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MELBOURNE, OCTOBER 8, 2025: Research shows 75 per cent of private primary students are driven to school compared to 62 per cent public. The Fulfaro girls Angie, 10, Daniella (dark hair), 9, and Izzy, 6, walk to school. Picture: Mark Stewart

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‘I’ll drive my kids 300m’ – why few students still walk or ride to school

Most children are now driven to school every day – and experts say parents are the reason ‘it’s only taken one generation for Aussies to stop walking or riding to school’.

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It’s just a ‘quick menty B’: How exam freakouts can actually help

If your senior school or uni student child tells you how a ‘rant buddy’ helped them overcome a ‘quick menty B’, it’s not as bad (or as baffling) as it might sound.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos OCTOBER 2, 2025: University student Kevin Hua gives study advice to year 12 students as they head into exams. Picture: Emma Brasier

How to ace your exams – year 12 academic stars’ secrets of success

Students who excelled with stellar ATARs in the class of 2024 have given this year’s cohort their advice on how to dominate the year 12 exams.

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1/10/25. Year 12 Exams - How parents can best support their teens as they complete their year 12 exams. Yr 12 CBC student Travis Cappelluti -17yrs with mum Alison.Picture: Keryn Stevens

Don’t say this! The biggest traps for parents at year 12 exam time

Year 12 exams are about to throw families into turmoil – and many parents are even more anxious than their teens. Here’s how to maintain family harmony and help your kids succeed.

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Susie O’Brien: Watch out for this item on school camp lists

My son’s camp list contained an item that made me nostalgic for the time when we used paper dictionaries, street directories and cameras with film. How do we explain these items to our teched-up Gen Z offspring?

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‘No excuse’: Minister meets with tech giants in countdown to ban

Australia’s unprecedented social media crackdown has tech giants scrambling to ban under-16s before the December deadline.

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New face of torment: From physical violence to psychological warfare

Groundbreaking research exposes the age when children face their peak bullying risk, as experts warn traditional playground violence has evolved into something far more sinister.

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Move over Dad Bod, it’s time for the Rad Dad revolution

The ‘dad bod’ is dead. A new generation of fathers are swapping beer and takeaway for protein shakes and 4am workouts in the quest to become ‘rad dads’, writes Angela Mollard.

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Afghanistan veteran Dave Royles has overcome his war demons and now helps at-risk teenagers like Rocco McManus. Desperate parents from around Australia are paying $6000 for military-style boot camps run by the organisation Veteran Mentors.

Call of duty: Soldier’s Taliban trauma inspires mission to save troubled teens

Dave Royles survived deadly Taliban bombs as a teenage soldier. That inspired his new mission – helping troubled youths fight their own battles through military-style boot camps.

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‘Threats’: Sad reason Aussie kids are sitting on the sidelines

A former teacher has revealed why the number of Aussie kids choosing not to participate in new things is increasing.

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Avoid the app trap: Experts share tips for newborn parenting success

Apps are not the answer to the nightmare newborn phase, a new study has found, as experts share their advice for navigating the highs and lows of becoming a new parent.

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Florida teacher Melissa Calhoun was sacked from Satellite High School for calling a 17-year-old student by their preferred name, rather than their legal name.

‘Don’t Say They’ law led to US teacher’s sacking – could it happen here?

Using a student’s preferred name cost this US teacher her job under controversial anti-transgender laws. Australia’s approach to the rights of teens and parents is very different.

Health Minister Mark Butler launched the Thriving Kids program amid dire projections of a blowout in NDIS costs.

‘Anxious and outraged’: Parents panic at looming NDIS overhaul

A major disability support group says parents are raising “major red flags” about the rollout of Thriving Kids, Labor’s cost-saving plan to shift many young children off the NDIS.

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Technology & Digital Safety

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‘200 classmates had seen him naked’: Sexting crimes rampant in schools

An eSafety educator shares horrifying stories of sextortion and revenge porn as new data reveals many perpetrators of image-based sex abuse are themselves children.

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