Behaviour
Lack of sleep akin to behaviour disorder
Paula Goodyer Sleep deprivation can affect a child's mood, behaviour and academic performance, writes Paula Goodyer.
Stamp out bad behaviour in public places
Laura Kiln With Christmas approaching fast, many parents are working out strategies to do all the festive shopping and cope with a bored toddler at the same time.
Computer test catches children with ADHD
Nicky Phillips Researchers have developed a computer test that can diagnose children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with 96 per cent accuracy.
Try walking and talking
Ben Rossiter As another school year begins, the roads will become a lot busier. Not because the streets will be full of children walking to school, but because the roads around schools will be packed with cars...
Encouraging your pre-schooler to rest and sleep
Carole It is to every family member’s advantage if we can encourage sound resting and sleeping habits in our youngsters.
Online bullying: tips for parents
Click Whilst you've probably got a lot of outdoor activities planned for summer, it's likely your little ones will be spending time online too. Here are our cybersafety tips.
Boys are not as tough as they appear
Jen Vuk The Salvation Army, one of the Wishing Tree's three charities and its longest-running partner, has consistently identified a particular group - boys aged 10-13 years - above all others as missing out...
Spoiling Christmas
Mindy Laube Australian parents intend to spend an average of $584 on Christmas gifts for their children this year according to this week's "Toy Treasure Trove" report from BankWest.
A world of their own
Jim Kellar Welcome to the world of autism, a lifelong developmental disability that affects one of every 160 people in the general Australian population.
The parent trap
Annabel Stafford Are today’s parents more permissive of bad behaviour? As Annabel Stafford reports, there has been a quantum shift in the way parents parent, where parents today feel like they have to please their...
Preparing for a babysitter
When you hire a new babysitter, you'll want to make sure you give them all the information they need to care for your children. The more prepared you are, the more at ease you'll feel about going out.
Gifted, talented, but it's no easy ride
Ainslie MacGibbon We need to be a lot cleverer about how we deal with bright children at school, writes Ainslie MacGibbon.
The eccentric child
Lucinda Schmidt A problem child or just eccentric? As Lucinda Schmidt discovers, your "unusual" child is perfectly normal.
Is your child ready for school?
Amber Robinson Your pre-schooler might know their alphabet and be able to count to 20, but are they ready for school?
Glued to the set - taming the television
Tania Andrusiak and Daniel Donahoo It could be any household, any evening, anywhere: fights over the remote, battles about unfinished homework, another skirmish lost against reality TV, tired parents wondering if it’s ever okay to use...
Don’t be afraid to get dirty
Brooke Wells The media know how to play on the fear of parents that germs are the source of family illnesses and infections. But is the opposite in fact in true?
The value of reading
Carole Disseldorp By reading to our children, we are fostering curiosity, imagination and creativity and increasing the chance of academic success and positive life experiences.
The eccentric child
Lucinda Schmidt Marina Copley vividly remembers taking her son, Lachlan, to the playground when he was about three, where he would grill other parents about their children's names and ages.
Young troublemakers set on the road to antisocial adulthood
Adele Horin The idea a person's character is formed in the first few years of life is not new. ''Give me a child until he is seven,'' say the Jesuits, ''and I will give you the man.''
Why schools deal with bullying better than most
Chris Bonnor Of all the hot-button issues confronted by schools and frequently given oxygen in the media, bullying has to be close to the top of the list.
