When it comes to news articles about the impact that summer has on student learning, the news is often bad.
Many parents today will tell you that they're not getting what they want from their children. Quite a few parents have actually thrown in the towel. By contrast... we believe that many frustrating and seemingly insurmountable problems actually have simple, easy to understand causes, as well as equally simple and easy to understand solutions.
More than 90% of Australian women start breastfeeding soon after the birth of their baby, but only 15% are exclusively breastfeeding at six months, despite national and international recommendations.
- By Isang Awah
Not every child is a bookworm, but research shows that developing a love of reading early in life can provide many benefits.
- By Alison Jones
Reminding children of their many roles—friend, neighbor, and daughter, for example—can lead to better problem-solving and more flexible thinking, research finds.
- By Sam Carr
Most parents would agree that parenting is extremely complex and challenging. What works for one child, might not work for another – even within the same family.
If you want your child to have a rich and fulfilling life, one of the best things you can do is help build your child’s vocabulary.
Summer is finally here, which means we can all look forward to some fun in the sun!
For thousands of years, mothers have sung lullabies to help their babies and children fall asleep.
- By Adam Davies
What does it mean to be a “good father?” While playing catch as a form of father-son bonding can be a good thing, it is necessary to challenge our idealized concepts of fatherhood gleaned from popular culture and Hallmark-style greeting cards.
What if there was a simple, inexpensive and fun way to address some of the major challenges facing humanity today.
Despite all the research that tells parents how good it is for their children to spend time playing outside, they are spending more time indoors than ever before.
Hippocrates said circa 400BC that “food should be our medicine and medicine should be our food”.
- By Alexis Blue
One of the most valuable lessons parents can teach their children about money might be how to give it away.
- By Nikki Martyn
We are born to connect. As human beings we are relational and we need biological, emotional and psychological connection with others.
Young people get a huge amount of their news from social media feeds, where false, exaggerated or sponsored content is often prevalent.
The benefits of music education are widely reported. Playing an instrument has been shown to have significant cognitive benefits.
Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and Read and hear from a variety of health professionals and educators that reading to their kids is critical for supporting development.
Over the past few decades of Australian life, government policies have gradually offered more support to working mothers, particularly through childcare subsidies and parental leave.
Both in Europe and the US, more than 90% of adolescents have their faces buried in screens before bed.
At the parent-teacher conference, I sat across the table from my first grader’s teacher in a chair made for a 6-year-old.
You may have heard of play. It’s that thing children do – the diverse range of unstructured, spontaneous activities and behaviours.
Imagine you’re a 14-year-old girl on the train on your way home from school, when out of nowhere a “dick pic” appears on your phone. Surprise! You’ve been cyber flashed.