Yuting Gao/ Pexels For most of the year, parents teach children not to talk to strangers, not to accept things from people they don’t know, and to take care when

Elizabeth Iris/ Pexels Halloween can be a massive lolly fest. Children come home from trick-or-treating ready to dig into a sackful of lollies and chocolate bars. This is enormous fun

Fiona Goodall/Getty Images A sweeping overhaul of New Zealand’s education system over the past three years has affected almost every aspect of how schools operate. It’s been guided by a

Vitaly Gariev/ Pexels When students choose their Year 11 and 12 subjects, they are deciding more than their pathway to university. They are choosing the kinds of learning and experiences

Lourdes Balduque/Getty Images On Monday night an ABC Four Corners episode on child safety in child care services depicted some disturbing CCTV footage. Videos showed an educator at a service

ridvan_celik/Getty Images We know many children and teens are turning to AI chatbots to answer tricky questions, seek help and even find companionship. An eSafety survey of 1,950 Australian children

Edwin Tan/Getty Images Last week, Victoria finally signed a school funding deal with the federal government. This means Victorian public schools now have a timeline to reach 100% of the

SanyaSM/Getty Images A study published this month shows many Queenslanders believe parents should not be convicted of assault for doing things such as smacking their children for misbehaviour. I am

Capuski/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) means high school and uni students now have access to a resource that can potentially “do all the work for them”. While this can reduce

Helena Lopes/ Pexels We’re often told parenting is one of the most rewarding things we’ll ever do. But as many parents will attest, it is also full of very difficult