I talk a lot about the dos and don’ts and the practical side of having conversations with your kids, which is all well and good, but in...

It seems since Chanel Contos’s petition hit the webways, the debate around who’s responsible for teaching our kids about topics relating...

Yesterday was a big day for me. Tough conversations with my 17 year old daughter about her future and then a lightbulb moment after...

I used to think that parenting babies and toddlers was hard (and tbh, it was at the time). I spent hours, weeks, months, in tears because...

We’re so used to doing it the ‘traditional’ way - teachers standing at the front of the room, kids all sitting facing the teacher,...

I recently returned from speaking at an ACHPER Conference in WA and to be brutally honest, wasn’t expecting what happened while I was...

Even though females are more likely to complete school (85% compared to 79% of boys) and attain a university degree (39% compared with...

Each year at my kids’ school, it’s tradition for the year 12 students to swap uniforms with each other in their last week of Term 4 as...

A history teacher, who is said to have discussed images of the Prophet Muhammad with his pupils during a moral and civic education class,...

I spend a lot of time talking about how important it is to be authentic, real and transparent with your kids. Now Iet’s see how that...

This morning, she announced that she was going up the beach with her ex-boyfriend - the one who cheated on her, the one who she let treat...

My son told me on Wednesday, that he’s asked a girl to have breakfast with him next week. I was proud, intrigued and nervous for him all...

Parents, teachers, schools, governments or themselves? Here’s what I think. I think that as humans, most of us are privileged enough to...

A little left of field, however something I feel needs to be talked about! I’ve drawn the short straw and been dealt the hideous hand of...

Why do we find it so hard to have uncomfortable conversations with our kids? We’re embarrassed by the topics No-one had the conversation...

Interesting question, right? because body shaming to one person could be seen as a complement to another. For a female, being told your...

As a kid, I witnessed a fair bit of domestic violence and even copped a bit of it myself. Black eyes and bruises were a staple in my...

At the moment I found out, I realised I had two choices. Jump on the ‘my poor perfect daughter, what a dirty, cheating, low life, scum...

As a mum of two teenagers, one of whom has recently passed her driving test, it’s not uncommon for me to lie awake worrying about them....