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Educating our children in today’s environment presents many challenges for parents. As well as taking part in formal schooling, programs and activities, how do we prepare our children for today’s world? This section is a how-to for parents, offering parenting help, information and resources on many of the issues we face today. This section aims to arm parents with tools on helping our kids to learn, teaching them about life issues, and providing for their well-being.
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Book: Beating the Bullies
Beating the Bullies
Author: Lucy Blunt
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Ben is being bullied at school. There is a group of boys who kick him, shove him and call him names. But how can he tell his parents? Will they understand? And what if he tells them and it just gets worse? Designed for 7-11 year old boy and girl readers, this book is both a children's chapter book novel and a resource for parents and teachers.
Beating the Bullies: A Guide for Parents
by Dr. Lucy Blunt Often children do not let their parents know there is a problem. Once the parents find out however, they usually have a very strong protective reaction. This can range from wanting to thump the bully (dads often feel like this) to wanting to confront the bully's parents, ...read more »
Let's Read Campaign
Families across Australia will be encouraged to share books, songs and rhymes with their young children every day as part of the national Let’s Read Early Literacy Campaign. ...read more »
Family Dinners Nourish Mental Health in Adolescents
March 2013 Regular family suppers contribute to good mental health in adolescents, according to a study co-authored by McGill professor Frank Elgar, Institute for Health and Social Policy. Family meal times are a measurable signature of social exchanges in the home that benefit adolescents’ well-being – regardless of whether or not they feel they can easily talk to their parents. ...read more »
Etiquette to the Rescue!- Manners for Kids
by Marina Passalaris “The hardest job kids today face is learning good manners without seeing any.” – Fred Astaire... In today’s fast-paced, technology-driven society where emails and texts have largely replaced face-to-face interactions and rude behavior such as people texting at the dinner table are increasingly ...read more »
Book: Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon
Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon
Author: Eliza Muldoon
Lazing on a Sunday Crafternoon is a collection of 52 blissfully simple craft ideas to make with a child helper. This beautiful book will have you creating delightful things out of everyday household items using nothing more than your own time and ingenuity. ...read more »
Seven Benefits of Craft Projects for Kids & Families
by Eliza Muldoon I embarked on regular crafting sessions with my daughter Lotte after delivering a series of lectures about art making and creativity at UNSW College of Fine Arts. During one of the lectures I realised that despite my passionate ramblings about the potential benefits of art making and creativity on individuals and their communities, I hadn’t made room for creative projects in our family’s life. ...read more »
Safety First
Safety First provides a range of First Aid courses & workshops to the community. They work with a variety of people in the community, and also work with new mums and the Early child years sectors. Safety First have a kids & parents corner on their website. ...read more »
Online Viruses Worse than Cyber Safety Issues?
February 2013 New research from Optus has revealed that one in five parents have never discussed cyber safety with their children. When it comes to online security, parents of school aged children have a range of concerns. Parents’ apprehension relates to a variety of potential threats with seven in ten citing computer viruses as their biggest concern, ahead of security of personal details, stranger danger and peer-to-peer bullying: ...read more »
Actionable Ways to Teach Children Finances
by Daniel Schuler Teaching financial responsibility to your children need not be a chore for anyone involved. Incorporating lessons about finances into age-appropriate games, careful administration of an allowance and seizing teaching moments as you lead your own life all serve to instill financial prudence. ...read more »
Stopping the Bullies With Kindness
by Dr. Justin Coulson More than two thirds of girls under the age of 10 are bullied, according to a study recently completed by the Girl Guides Association of Australia. And according to a report in the SMH "68 per cent [of children] aged between five and nine report[ed] that that they had been bullied, many of them online." So it’s not just girls that are copping it. ...read more »
Talking Ethics with Kids - The Fishhook Method
by Michael Parker We all spend so much time being busy with our children that sometimes the big conversations fall right away. By the time we have done the dinner, helped out with the homework, baked the cake for the school’s charity drive and generally kept the ship of state afloat, the end of the night can roll around without any actual conversation having happened with your children. ...read more »
Simple Tips to Reduce Back to School Stress
by the Editor Getting to know your children’s friends, helping out at school and practising school-day routines with young children will help families manage the back to school period and throughout the school year, according to Australia’s first charity The Benevolent Society. ...read more »
Transitioning to Secondary School - It's Like Walking a Tightrope!
by Angie Wilcock Do you look at your young son or daughter and wonder who they are? Are they preparing for the big move to high school and you are wondering how they will cope with new friends, new environment, new teachers, new and different subjects, more homework....and they're not really talking to you? ...read more »
Book: The Transition Tightrope
The Transition Tightrope
Author: Angie Wilcock
The transition phase from primary to secondary school is a time of massive personal, physical, psychological and social change. Not only is it a difficult time for the young adolescent, but it is also a challenging time for parents, teachers and anyone working with young people experiencing such substantial changes in their lives. ...read more »
Kids Online Too Much? Five Behaviours to Watch Out For
by the Editor Australian kids’ internet use builds to a peak at age 13, when around 7 per cent are excessive users, then declines quite sharply over the next three years, researchers say.
ABS Data Reveals Most Popular Kids Sports and Activities
November 2012 Swimming and soccer top the list of most popular sports participated in by Australian kids, according to survey results released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...read more »
Teaching Children to Put Bad Dreams to Rest
by Dr. Martha Heineman Pieper Parents are at a loss when the inevitable happens and their child wakes them in the middle of the night upset by a bad dream. They may tell their child that, "It was only a dream," show the child that there are no scary creatures under the bed, or tell the child to try to dream a different dream. None of these strategies work because they don't help the child understand or process the cause of the bad dream. ...read more »
After School Activities Help Kids Do Better
October 2012 School-age children who participate in structured after-school activities improve their academic achievement, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas. The study by researchers in SMU's Simmons School of Education and Human Development measured academic performance of students enrolled in Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas. ...read more »
Teaching Your Kids the Fundamentals of Road Safety
by Maureen Fegan Every year over 2500 children are injured in road crashes nationwide*. However there are many ways we can reduce this toll by teaching our kids the fundamentals of road safety, made easier by a new road safety guide now available to all parents. ...read more »
Boosting Kidpower to Stop Bullying
by Marika Spaseska If I could wave a magic wand or give you an easy solution to the common problem of school bullying, I would! The way of handling problems with a young child becomes the building blocks for the type and extent of kidpower they develop as they grow to combat bullies and other, safety or risk situations. ...read more »
Parents Concerned for Mental Health and Wellbeing of Australian Youth
July 2012 According to the Australian Attitudes to Young People Survey, conducted by the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) and Bupa Health Foundation, more than half of Australian adults believe the mental health of today’s teenagers is worse than in their generation, and nearly half have concerns about the younger generations’ emotional wellbeing. ...read more »
Gifted Students 'dumb-down' to Fit in at School
July 2012 Is our education system failing the our best and brightest students? A report by the Victorian Parliament’s Education and Training Committee has found that this is the case in Victoria. “There is a widespread misconception that gifted students will succeed without any extra assistance,” said the Committee’s Chair, Mr David Southwick MP.
New Music App for Teens Can Improve Mood
June 2012 A new smartphone app designed to recommend music according to how listeners feel could provide insight into teen mental health. ...read more »
Working Together Against Bullying
The Working Together Against Bullying activities emphasise that effective solutions to bullying and violence in schools can only be achieved through the collective action of schools, students, parents and the wider community. ...read more »