Pornography-Proofing Your Kids
Explicit Content Harms Children In today’s digital landscape, explicit content is pervasive, posing significant risks to our children. With nearly half of children aged 9…
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How Mindset Impacts Academic Achievement
Carol Dweck’s “Mindset” work is well known across the education landscape. It is championed by everyone who wants to encourage “trying”, and is built on…
Classroom Hacks for Motivated Students
Motivating high school students is a challenge for many teachers. 208 high school students in 41 science classes over a 6-week period reported on their…
How To Solve “First Dibs”
Siblings fight. They want to go first. They want the bigger piece. They want to choose the music. They want… what they want! “Scissors, paper,…
Co-Ed or Same-Gender Education?
Choosing a school is a significant decision for many parents, particularly when weighing co-educational versus single-sex options. In Australia, while both models are available through…
Are Winners Grinners?
Exploring the role of winning in family board games reveals important lessons about competition and connection in parenting. Competition: Winning vs. Relationships I’m an outdoor,…
Helping Your Child Navigate Friendship Challenges
Being on the Outer Friendships during adolescence can be challenging, especially when your child feels left out within a social group. In this article, I…
Capping: How the Bad Guys Get to Your Kids Online
Online predators use increasingly deceptive tactics to reach children. One alarming trend is “capping,” a form of predation where kids are tricked into sharing explicit…
Balanced?
3 Ways to Boost Balance in 2024 A tightrope walker is rarely balanced on the tightrope. Instead, she spends her energy balancing. Finding balance is…
How to Be Less Tired: Re-Creating Your Energy
Parental Fatigue (The Tank is Empty!) Full lives lead to empty tanks. Most parents I speak to are running on empty, if not all day,…
School Lunchbox Tips For Parents
Trying to think of school lunches kids will eat is exhausting. It’s disappointing to find a child’s carefully packed lunchbox untouched. With the cost-of-living crunch,…
Is It Okay to Let Your Kid Have a Day Off from School?
A Slice of Advice on Kids Chucking a Sickie Every parent faces the question: is it okay to let my kid have a day off…
4 Simple Strategies to Reduce Morning Chaos and Start the Day Right
A Slice of Advice on Morning Chaos Want mornings where the energy is positive, productivity is high, and everyone works efficiently for a smooth, on-time…
Understanding Children’s Perceptions of Fairness
“It’s not fair!” Navigating a child’s sense of fairness can be a challenging aspect of parenting. Children have a keen awareness of what their peers…
Practical Tips for Relieving Family Life Stress
Family life comes with many pressures, and it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the all the demands. Taking the Pressure Off Getting things…
Daycare Dramas
Daycare is the “done thing” for about one million Australian families every year. Department of Education figures show close to 1.4 million children attend daycare…