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Going hungry: State’s shame as school lunch rating lags nation

Queensland is leading Australia’s classroom hunger crisis, with a staggering 126 schools requiring food support.

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Lighthouse parents have more confident kids

More over gentle parenting, it is all about lighthouse parenting in 2025. Here’s everthing you need to know about the childrearing style.

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What your kids are really doing on their laptops in their bedrooms

Is your teenager “doing their homework in their bedroom”? They might be – but they’re also doing something else, experts say.

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Family food fights: Grandparents cop snack flak but help is at hand

Food has become a generational flashpoint in Aussie families, as grandparents spoil their grandkids with too many snacks. Are ‘unicorn noodles’ and ‘rainbow celery’ the answer?

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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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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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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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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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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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Classroom crisis: Teacher stress levels 40pc higher than other workers

Teachers are reaching breaking point with burnout rates soaring far above other professions – and a major new Australian study has found it’s also harming their families.

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Alice Peel, author and co-founder of Grow Your Mind, a children's wellbeing program.

How to be a good enough kid (and it doesn’t mean slacking)

Author Alice Peel says too many Aussie kids are scared of trying new things in case they fail. The former teacher has a very different perspective for both kids and parents.

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Fake nudes: Crackdown on latest insidious threat to our teens

AI technology used to create fake nudes will be targeted in a new crackdown as the shocking number of visits to well-known ‘nudify’ sites is revealed.

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