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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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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

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

Technology & Digital Safety

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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Screen time making kids act like toddlers

How tech is turning your teen into a toddler

Internet addiction is damaging our teens brains and leaving them with a legacy of lifelong emotional problems, a world-first study has revealed.

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New program to keep your kids safe from cyber bullies

Queensland school students will take part in a new program designed to stop cyber-bullying in its tracks.

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Commercial. The more organised and prepared your children are for school, the less stress they experience and the happier they are, says Lifestyle coach Naomi Wilson. For Cairns Post, Back to school feature.

Could COVID-19 set ‘bubble-wrap kids’ free?

If there’s one good outcome from the havoc the coronavirus pandemic has caused for our children, it’s that they may have learned some resilience along the way, writes Dr Paul Browning.

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Karen Green answers your questions.

Ask The Expert: Your education questions answered

Routine and rewards can help children stay on task and engaged as they learn from home, says Karen Green, but remember you are you are their parent not their teacher and “they are very different relationships”.

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Group of children listening to the teacher. They are in a classroom. Multiethnic group with Caucasian and Asian kids. School girl is smiling and happy

Parents sending sick kids to school

Parents are risking fines by sending sick kids to school during the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PIC

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Group of students are walking down the corridor of their school. There is a female teacher using the printer.

What Year 7 students are most afraid of

There’s a lot for Year 7 students to take in during the first few months of starting high school. And now there’s a rising issue that is affecting their mental health.

TikTok screengrabs of Australian school students recording and uploading during school hours, using the hashtag #freeperiod.Picture: TikTok Accounts

TikTok is not cute, it’s dangerous

There’s a bit of gyrating, lots of lip-synching and heaps of dancing. But cyber safety experts say TikTok is another reason why mobile phones should be banned in schools nationwide.

TikTok screengrabs of Australian school aged students recording and uploading during school hours and on school grounds using the hashtag #freeperiod.Picture: Various TikTok Accounts

Block TikTok: Kids film at school — even in the loo

School students are recording and uploading controversial TikTok videos during school hours, as cyber safety experts are telling parents to get their kids off the app.

CAREERS: Sophie Maxwell has competed online certificate-level qualifications in business and local government as part of her traineeship.

The benefits of studying online

Online graduates enjoy similar employment outcomes to those who study on campus, but this type of learning is not for everyone. Here’s how to make it work.

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Why you shouldn’t let celebrities read to your kids

Schools and parents have been warned not to let the rise of digital storytelling – where celebrities read kids’ books – replace the act of reading out loud to children

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