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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

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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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Clinical psychologist Clare Rowe on PlayStation parenting.

Bratty kids? Constant meltdowns? ‘PlayStation Parenting’ is the answer

Educational psychologist Clare Rowe says ‘PlayStation Parenting’ is the key to parents taking back control over their kids – but it’s not what it sounds like.

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Sewell Seltzer took his own life at the urging of an AI chatbot, an American lawsuit alleges.

Technology & Digital Safety

‘Come home to me’: Teen tragedy triggered by seductive AI chatbot

This teenage boy developed a close bond with his sexy and sympathetic AI chatbot “friend”. And then one day, the chatbot encouraged him to take his own life.

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Lexi Crouch, School

Technology & Digital Safety

Soulless AI chatbots driving girls down the path to anorexia

‘You’re not dying, you’re improving.’ Schoolgirls are turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for motivation to lose weight – and being given toxic advice verging on sadistic cruelty.

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Tess Lynn Year 12 case study, Tess wants to get a high atar to get into physio. Pic Jamie Hanson

The secrets to ATAR success

It’s a marathon not a race – approach the school year like an athlete, get the right sleep, food and maintain life balance and remember, it’s not the end of the world, writes Antonia O’Flaherty

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Lunchbox shock findings.L-R: Nevaeh, 9 and Harmony, 6 McInnes-Ball from Mudgeeraba packing healthy lunchboxes.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Parents packing kids off to school with sugary junk

Lunch box wars have reached a stalemate with teachers now too afraid to criticise unhealthy snacks for fear of sparking the ire of busy parents, resulting in kids turning up with a shocking collection of junk.

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Artwork for Brisbane's best primary and secondary schools

Brisbane’s best primary, secondary schools revealed

Brisbane’s best primary and secondary schools have been revealed based on how they fared in NAPLAN last year. See where your school ranks. FULL LIST

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Brisbane elite school fee hikes

Private school fee hike nearly triple inflation

Brisbane’s elite schools will increase their fees next year by nearly double the inflation rate — and in one case nearly triple. SEE THE LIST

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What age should you start kids ay prep. Three kids starting prep next year Alice 4, Tom 5 and Ruby 4 wearing their school uniform excited about starting school. Picture: David Caird

Should your child start school early?

It’s the question many parents find themselves confronting: should they start their child at school early or hold them back? Now, we may finally have an answer, with one path showing increased confidence, resilience and a tendency towards economic success.

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Single Mother At Home Getting Son Wearing Uniform Ready For First Day Of School

Four skills to master before school

Don’t be thrown by other parents boasting of their preschooler’s precocious abilities, these are the four key skills your child needs to have before school.

CAREERS: Preteen girl using atom educational toy in science class

How to choose Year 12 subjects

Picking “easy” subjects in the hope of an high ATAR or keeping options open with a broad range of subjects could backfire on students, a career expert warns.

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Kelly Leaupepe with her daughters Chloe, 13years old and Chloe 11 years old at their Roselands home. Photo Jeremy Piper

How internet addiction affects your child’s brain

New Australian research has shown the shocking lifelong effects of internet addiction on teenagers as they grow into adulthood. SEE HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR CHILD

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Learning instruments should be fun, not torture

Teachers have been sending children home with recorders for decades in the hope that it will get them interested in music. But for parents, it can feel like more pain than it’s worth.

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Joel Edgerton pictured in Sydney on Friday 11th October 2019. Edgerton stars in The King, a 2019 historical drama film based on several plays from William Shakespeare's

Why schoolkids are rejecting Shakespeare

A poll has found students don’t consider Shakespeare’s works relevant. Which begs the question: should they be dropped from the Australian school curriculum? VOTE, HAVE YOUR SAY

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