Get Started for FREE
Sign up with Facebook Sign up with X
I don't have a Facebook or a X account
|
eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
Your new post is loading...
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Hospitals and Healthcare
June 18, 2018 6:42 PM
|
Scoop.it!
New guidelines outline language practitioners should use when caring for transgender kids.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
June 10, 2018 8:29 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Australian schools have the dubious honour of having one of the highest reported rates of bullying in the world.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
April 19, 2018 9:36 AM
|
Scoop.it!
From moving house not once but twice, to paying a surveyor $1000 to prove a point, to downright cheating, there is no end to the lengths some families will go.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Educational Leadership
April 6, 2018 12:21 AM
|
Scoop.it!
Early this month, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull penned a letter to school principals around the country, urging them to take action on bullying.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
March 15, 2018 9:52 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Bullying happens to the children of cabinet ministers, to those whose parents work in our hospitals and on building sites and at universities. It doesn't have boundaries.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Hospitals and Healthcare
January 27, 2018 10:08 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Dentists are pleading with parents to cut the amount of sugar in their children's lunch boxes, as figures show NSW is in the grips of a child tooth decay crisis.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
January 12, 2018 5:07 PM
|
Scoop.it!
"Dolly" Everett's parents have asked the bullies to come to her farewell service to "witness the complete devastation you have created.”
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
January 9, 2018 9:40 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Bullies overwhelmed her with vile taunts. She then took her own life.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Educational Leadership
December 19, 2017 11:16 PM
|
Scoop.it!
A national survey has shown Australian school students with a mental disorder can be almost three years behind in their studies by the time they sit their final NAPLAN test in year nine.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Educational Leadership
December 18, 2017 6:21 AM
|
Scoop.it!
The proposed legislation would have affected 10,000 New Zealanders.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
December 18, 2017 2:07 AM
|
Scoop.it!
My parents are the most selfless, loving and supportive in the world. I didn't understand their sacrifices initially. I hated being poor. I hated being bullied by others because I was poor. I was one of the only Year 12 students at Sydney Boys who did not have a school blazer or jersey.
My dad, despite not knowing a word of English, used a Chinese-to-English dictionary to help me with my homework during primary school, a task that took most students 10 minutes to complete but took me three hours.
My dad worked countless jobs in the cleaning industry during the day and became my personal teacher during the night.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from The Student Voice
December 14, 2017 8:50 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Students should consider all their options and remember the ATAR is just one measure that doesn't necessarily dictate how well they will do in future.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Educational Leadership
December 14, 2017 8:43 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Priests should be banned from being the employers of principals and teachers in Catholic schools, Australia’s royal commission into child sexual abuse has recommended in its final report as it excoriated “almost incomprehensible” failures to report abusers to the police.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
December 14, 2017 4:35 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Parental views have a big impact on the decisions that children make - so let's help mums and dads support their daughters in STEM careers.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
December 13, 2017 6:18 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Receiving disappointing VCE or HSC results at the end of Year 12 can be devastating but there are ways to cope, says a University of Melbourne expert.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
December 13, 2017 4:55 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Proportion of students meeting national minimum standards flatlined or declined across most year groups since last year
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
December 4, 2017 5:30 AM
|
Scoop.it!
Social media and mobile phones allow kids to compare themselves to the most gorgeous, gifted, privileged, airbrushed, staged people in the world – all th
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
November 14, 2017 10:32 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Australia voted Yes to legalising same-sex marriage today, and it's more important than ever to talk to your children about same-sex marriage and relationships.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from The Student Voice
November 11, 2017 10:52 PM
|
Scoop.it!
From the shock and disappointment of low ATARs, these four students have moved on to academic and career success. Between them they now have distinction or hig
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
September 19, 2017 7:37 PM
|
Scoop.it!
Parents need support from early childhood educators to build capacity to claim for NDIS services.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
September 11, 2017 6:39 PM
|
Scoop.it!
The death of a 13-year-old Queenslander after he was the victim of homophobic bullying illustrates the life-saving necessity of the Safe Schools program. So why did News Corp’s papers trash it?
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
September 11, 2017 6:31 PM
|
Scoop.it!
A snapshot of Australian teens shows most doing well, but as a group they are still plagued by suicide risk, self-harm and mental health problems.
|
|
Scooped by
Peter Mellow
July 30, 2017 7:14 PM
|
Scoop.it!
WHEN confronted with the visual, uncomfortable truth, most parents say the same words: my child would never do that.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Global Adolescent Health
July 30, 2017 5:54 PM
|
Scoop.it!
We are seeing a major shift in the development of children, particularly girls. We cannot afford to ignore it and hope it will go away.
|
|
Rescooped by
Peter Mellow
from Avoid Internet Scams and ripoffs
July 10, 2017 12:19 AM
|
Scoop.it!
PRIMARY schoolchildren are being personality tested and classified as one of four Australian animals via a program that costs schools thousands but is a fad and complete rubbish, according to experts.
