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What year 12s need to hear from mums and dads right now

Parents can be even more anxious than their kids during year 12 exams. Here’s how experts say mums and dads should support their teens at this stressful time.

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ADELAIDE/ KAURNA YARTA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 24, 2023: Year 12 Woodville High School Students Alicia Morrow, 17, and Harvey Knight, 17, with energy drinks. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Morgan Sette

Food for thought: Why energy drinks can backfire in exam prep

What we eat and drink can have a huge impact on exam performance. Here are the foods year 12s should eat for success – and why chugging energy drinks isn’t a smart choice.

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Angela Mollard writes on education

Worried our schools are a mess? It’s worse than you think – this is why

The lucky country? We’re on track to become the stupid country. I’ve been researching education stories for six months and am appalled at what I’ve learned, writes Angela Mollard.

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VCE Footscray High School Kinnear Campus, 1 Kinnear Street. This girl has permission but no name. Images and footage of the practice exam must not identify students Publishing of footage and photos taken during the practice exam is EMBARGOED until 12.15pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025.Picture: Jason Edwards

Teens need to ditch AI and use their brains for exam success

The class of 2025 is the first group of year 12s to face their final exams in the AI era. One expert urges teens to take off the training wheels of ChatGPT in their final revision.

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Musk joins push to cancel Netflix over cartoon’s trans character

Elon Musk has told his 227 million followers on X to cancel Netflix – causing its share price to sharply drop – amid a revolt over a ‘pro-transgender’ kids’ cartoon.

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Should parents watch horrifying Netflix viral hit with their teens?

A new Netflix show about a high school couple tormented by an anonymous bully has become an international sensation. But do experts think it’s too disturbing for kids?

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DAILY TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 12, 2022. Cherrybrook Technology High School year 12 students at the end of their English exam on the first day of the HSC for 2022. Picture: Jonathan Ng

HSC students reveal which exams they want to move online

The majority of Year 12 students want to ditch traditional pen and paper exams, new research has revealed, as NSW’s examiners prepare for the HSC’s first ever computer-based coding exams.

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Daniel Bachi is an Auslan teacher at NSW TAFE. Picture: Supplied

Sign me up: Australia’s fastest-growing new language isn’t verbal

Auslan sign language is emerging as one of the most popular new language options in primary schools – but we’re running out of teachers despite TAFE enrolments soaring.

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Brock Sawtell, Maryline Medard and daughter Ella Sawtell from Cairns enjoying free activities in a Darwin playground these school holidays. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Parents’ staggering spend on school holidays fun revealed

Aussie families are spending more than a billion dollars a week on school holidays activities as the cost of keeping kids entertained skyrockets.

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Two young women enjoying a night at the music festival

Surviving teen party season – and why parents shouldn’t panic

From secret code words to emergency apps – here’s how parents can protect their teens without becoming the party police.

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Art for non binary Catholic teacher story

‘We’re not prejudiced – we already call non-binary teacher Mx Sanders’

The Catholic school at the centre of a national test case over the rights of a non-binary teacher is already inclusive, college insiders say.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - ADVERTISER Photos SEPTEMBER 18, 2025: Australian Science and Maths School students L to R Caden Breach 15yo from Adelaide and Isabella Atkinson 15yo from Yorke Peninsula at the Flinders University campus. Picture: Emma Brasier

Scientists to track teen freakouts when social media ban hits

Researchers will run an unprecedented experiment to track what happens when Aussie teens are forced off social media – as new data shows how many still use their phones at school.

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Stop mooching: When parents should start charging their kids board

The number of twenty-something kids staying in the family home has risen above 50 per cent – so at what age should parents start insisting they pay their way?

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Childcare worker shares red flags to watch out for in dodgy centres

This childcare worker has blown the lid off shocking industry-wide practices that put kids at risk, while revealing how parents can spot red flags and avoid dodgy centres.

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