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‘I had it first!’ 4 steps to help children solve their own arguments

To move from conflict to cooperation, the focus needs to shift to talking about a solution: “What can we do to make this fair?”

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A push to raise the school starting age to 6 sounds like good news for parents, but there’s a catch

Currently, children in NSW can start school the year they turn five if their birthday is before July 31, and must be enrolled before they turn six.

INNOVATION

Seven ‘superpowers’ you need to fight climate change

What resources do children and young people themselves want, to support them in facing climate change?

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Will the new Australian plan to end family violence succeed?

While the national plan aims for an Australia free of “gender-based violence” – much of the plan actually focuses on domestic, family and sexual violence.

HEALTH

What should you do if your child is a picky eater or wants to be a vegetarian?

Children are still growing and need more nutrients than adults, even though they may consume less food overall.

HEALTH

Is your child struggling with language comprehension and expression? Know about ‘Developmental language disorder’

People with Developmental language disorder find it more difficult to say what they mean and to understand others.

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Are Australian schools ‘falling short’ on quality and equity?

Every year, between 5% and 9% of Australian students do not meet year-level expectations in literacy or numeracy.

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What parents should and shouldn’t say when talking to their child about NAPLAN results

NAPLAN is a nationwide test of literacy and numeracy that all students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are expected to take.

OPINION

Is there such a thing as ‘too old’ to co-sleep with your child?

In western societies, the idea that children should sleep on their own only emerged during the 19th century.

HEALTH

If it’s not all sugar, is it bad for our health?

New research has found per person volumes of non-nutritive sweeteners in drinks is now 36% higher globally and added sugars in packaged food is 9% higher.

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says