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Preschool little girl in sleeping bag camping. Outdoors activity with children in summer. Fun and adventure camp, family and friends vacations or weekend trip. Portrait of child with flashlight

Susie O’Brien: Watch out for this item on school camp lists

My son’s camp list contained an item that made me nostalgic for the era of dictionaries, street directories and cameras with film. How do we explain these items to our offspring?

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Australian Christian College (ACC) is delivering distance education online. Picture: Supplied

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How distance education is saving kids who fall through the cracks

Parents of kids who don’t fit in mainstream schools describe distance education as a ‘lifeline’ – so what is it, and why’s it an increasingly popular choice for Aussie families?

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Frankie, with his mum Tracey and father Nate, faces an uncertain future amid NDIS changes.

It cost $8000 to diagnose our son – now we’re terrified he’ll lose his care

This family spent a fortune to get their autistic son Frankie the care he needs on the NDIS. Now they’re kept awake at night by fears he could be booted off the scheme.

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We've run five years of exam data through AI to find common themes, questions and traps that could give year 12 students an edge.

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QCAA exams cheat sheet: What AI says year 12s need to know

AI analysis spanning five years of QCAA exams reveals the common questions, topics and traps in Queensland’s most popular courses. Here’s the inside info to give year 12s an edge.

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO AUS, NO NEWS.COM , PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Mother Charlotte Byrne with her children Leah, 25, Sebastian, 18, and Ivy 13 from Victoria. Their surname is Anderson-Byrne. Charlotte has started investing online for her kids so they can start building wealth early. Picture: Supplied

How Aussie parents are turning $29 into $10,000 for their kids

Mum-of-three Charlotte Byrne is helping her kids invest for the future with a new tactic that other parents are using. See what you can earn and try our savings calculator.

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Presenter Angela Nicole at Scots College, Albury.

How this school is switching kids’ self-loathing into self-esteem

Many teenagers view themselves negatively, but one co-ed school is making a big change to help girls discover self-worth and teach boys what masculinity really means.

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Tarryn Stokes, winner of The Voice 2023, talking about her late diagnosis of ADHD and how her life changed after that point (2021) for a story about teen girls slipping under the radar. Picture: Josie Hayden

ADHD is often missed in teen girls – but it can become a superpower

The Voice winner Tarryn Stokes was only diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. Now she wants teen girls to understand how getting help can transform their lives.

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Mia Tindall's mother Zara Phillips has taked of tracking her via airtags.

Will you be racing to put AirTags in your child’s sneakers?

Using tracking devices on your kids – good parenting or just another way to tell them the world is scary and we don’t trust you? Education commentator Angela Mollard weighs in.

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Artwork for ADHD meds. Pictures: File

Surprise benefits of taking ADHD meds revealed by major study

A landmark international study has found common ADHD medication has unexpected benefits for adults. See what the life-changing side-effects are.

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Brisbane’s Mia Bannister, mother of Ollie and founder of Ollie’s Echo, who took his life in January 2024, aged 14. Picture: Supplied

Doing it for Ollie: Mum’s crusade as school bullying hits crisis levels

A mother who lost her only child to suicide has turned her grief into action as new data shows one in four Australian children face bullying.

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Technology & Digital Safety

Marty McFly uses a landline phone in Back to the Future.

Back to the future: Can 1980s tech save kids from social media?

Landline phones are making a comeback as families embrace old technology to help their screen-addicted teens. Now we just need to teach them how that rotating dial works …

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SENIOR/PENSIONER/MATURE/ELDERLY/OVER 65/GRANDPARENT/RETIREE/SUPERANNUATION. Picture: istock Loving senior grandmother hug shoulders of small girl grandchild assist in preparing homework support give advice. Friendly aged woman teacher watching little kid pupil writing maths problem solution

The five-minute maths homework hack this teacher swears by

Mathematics expert and mother-of-four Dr Ange Rogers reveals three simple ways parents can boost their children’s numeracy skills without creating homework stress.

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Anna Gilkison is helping cancer patients, including Masie, finish school and navigate their working options at the Peter Mac cancer hospital. Wednesday, August 6. 2025

‘What about school?’: How one educator is helping teens with cancer

Anna Gilkison’s unique role is helping Victorian teen cancer patients finish school. Here she busts some myths around the common advice they hear and says a diagnosis “doesn’t have to derail everything”.

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1/6/2025: Actress Madeleine West, talks about a new education resource being released to new parents from Project Paradigm, ACCCE and AFP to help them protect their newborns from child sexual abuse, outside the CH10 studios on Mt Coot-Tha, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Madeleine West: Pay parents like me to stay home with the kids

The former Neighbours star has called for a revamp of the childcare subsidy system to allow payments to be made to parents, grandparents and nannies.

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