Hatton Hill Primary School says pupils favour keeping the current set up with no parents watching.

My son was four when he fell off his bike and started crying, and without even thinking, I said, “You’re okay! You’re fine!” He wasn’t fine. His knee was bleeding, and he was scared, and he needed me ...

The World Cup has captured the imagination of many Australian kids. Over the last three weeks, they have watched the ...

Children’s misbehaviors are some of the most stressful and exasperating parts of parenting. However, we may not realize how our own emotional reactions can worsen the behavior. Sometimes, our attempts ...

Young children are showing increasing signs of stress and upset, and there are valid reasons for this. The amount of physical, financial, material, emotional, spiritual, and cultural stress parents ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. In today’s digital age, it’s become increasingly common for parents to hand their upset child a smartphone or tablet to calm ...

For many parents, giving an upset child a smartphone or tablet to calm them down is second nature. But new research suggests frequently using these devices to soothe children may be linked with worse ...

The key to raising a happy child is to allow them to be unhappy. It might sound counter-intuitive, but it’s highly effective, says Tovah Klein, a child psychologist and author of the book “How ...