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OpinionParenting

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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Secondary

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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PollParenting

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

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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Education

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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POLLParenting

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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Mental Health

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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ExclusiveMental Health

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

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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Primary

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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VIC Education

‘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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PollEarly Education

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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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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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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