Blog Tween obsessions: what you need to know One big psychological change of puberty is the sudden need for greater independence. It’s when young people start to establish Talking about COVID-19 with your children With the state in a stretching-out lockdown 4.0, we thought we'd dig up this post from our April 2020 newsletter. Romantic relationship myths your teen needs debunked We get a lot of ideas about relationships that may not be healthy for us from movies, advertising, books and Friendship myths your teen need debunked We receive a lot of ideas about relationships that may not be healthy for us. Movies, advertising, books and even How to answer your child’s age-inappropriate questions As parents and carers, we all dread them. Those questions, the ones that make our faces flush and mouths stumble What can parents do about the supposed ‘National Rape Day’ video? ***Content warning: rape*** Once again, an alleged new disturbing TikTok trend is in the news – and with good reason. The ‘other’ talk: talking to children and teens about drugs and alcohol No family is impervious to issues around drinking and drug taking. Any young person can fall into trouble, no matter A chat with our educator Cathy Elliott This is the next instalment in our series where we interview our educators about their experiences teaching, their thoughts on From boys to men: gender performance, toxic masculinity, parliament and Australia’s #MeToo moment ***content warning: sexual assault*** It seems as though Australia is going through its own moment of #MeToo reckoning. Last week, What is a ‘trusted adult’ (and why are they so important)? You might have heard the terms ‘trusted adult’ or ‘safe adult’ thrown around more often in recent years. We know, 1 2 3 4 Next » Share this:TwitterFacebook
