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Prep students at Galilee Catholic Primary School after successfully transitioning. Noah (6), Jordan (6), Edith (5), Lilamrita (6) and John (6). Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Early Education

‘My teacher and me’: Preps reveal what they love about school

Kids in their first year of school have drawn pictures of what makes them happy and safe as part of a new study into school transition. SEE THE PICTURES

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Bully intimidates a skinny kid.

Bullies – stop blaming your upbringing and own your bad choices

Bullying is a choice and perpetrators should take responsibility for their actions instead of blaming their parents, say two professors with some tough love for bullies.

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Angela Mollard on her biggest parenting regret

Party pressure sparks parenting regret, Angela Mollard says

Influencer Bec Judd has banned lolly bags in her house, now Angela Mollard reveals her biggest parenting regret about kids’ birthday parties.

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Personal trainer Theo Fedele warns TikTok influencers are promoting the use of dangerous animal steroids.

16yo Aussie boys injecting cattle steroids to ‘feel like a man’

A TikTok video shows a shirtless 16-year-old in a gym, needle in hand as he injects cattle steroids into his arm. Personal trainers and medical experts warn it’s alarmingly common.

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OpinionParenting

Psychologist Clare Rowe wants parents to take back control.

I’m a psychologist. Teaching year 1s about anxiety is a very bad idea

Ever heard of the ‘nocebo effect’? It’s why we need to stop training kids to think every minor setback is a mental health crisis, writes child psychologist Clare Rowe.

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Rachael faced this alarming issue. It’s experienced by a third of teens

Young Aussie Rachael has detailed her experience with suicidal ideation as new research reveals it affects an alarming number of teens.

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We’re doctors and this is how ADHD meds affect kids

Medical experts who work closely with children who have ADHD have revealed how to best support them to thrive – and the impact of medication.

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Presenter Angela Nicole at Scots College, Albury.

How this school is switching kids’ self-loathing into self-esteem

Many teenagers view themselves negatively, but one co-ed school is making a big change to help girls discover self-worth and teach boys what masculinity really means.

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Depressed Teenage Girl Lying On Bed At Home Looking At Mobile Phone

Jealousy, stalking: Why teens struggle to spot dating red flags

Teenagers are mistaking digital stalking for romance – but only one in five feel confident enough to speak up when they’re trapped in a toxic relationship.

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Tarryn Stokes, winner of The Voice 2023, talking about her late diagnosis of ADHD and how her life changed after that point (2021) for a story about teen girls slipping under the radar. Picture: Josie Hayden

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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Artwork for ADHD meds. Pictures: File

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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Brisbane’s Mia Bannister, mother of Ollie and founder of Ollie’s Echo, who took his life in January 2024, aged 14. Picture: Supplied

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

Sewell Seltzer took his own life at the urging of an AI chatbot, an American lawsuit alleges.

‘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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Technology & Digital Safety

Lexi Crouch, School

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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