Behaviour and Bullying

Easy Guide to Socialising Online

The Easy Guide to Socialising Online website has been developed in partnership with industry and young people to help parents, children and educators combat cyberbullying and inappropriate content online.  ...read more »

Cure the Bullies

Developed BY kids FOR kids, CureTheBullies is a fun, interactive awareness-raising campaign, which focuses on a new approach to the issue – by targeting the ‘bystander’ – kids who may witness bullying behaviour or even act as an accomplice to bullying behaviours, through their use of email, social networking or text messaging.

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Kids Count

Kidscount is the parenting website of the Australian Childhood Foundation with information on raising confident children, including understanding childrens' experiences and development, responding to children and finding help.  ...read more »

Bullying No Way!

Bullying. No Way!  is a program developed by the educational communities nationwide.  Parents/carers can use the site to develop useful ways of communicating with the school to resolve bullying issues.  ...read more »

National Centre Against Bullying

The mission of the National Centre Against Bullying is to create caring environments for children through research and dissemination of information and advocacy.  ...read more »

Nurturing Tolerance in Your Kids

Friends Jumping Outdoorsby Dr. Michele Borba     Tolerance is a powerful virtue that helps curtail hatred, bullying, violence, and bigotry while at the same time influencing us to treat others with kindness, respect, and understanding.  ...read more »

Where Has My Child Gone? The Jekyll & Hyde Teen

Mother with Teenby Sharon Witt     Despite what you may fear as a parent, you won’t simply tuck your child into bed one evening, only to find the very next morning they stumble into the kitchen having clearly morphed into a fully grown teenager, mumbling incoherently. Thank goodness the changes in adolescents are somewhat gradual, which gives us parents time to prepare as best as we can, adapt and adjust to the imminent changes.  ...read more »

Modelling Positive Behaviour in Our Kids

Portrait Father Sonby the Editor     How much influence do parents have over their children’s and teen's behaviour?  Is it just as important to model the behaviour we want our children to emulate, or is it enough to tell them?  Research over the years has shown that, as parents, our actions have a bigger impact than we may think.  ...read more »

Kids and Relationships: Responding to Cruel Teasing

School Bullyingby Helen Davidson     In the last article of this series, we looked at the different forms that teasing can take, and questioned the merits of always grouping it with ‘bullying’ as being an example of abusive behaviour. The concept of ‘Cool Teasing’ was introduced; that is, when someone is attempting to have fun or may perhaps draw attention to a personal quality  ...read more »

Book: The 4th 'R' - Relationships

The 4th 'R' - RelationshipsThe 4th 'R' - Relationships
Author: Helen Davidson

The 4th ‘R’ - Relationships is a fun and practical, self-help book for both adults and children, about developing the social and emotional skills that help children make friends, bounce back from difficulties, be resilient and achieve lifelong positive mental health and happiness.  ...read more »

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