Students are returning to their schools after months in lockdown in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT. Many will thrive on the return...

The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives, not least the time we spend on digital devices. For young people in...

As parents, we have so many things we want to teach our kids, from wearing a mask properly, using the Internet safely, handling victory...

School holidays are upon us again. In pre-pandemic days, many parents and carers would be busily planning holidays interstate or...

We may be in the same storm but we are not all on the same boat. Some are on super-yachts while others are clinging onto a float. By now,...

Have you ever sat at the dinner table and your kids start telling you about the newest game they're playing? You hear words coming out of...

The global coronavirus pandemic has turned the world as we knew it upside down for over 18 months now and many of us have been thrown...

When I’m happy after eating something sweet mummy and daddy say I am having a “sugar rush”. But I think I’m just happy! Is a sugar rush a...

To remember things, you need to give them your full attention. American neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice, Lisa...

We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it’s hard to know if...

It’s not surprising parents hear “I’m bored” a lot. People hate being bored. So much so that in one study, one-quarter of participants...

When we communicate, there is often just as much meaning in what we don’t say as in what we say overtly. For example, if I say “Sally...

Children come into the world ready to communicate. A baby cries and coos to express their feelings and respond to sounds. The ability to...