When Trust Breaks: Talking to Kids After a Teacher is Charged
When I was a boy – around 12 – my dad asked me a question. He was really weird about it. Jumpy. Antsy. Uncomfortable. “Justin”,…
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When Hatred Comes to Our Door
This morning, Jewish children across Australia are asking impossible questions after one of the worst nights in our recent history. A mother wrote to me…
A Safer Digital Future: What Parents Need to Know About Australia’s New Social Media Age Laws
From December 10 this year, Australia will lead the world in a major change to online safety.New legislation will restrict children under the age of…
The Exam Pressure Trap: How to Help Your Teen Without Adding to Their Stress
Every spring, the same scene plays out across the country: Year 12 students hunched over textbooks, exhausted and anxious, while parents hover anxiously nearby trying…
Time Is Love: Why Being Present Matters More Than Ever
In the whirlwind of school runs, work meetings, laundry piles, and life’s endless to-do lists, it’s easy for family time to fall to the bottom…
Parenting Through Tragedy: Discussing Political Violence with Our Children
The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University has captured the world’s attention, including many of our tweens and teens. As parents, many of…
META-AI is Designed to Prey on Your Kids for Profit
(And why we can’t afford to wait for them to fix it) Last week, Reuters rang alarm bells for parents in a major news story.…
Is FAFO the End of Gentle Parenting or Just the Start of Bigger Problems?
If you’ve spent time on TikTok or read the Wall Street Journal lately, you might have come across a new parenting buzzword: FAFO parenting. It…
If you only teach your son one thing, let it be this.
Consent was the topic for one of the segments on Season Three of Parental Guidance, the hit TV show on Channel 9 that puts Australia’s…
When Your Child Is Bullied: A Calm, Practical Guide for Parents
There are few things more confronting than seeing your child suffer—and bullying brings a kind of suffering that cuts deep. As a dad to six…
Helping Our Kids Build a Healthy Body Image
Body image is a growing concern for many children—girls and boys alike—and it’s showing up earlier than ever. Research shows that a third of five-year-old…
Unhurrying Childhood: Why Slowing Down is the Best Thing For Our Kids
During COVID lockdowns, despite how hard it was, many of us quietly promised ourselves, “We’re never going back to the rat race”? For many of us,…
The Liking Gap: Helping Kids Feel More Confident in Friendships
When I wrote my book about teen girls, “Miss-Connection: Why Your Daughter “Hates You”, Expects the World, and Needs to Talk”, I was astonished at…
When Online Harassment and Sexual Threats Enter Our Children’s Lives
In recent weeks my social media pages have been overflowing with stories about the alarming rise of sexual threats and harassment among school-aged children. The…
How to Keep Kids Safe: Body Safety Conversations Every Parent Must Have
In the past two days, terrifying revelations have appeared in our news feeds: A Melbourne childcare worker (26-year-old Joshua Brown) has been charged with 70…
Parenting Alone in a Marriage: How to Gently Reconnect and Rebuild
As an avid cyclist, I appreciate the lesser-known advantage of “drafting”. By riding behind another cyclist, I conserve a significant amount of energy – around…