Written by Sarah Hunstead, words via our education partners, Parent TV. Summer is upon us, and for many of us, summer in Australia = swimming. For kids, it might be in the backyard pool while the grown-ups cluster around the barbecue, down at a nearby creek or waterhole with a death-defying rope swi
Words via our Education Partners, Parent TV Facebook was opened to the public way back in 2006, which is basically the olden days to our Gen Z/Gen Alpha kiddos. Anyway, it was really the first major social media platform to gain widespread traction (MySpace and MSN don’t really compare alth
Words via Parent TV So, you’re probably feeling overwhelmed with all the posts about hygiene and social distancing and self-isolation, right? You may be feeling a bit frustrated at the debate over whether or not our kids should be at school, and whether or not we should be at work, too. It’s har
Last flu season was a nasty one, and reports out of the northern hemisphere predict that this year’s could be even worse. So what can you do to protect your family from being hit hard by influenza? Get vaccinated The flu vaccine this year is made up of the four influenza variants that experts thin
‘Screen time’ is something that everyone seems to be talking about. Does it help or hinder childhood development? What are the best methods to keep our children safe? Everyone seems to have an opinion. Here are some of the facts. The statistics Well over 80% of children in Australia have a smart
Children are prone to having accidents. And generally speaking, we don’t want to stop all chance of them having those accidents, because that’s how they learn to move and interact with the world around them. However, we also want to keep them safe from serious harm, and that’s where these firs
Effect of a nurturing environment on brain development Children learn a surprising amount in the first few years of life, and some of those lessons shape how they learn and react to the world around them for the rest of their lives. We’ve put together a list of the basic elements that affect a chi
How Much Structure is Too Much? Different philosophies: some people give their children a lot of structure in playtime; others leave it up to the children to develop their own structures. Problems: Too much structure can stifle creativity in children, because they aren’t able to step outside the i