What is ‘parent training’ for families of children with ADHD?
Raising children with behavioural, developmental or learning difficulties can also make parenting more challenging. So how can parent training help?
Worried about school refusal? How to use the holidays to help your child
From keeping up routines, to making contact with new teachers, there are many things families can do to lay the groundwork for a more positive school year ahead.
‘Mum, Dad, I’m bored!’ How to teach children to manage their own boredom these holidays
It is OK for kids to feel bored. In fact, boredom can help children to develop a number of important skills.
1 in 4 adults think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids. But attitudes are changing
New research shows one in four Australians think physical punishment is necessary to properly raise children. And one in two parents (across all age groups) reported smacking their children.
Why are my kids good around other people and then badly behaved with me?
Parents may be familiar with this scenario: a child is well behaved at school and polite to their teachers but has a meltdown at home in the afternoon.