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Strictest school dress codes revealed despite calls for unisex uniforms

Buzz cut bans, skirt lengths and acceptable brands of shoes … here are some of the country’s most extreme school uniform policies.

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Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek (left) is asking his department to investigate its training for teachers on how to identify grooming in the wake of calls from victim Sarah Kopp, who said the existing planÂ âbarely scratches the surfaceâ.

Abused teacher’s shocking revelations spark national move

Queensland’s Education Minister has ordered an urgent review of teacher training after school grooming victim Sarah Kopp warned current practices left children vulnerable.

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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

How to transform teens’ exam stress into lifelong learning, skills

The CEO of an organisation dedicated to improving the lives and wellbeing of teens shares how to transform the challenge of exams into lifelong learning and skills.

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Teacher fed up with student's special needs.

Teacher’s confession: ‘Parents need to get back in their lane’

One frustrated high school teacher says students need to ‘turn up, shut up and listen’, and parents should stop going on about the ‘unique learning needs’ of their children.

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Double-dinks and kiss chasey: Bring back 70s parenting

Out in the suburbs in the 1970s, we raised ourselves, risking our lives on death-trap trampolines and double-dinks on our bikes. So why aren’t we raising our own kids the same way?

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How to talk to your tween about sex – before social media does

Parents are waiting too long for ‘the talk’ while their tweens piece together dangerous myths about sex and relationships from social media and friends.

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Mum’s rage at NDIS change goes viral: ‘You’ve betrayed every autistic child’

A mother of three children with autism has furiously lashed the decision to remove it from the NDIS as “prejudice, not policy”. Read her powerful letter to Minister Mark Butler.

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Technology & Digital Safety

Parenting expert Micah Boerma, and teenagers Frankie, Maeya and Hazel with their mobile phones. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Social media ban isn’t the end of the world: How to help teens cope

In just over three months, under-16s will wake to find their social media identities have been wiped out. A parenting expert says there are five ways families should prepare.

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O’Brien: Book Week is just another parental pressure test

Book Week was meant to celebrate reading – but now it measures parental love in sequins, glue-gun burns and last-minute trips to the $2 shop.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 1: Izak Rankine of the Crows celebrates a goal during the 2025 AFL Round 21 match between the Adelaide Crows and the Hawthorn Hawks at Adelaide Oval on August 1, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Sarah Reed/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

How you should talk to kids about Izak Rankine’s ‘other f-word’ slur

Two experts offer advice on how parents can handle kids’ questions on Crows player Izak Rankine’s looming ban – and how to explain why the homophobic slur is so hurtful.

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Smack ban plan: ‘I’m a child, not a punching bag’

Smacking should be banned to stop parents abusing their children under the guise of discipline, a landmark inquiry into family violence says. Vote in our poll.

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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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14th August 2025 - Mum of three Gia Hogarth at home with sons George, 8, (blue and white top) Louis, 6 (red top) and Harvey, 3 (blue top), for a story about why parents are so exhausted.. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe

‘My phone is always buzzing’: New reason Aussie parents are exhausted

From school apps and social media to cyber safety and AI, Australian parents are exhausted by the increasing digital demands of raising kids in 2025.

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FAFO parenting – how a very rude acronym can liberate your life

A member of the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce clan has emerged as the face of a new parenting trend that teaches kids consequences – and produces less stress for mums and dads.

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