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Wondering how to teach your kids about consent? Here’s an age-based guide to get you started

Wondering how to teach your kids about consent? Here’s an age-based guide to get you started

by sascha.wolter | May 29, 2024 | Mental health

When should you start discussing sex with your child? It may be earlier than you think: It starts with consent.

No mullets, no mohawks, no ‘awkwardly contrasting colours’: what are school policies on hair and why do they matter so much?

No mullets, no mohawks, no ‘awkwardly contrasting colours’: what are school policies on hair and why do they matter so much?

by sascha.wolter | May 27, 2024 | Mental health

After yet another student is banned for having the “wrong” type of hair at school, new research shows this is part of a wider pattern to enforce norms around gender, class and race.

Parenting a perfectionist? Here’s how you can respond

Parenting a perfectionist? Here’s how you can respond

by sascha.wolter | May 23, 2024 | Psychology

Children and adolescents may experience perfectionism in relation to school work, sport, performance in art or music, or in relation to their own body. Here’s how parents can tackle it.

Here’s how you can talk to your kids about gendered violence, and 7 ways to model good behaviour

Here’s how you can talk to your kids about gendered violence, and 7 ways to model good behaviour

by sascha.wolter | May 2, 2024 | Psychology

Despite consistent messaging ‘we all have a role to play’ when it comes to stopping violence against women, actual guidance on what parents should do can be difficult to find.

Should you be checking your kid’s phone? How to know when your child is ready for ‘phone privacy’

Should you be checking your kid’s phone? How to know when your child is ready for ‘phone privacy’

by sascha.wolter | Feb 28, 2024 | Mental health

Is it reasonable to occasionally inspect a 13- or 14-year-old’s device, or does this undermine a new sense of privacy at this stage?

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