Child development

Do bulging backpacks mean learning? With his new book, The Homework Myth, expert Alfie Kohn says no. Here’s why. After…

One of the most important gifts we can give our children is time. By turning off the television you have automatically granted a child several…

If your child is near or has passed his first birthday, you can begin incorporating pre-potty training ideas into his life. They are simple things…

Australia's own home-based learning community has created a rich tapestry of grassroots networks of folks simply getting on with the job of…

Quite often, mothers (and to a lesser extent dads) find themselves needing to re-establish a sense of their own boundaries, after years of a symbiotic merger…

The first five years of a child’s life is a window of opportunity for laying foundations through stimulating experiences for their…

My son is 15 and has brought me nothing but... “Trouble?” I thought you’d say that! No,…

<br /> We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made them worse. For my grandchildren, I’d like better.…

In order to understand the relevance of the Tribe in the 21st Century it first has to be put into a personal context. Throughout history, people have…

The other day I was speaking to a friend of mine while we were picking up our children from school. We were chatting while the children played together.…