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Lawyer translates Instagram terms into plain English
It's no secret that teenagers love social media, but how much do they understand what they've agreed to give up when they start an account?
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Don't worry kids, your Year 12 results don't have to determine your future
It's that time of year again, when year 12 results come out. As usual there's a lot of talk of of defining moments. Of deciding your fate. Of doors opening or slamming in your face, depending on the outcome.
![It's important for teenagers to have a mix of relaxation time and productive time during the holidays.](/web/20170125074900im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/a/r/j/l/image.related.landscape.300x200.gtar7a.png/1481677250093.jpg)
How to stop your teenager doing too little, or too much, these holidays
How to stop your teenager doing too little — or too much — these holidays
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Sydney Story factory takes teens from playground to published authors
A published book for any first-time author is a bright and shiny thing.
![I can no longer support the Salvation Army.](/web/20170125074900im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/3/a/j/s/image.related.landscape.300x200.gt5ohs.png/1481243360126.jpg)
Why I won't be supporting the Salvation Army this Christmas
Here's a tip, charities: maybe wait a few weeks after the high profile suicide of a bullied gay child before you start talking about how school anti-bullying programmes are oh-so-discriminatory.
!["Australia is doing worse than Australia used to": Peter Goss, Grattan Institute.](/web/20170125074900im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/s/7/8/3/image.related.landscape.300x200.gt4w8p.png/1481062520692.jpg)
Australian school students two years behind world's best
Australian high school students are up to two school years behind their peers in the world's best performing countries, a major global test of student achievement has revealed.
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Perth mum forced to show 'barber's note' after son kicked out of school
A Perth mother is outraged her teenage son was told to leave school on Monday morning because his hair was "too short".
![Brandy Vela's family said the teen was the victim of cyberbullying.](/web/20170125074900im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/4/1/o/g/image.related.landscape.300x200.gt3xou.png/1480901993117.jpg)
Bullied teen commits suicide in front of family
Brandy Vela, 18, fatally shot herself after enduring years of cyberbullying.
![Tyrone Unsworth, 13, who took his own life after being bullied.](/web/20170125074900im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/x/v/4/6/image.related.landscape.300x200.gt3oq8.png/1481175051505.jpg)
Hundreds rally for bullied teen Tyrone Unsworth
Hundreds of people have rallied in Brisbane's CBD in memory of teenager Tyrone Upworth demanding the implementation of the Safe Schools program across Queensland schools.
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The tragedy of realising too late that you had been a bully
I've been bullied myself and I know people who've suffered it - because I was one of the people who dished it out to them.
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The Sydney schoolboys taking on the 'most hated man in the world'
He outraged the world by hiking the price of an essential drug by more than 5000 per cent.
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