Wellbeing
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.
In Case You Missed It: Some of Our Best from 2017
It was a big year on The Parents Website. Here's a selection of the best and most popular articles.
‘We finish with maturity and pride’
Forget 'muck up' day stories. At Christian College Geelong, Year 12 students are encouraged to 'finish with dignity'.
New Friends, Forever Memories
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School sent a group of Year 10 students on the school’s first international service learning trip to Cambodia, working alongside local charitable organisations. Here are their reflections.
Best of the Web: Teaching Kids Dollar Smarts, Why It’s Okay to Fail, Focus on Wellbeing and Dirt is Good
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
Advice for parents to discuss and identify eating disorders
Controversial Netflix drama To the Bone has brought eating disorders into the spotlight, but a Deakin University clinical psychologist recommends parents should take the lead on these issues.
Best of the Web: the benefits of saying no, and more
Why parents should say 'no', how social media harms mental health, and encouraging kids to play junior sport.
Game over: young lives ruined by online gaming
Desperate families are struggling to cope with the emerging problem of online gaming, says child psychiatrist Philip Tam.
Conquering the fear of failure
Parents have a vital role in encouraging their children to have a go and not to be afraid of failure, says Dr Heather Schnagl, Principal of Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School.