Fighting the ‘Don’t You Look Pretty’ Syndrome
The New Puberty, by Amanda Dunn, explores how children are going through puberty earlier than ever before. In this extract, she looks at how...
Changing Children’s Minds and Brains
In the first of a three-part series, Diane Bourke explains how you can help your child learn using the Feuerstein approach.
Letter to My Teenage Self
Grace Halphen, 16, is the star attraction at a sold-out Melbourne Writers' Festival event later this month. Here we repost our interview from last...
Best of the Web: Supporting Mums of Teenagers, Taking Away Toys and Tackling Misbehaving Parents
Mums Of Teens Can Benefit From Social Support, Just Like New Mums (Juli Fraga, npr) In the early years of raising children, new mothers’...
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The Parents’ Website of Independent Schools Victoria aims to provide relevant, up-to-date information for the parents of more than 140,000 students in over 200...
Best of the Web: Breaking Through With Autism, Outsourcing Parenting, and Tracking Students by Phone
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
How to Study and Increase Your Marks
As the exam season approaches, we repost Andrew Fuller's excellent tips on the best ways to study.
Advice for Parents to Discuss and Identify Eating Disorders
Controversial Netflix drama To the Bone has brought eating disorders into the spotlight, but a Deakin University clinical psychologist recommends parents should take the...
Student Creativity Proves the Power of the Arts in Education
Our Annual Student Art Exhibition returns with more than 100 art works from students in 14 Member Schools. There's s no better proof of...