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Sick tricks revealed: Sneaky new way anti-vax parents risk your kids

Facebook is teaching parents how to dodge vaccination laws and treat serious illnesses with honey and onions – see how much childhood immunisation rates have fallen.

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‘Phoenixing’: Fake accounts bombard kids in scary new trend

A ‘frightening’ new cyber-bullying trend has emerged, and young bullies are using it to relentlessly harass their victims.

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Screen saver: Old school learning returns with 90-minute device limit, no more laptop fees

A major Victorian education reform aims to take primary school students back to traditional learning, imposing a 90-minute cap on screen time in the classroom and requiring schools to provide laptops.

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Your exam secret weapon: Words of wisdom from TikTok tutors

From classroom teachers to uni students, a new breed of tech-savvy educators are giving year 12s an exam edge – on a platform best known for memes and dance videos.

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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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Sex, money, manipulation: ‘Dark feminine’ icons sell a toxic path to love

You’ve heard of women-hating incels – now meet the ‘femosphere’ flipside, where glamorous influencers amass millions of followers by teaching women to manipulate men for money.

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An AI image of a child being rescued from floods that went viral on Facebook because many older users didn't realise it was fake.

Fakebook kids: Social media giant harvests your child’s photos to train AI

Your innocent family photos may be being used to train Facebook’s artificial intelligence app to create AI deepfakes. Here’s how to stop it happening.

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Bruce Perry, 17, demonstrates the possibilities of artificial intelligence by creating an AI companion on Character AI, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Russellville, Ark. (AP Photo/Katie Adkins)

Your child’s ChatGPT ‘bestie’: What every parent needs to know

Aussie kids are increasingly beating loneliness by confiding in artificial intelligence chatbots – but there’s a dark side to their new AI “friends”.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH JANUARY 21, 2025. High Steaks with sexual consent campaigner and author Chanel Contos at Merivale's Felix restaurant in the Sydney CBD. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Sex education crusader’s new mission – explaining porn to kids

The average Aussie child is just 11 when they’re first exposed to pornography. That’s why Chanel Contos is on a mission to introduce “porn literacy” into the national curriculum.

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‘I was right to call out Hamish Blake on this parenting faux pas’

Angela Mollard took aim at one of Australia’s favourite celebrity couples after they kept sharing pictures of their kids online. It wasn’t long before they gave her a call.

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Education expert says kids should ‘ditch homework for video games’

Playing video games with children after school would be better than enforcing homework – that’s the surprising advice from an Australian education expert.

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***HOLD FOR HIGH STEAKS: ***Brittney Saunders at Light Years in Newcastle. Photographer: Adam Yip

‘Spawn of satan’: Influencers take aim at social media

Social media is their brand and business but even influencers, like Abbie Chatfield and Brittney Saunders, are worried about the mental health of young people and kids who use it.

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Serious handsome teen boy is browsing his phone while sitting in a park after classes.

Breaking the bad: How to stop your teen doomscrolling

Doomscrolling is harming our teens, says Dr Luke Martin. Here’s his top tips to get them off their phone.

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Social media ban chance for tech giants ‘to out-innovate each other’

Australia’s world-leading social media age ban is a chance for the ‘booming’ tech industry to innovate safer spaces for young teens, says new Communications Minister Anika Wells.

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