Dr. Freda Briggs AO Nobody loves a child who has temper tantrums, least of all tantrums in public places. Tantrums involve spectacular explosions of rage, frustration and even vomiting or violence. Children ‘lose it’. They scream, stiffen or thrash their limbs, arch their backs and fall on the footpath or floor. Some hold their breath [...]
Digital Kids Today’s children need to learn how to manage their media use from a very young age. Our children, digital natives, are growing up in a world immersed in digital technologies and screens: iPads, TVs, computers, gaming consoles, techno-toys, DVD players in cars, just to name a few. These technologies will not be [...]
Children love to play, so why not teach them in the way that they learn best – through play? In the early years teaching numeracy and literacy should be quite informal and incidental. Our children crawl before they walk and walk before they run and the same concept applies to learning the abstract concepts of [...]
How do you define these words, do you view one as GOOD and one as BAD?
A baby becomes a toddler at 12 months old. By this age they will have gained about triple their birth weight and by the end of their toddler stage at 3 years, they will have developed 90% of their adult brain.
There are FIVE key parenting skills that I have found will produce a toddler who will drive you crazy.
The Bligh Government is investing more than $395,000 over the next three years to create more safe places for at risk Indigenous young people on the Sunshine Coast.
With children heading back to school and childcare, Queensland Health is reassuring families that help is available to guide and support their efforts to manage head lice.
