Parenting
Tech obsessed Aussie kids are glued to gadgets
MOST Aussie parents think the car is a great place for a family chat but 76 per cent say their kids are usually on a mobile device when on the move.
Employment Skills you need to get a job in 2017
VOCATIONAL education and training create skills that are in demand from child care and hospitality to trades and IT.
Unpaid fees Debt police chase childcare fees
PARENTS owing as little as $100 in unpaid childcare expenses are being chased by debt collectors as centres get fed up with unpaid fees.
Dodgy daycare Spies to crack down on fake daycare
KINDERGARTEN cops are going undercover to spy on fake family daycare services stealing millions of dollars in childcare subsidies.
BW Magazine Don’t be your son’s ‘best mate’
TEMPTED to play the role of best friend to your teenage son? It can be the worst parenting approach for adolescent boys.
Family life Gail Kelly hits out at Aussie businesses
FORMER Westpac CEO Gail Kelly has attacked Australian businesses for paying ‘lip service’ to the welfare of their employees.
Guilty parents Are we raising kids to be lazy ‘boofheads’?
GUILTY parents are raising a generation of “boofheads” who have huge egos and think they’re too good to do chores or turn up to school, a new book says.
Teen boys The harsh truth about teenage boys
“THAT’S the wrong one, you stupid cow!” The teen boy screamed at his mum, as psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg watched on. Teen behaviour is getting worse.
Body shaming Principal body shames kids: ‘You look fat’
A PRINCIPAL has been heard on a recording telling her students that if they aren’t a size zero or two they look fat.
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