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Megan Blancada, Jadd Brooker and Shannon McCoole were all convicted of serious child sex crimes.

They’re evil but no masterminds – how to spot a pedophile

What can parents do to protect our kids from predators? Sean Fewster has been covering the courts for decades, and shares his insights into abusers’ depressingly familiar tactics.

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Major symptom of Aussie social media ban parents must know

Parents have been warned to expect a “grieving process” as 2.5 million Aussie teens face life without social media. See expert tips to get ready for the ban.

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Monash University Dean of Law Steven Vaughan. Source: Monash University website

Higher Education

The Monash Uni bombshell that has enraged law students

Monash Uni has cut tutorials for law students. Now, they’re trying to cap how many hours of paid work they can do per week — and students are not happy.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - December 8, 2022: Waverley College student has spoken out about the college. Picture: Jeremy Piper

How boys’ schools can fight back against the ‘manosphere’

All boys’ schools need genuine role models, a shift in language and safe spaces to combat the toxic tide of social media and ‘manosphere’ influencers, an expert says.

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Technology & Digital Safety

Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

Warning as kids view Charlie Kirk shooting videos

Social media giants face an urgent “whack-a-mole” battle to remove Charlie Kirk shooting footage as Australian children access violent content.

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Schoolchildren cruel boys filming on the phone torturing bullying their classmate in school hall. Puberty difficult age

Bullies zero in on disabled kids – five things schools must do to stop them

More than seven in 10 students with a disability are bullied at school – accused of “faking” their condition, mocked, shoved, excluded, harassed. Hear their heartbreaking stories.

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OpinionParenting

Susie O'Broen column on kidults

Meet Australia’s ‘kidults’: Is it our fault they’re useless?

The other night I caught up with school mum friends to talk about our favourite topic – the learned helplessness of our adult children at home, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Teacher helping a student in class. They are in a classroom, everyone is wearing a school uniform. They are working at a desk. They are other ethnic backgrounds in shot

Explained: How to choose the best private school

Beyond the glossy brochures and carefully crafted tours, here’s what parents really need to know about picking the perfect school for their child.

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At Tree Climb in the South Parklands, 5 year old Ethan Solomon of Lights View, is rapidly gaining confidence making his way around the course. Father, Basleal Solomon, (0451972019). Experts and parents agree that kids need to get dirty, take risks, play outside and to be given freedom, but parents are too scared to let their kids stray into the next supermarket aisle, let alone climb a tree. Why risky play is important and why it's not happening in modern families. 5 September 2025. Picture: Dean Martin

Parenting throwback giving cotton-wool kids a new lease of life

Experts and parents agree kids need to take risks and be given freedom, but some adults are too scared to let their kids stray into the next supermarket aisle, let alone climb a tree.

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Stop mocking us: Joke’s on private school parents – but has it gone too far?

They’re often lampooned as privileged, pampered and precious, but are private school parents given a raw deal? Some argue satirical news stories are “doing real harm”.

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OpinionParenting

Daughter and mother on a gray background. During this, the girl puts the yellow pencils in her mouth. Mom carefully reads the words during this on a laptop. Gray background.

The awful truth about parent-teacher interviews

Is any family duty more excruciating than a parent-teacher interview? It’s just an exercise in ritual humiliation and shameless lying, writes Susie O’Brien.

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August 27, 2025: Anastasia Jovanovic 14 and Eva Antoniou,12 part of the Adelaide Olympic FC girls teams. Picture: Kelly Barnes

Cruel trolling of teen soccer star highlights why girls don’t stick at sport

Teenage girls abandon team sports at alarming rates, and one sickening example of trolling explains why. But a few simple changes could reverse this worrying trend.

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CHILDREN NATURE - Boys playing on tree stumps in forest. Friends are wearing casuals. They are spending leisure time together. Picture: Istock

Brutal message for modern parents – you’re ruining childhood

Is a carefree childhood really a thing of the past? A retiring children’s commissioner calls out an alarming trend and says mums and dads need to do one key thing differently.

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Technology & Digital Safety

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Our Mac might still be here: Grieving dad’s message to PM

A man whose son died after online sextortion has told the Prime Minister his child might still be alive if Labor’s social media ban had happened sooner.

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