Parenting

Yippee! A Safe Streaming Site For Kids Unlike Any Other

The popular faith-based US streaming platform launches in Australia as a “safer” alternative to YouTube and other streamers.

Generation Alpha and Physical Wellbeing

While we live in an increasingly digital world, it’s important for adults and kids to get outside, exercise, spend time off screens and get quality sleep.

6 Surprising Self-Care Strategies that Work

How do you show that you actually do care about yourself and your wellbeing? Here are 6 self-care strategies that actually work.

The Changing Role of Fathers

More mums are working full-time and expectations towards fathers have also changed, with many becoming more actively involved in childrearing.

Empowering Our Kids For Community

Empowerment is not about giving your kids permission to do whatever they please with no consideration for others in their community.

Child Protection Week: Teach Consent Early, Warn Child Psychologists

For Child Protection Week (September 5-11), Act for Kids reveals young children are vulnerable to abuse due to a lack of education.

Parenting an ADHD Child

It’s just plain hard for a child with ADHD symptoms to stop themselves doing what they want to do now, even if it’s not helpful.

Why I’m not Afraid to Take my Kids Out in Public

Here are some tips to make things go smoother, learned over many years of extensive shopping, with multiple children, in public places!

How to Build Your Family’s Resilience During the COVID Crisis

Do you need this resilience check list for your family? One psychotherapist says it’s very important to look to successes during tough times of lockdown.

Most Asked About Parenting Topics: “Queen of Common Sense” Maggie Dent

“COVID has taught us that some things are out of our control. We can’t change them,” says podcaster and author – Maggie Dent

What’s Your Parenting Style?

Studies suggest pretty clearly that there is a right way to parent – authoritatively with a big emphasis on autonomy support rather than control.

A Balanced Approach to Parenting in the 21st Century

Today’s mums and dads are parenting differently to how they were parented, departing from a ‘one size fits all’ approach.

Avoiding Burns in the Home: CPR Kids’ Advice for Winter Safety

How do you keep little ones warm overnight without the help of all of these more traditional methods? CPR Kids has some advice.

The Beauty of Family Traditions

Through tumultuous times, everyday rituals and regular family traditions serve as anchors and safe havens to be counted on.

7 Tips for Raising Girls

Dr Justin Coulson gives seven tips for raising happy, responsible and strong teenage girls

“They Just Love Listening to Your Voice” Says Children’s Author on Importance of Reading to Babies

Children’s author Shelly Unwin said reading to babies may not turn out to be a traditional story time experience but it’s useful and bonding.

A Father’s Letter To His Daughter (About Living In a World That Degrades Women)

Part of me wishes I didn’t have to write this letter. I wish we lived in a world where all men treated all women with dignity and respect, at all times.

Sleep Deprivation and Teens

When we systematically allow our teenagers to go to bed late we couldn’t design a worse system for learning and wellbeing.