No parent ever wants to think their child is a bully, but it happens. You might get a call from the school, or another parent, and feel blindsided. However, bullying isn’t just a phase or harmless behaviour — it’s serious and can cause long-term damage to everyone involved.
A Sydney family has been left heartbroken and shattered after their 12-year-old daughter, Charlotte, took her own life, with her parents saying relentless bullying was to blame.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re running on empty, constantly juggling a million tasks, and wondering how much longer you can keep going, you’re not alone. That overwhelming fatigue, the ongoing stress that never seems to fade, and the feeling of being pulled in every direction has a name, parental burnout.
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Media has a knack for painting people with ADHD as hyperactive troublemakers, all-energy and no focus, leaving us to assume that anyone with ADHD is bound to be a handful. But did you know that there are some incredible ADHD superpowers that really set us apart from the rest?
Ever feel like you’re dragging through the week, only to catch up on sleep during the weekend? It can feel like you’re always on the backfoot, trying to catch up on sleep and get your body clock back in line. I hear you! Chances are it’s social jet lag.
Little Chase begged his mum to sing You Are My Sunshine to him, despite his mum saying it always made him cry. She’d sung it to him every day since he was born, so it had so much meaning. Mum agreed and it didn’t take long for his little bottom lip to quiver and the happy tears to flow! It’s so super darn cute, you can feel the overwhelming love and security he feels when he hears this tune.
You’ve probably seen someone sadfishing while you’re on social media, even if you don’t know what it is. You might have even done it yourself a time or two. So do you think sadfishing is a trending social media trend, or a cry for help?
Family Therapist Carol Kim has revealed the top 5 things that create core memories in our kids, and they might not be what you think.
For some people, parenting is a calling; they seem to glide through it like they’re…
You’d be sorely mistaken if you thought the Yarra Valley female student ranking list was a one-off. Not only was a women-centric football day marred with male football players lining up to trip and rate female players, but now, another high school is making headlines for a similar list.
When is this going to stop?
Four weeks ago we reported on a group of boys from a private Melbourne school, suspended for ranking female classmates. Now it’s happening on the footy field with a Victorian team found ranking female players and trying to trip them over as they returned to the field on their ‘Ladies Day’.