The video shining a light on the unhealthy pursuit by teens of the perfect image, when a child becomes the family scapegoat, and outcry over Instagram for Kids.

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Girls at 10 are the new teens: our interview with Ten-ager author Madonna King

In her new book, Madonna King finds the transition from childhood by girls is happening earlier than ever before. She tells Shane Green what parents need to know.

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Ready, set, go: Ways to set your child up for an active lifestyle

Parents have a critical role to play in encouraging healthy habits for kids that will last a lifetime, writes Kim Bate. She gives her tips for parents on supporting an active lifestyle.

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