What’s Making Teen Smoking Cool Again?
Just when we thought we had smoking rates under control in Australia, many of our teens have decided it’s cool again. Why?
Health
Santa Chefs – Year 5 Students Learn About Nutrition
Year 5 students have been researching the topic of nutrition and using their new knowledge to create iMovies for their families.
“You mustn’t tell anyone what I’m about to tell you”
What should you do when your child divulges to you that one of their friends is using drugs or alcohol? Paul Dillon provides invaluable advice.
A Magical Body Doesn’t Make A Magical Life
Body image speaker Asha Holland spoke to Year 9s today about the fallacy that having a perfect body will make your life perfect
How to Talk About Weight Gain Without Shaming
Talking about weight gain with your child is extremely difficult. There are competing concerns about health and self-esteem. What do you say?
Why Mindfulness Is Awesome…and not just for hippies
I wish mindfulness had another name. I always cringe a bit when I write or talk about the importance of being ‘mindful’. This wasn’t helped today when our intern at work told me I was starting to sound like a yoga teacher.
The importance of having the ‘alcohol and other drug talk’: One mother’s plea for others not to wait until it is too late
I can’t imagine what it must be like for a parent to get a phone call from a hospital saying …
Who’s Feeding Your Kids?
We have developed incredibly negative relationships with food and we are passing these attitudes on to our kids. How can we reframe food and diet?
The Sexualisation of Young Girls
“It takes a village to raise a child, but the village is toxic.” Melinda Tankard Reist pulls no punches …