Mental Health

Mental Health

Kids who can’t stop saying no: does defiance need a doctor?

Parents of children with a controversial mental health condition say a diagnosis liberated them, but a psychologist warns going down the medical route isn’t ideal.

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Education

She stood up to her bullies at assembly – something wonderful happened

Hannah Swinnerton has gone from being bullied to confronting her tormentors, starring in beauty pageants and doing a 70kg deadlift. Here’s her remarkable story.

Neurodivergence

Can this cheap, easy program reduce anxiety in kids with autism?

Australian researchers are hoping a trial of an online yoga class for children with autism will help reduce anxiety. Here’s what you need to know.

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OpinionParenting

What about our rights? ‘Pregnant people’ is an insult to mums like me

A BBC presenter was sanctioned for replacing the term “pregnant people” with “women” live on air. Inclusive language is important but woke warriors have gone too far, argues Susie O’Brien.

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NSW Education

Regulator reminds childcare operators how not to lose, leave or lock up kids

Childcare operators are being given guidance on how not to lose, leave or lock up kids by the federal regulator, after failings were highlighted by a series of worrying incidents.

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Technology & Digital Safety

Slap a trigger warning on it (that’ll make them click)

Trigger warnings can have the opposite effect to their intent as a ‘forbidden fruit effect’ tempts even the mentally vulnerable, Australian research has found.

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Parenting

Should parents watch horrifying Netflix viral hit with their teens?

A new Netflix show about a high school couple tormented by an anonymous bully has become an international sensation. But do experts think it’s too disturbing for kids?

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Technology & Digital Safety

Scientists to track teen freakouts when social media ban hits

Researchers will run an unprecedented experiment to track what happens when Aussie teens are forced off social media – as new data shows how many still use their phones at school.

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Secondary

‘I have to be blunt’: Nation’s top principal pens dire letter to peers

Rising violence and severe teacher shortages are some of the ‘complex’ issues laid bare by Australia’s top principal as he warns of a mass exodus of school leaders.

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QLD Education

What’s driving desperate families into homeschooling

The number of children being homeschooled has soared more than 160 per cent in just five years – and now we know what’s driving so many families to this desperate measure.

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Parenting

Growing pains or serious illness? Health system is hurting our kids

A new report has found doctors are routinely dismissing chronic pain in kids as “normal”, forcing families to wait years for answers at the expense of their wellbeing.

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Technology & Digital Safety

PM’s social media ‘fight’ goes global with Aussie mum

Anthony Albanese will sell our groundbreaking social media age ban to the world alongside Australian mum Emma Mason who lost her teen daughter to suicide.

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PollSecondary

Classrooms in chaos: Kids taught rights not responsibility

Some schools have banned red pens to avoid hurting feelings. Educational psychologist Clare Rowe says we’ve given kids rights, but forgotten to teach them responsibility.

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Mental Health

Hospitals sound alarm on teen black market ADHD drug overdoses

Increasing numbers of school students as young as 11 are ending up in hospital after deliberately overdosing on ADHD medications – and almost half aren’t prescribed the drugs.

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