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Student screen time capped at as little as 15 minutes in NSW as test results fall
10+ hour, 50+ min ago (458+ words) September 13, 2026 — 10:46am School students will be limited to as little as 15 minutes of screen time per day in NSW classrooms as the Minns government seeks to arrest the alarming drop in Australia’s global reading and writing standards. The new policy, announced…...
‘No name is beautiful enough for my child’
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (411+ words) Names can also reflect love and respect for the holy personalities and figures who have shaped Islamic history. Parents may choose names associated with prophets, members of the Prophet Muhammad’s family, revered companions, scholars or other figures whose lives represent…...
Parents need to teach their daughters what controlling relationships look like
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (645+ words) September 11, 2026 — 3:30pm There is much anxiety at the moment about what our girls are facing – misogyny, the manosphere and sexual violence. Increasingly, I hear murmurings about teaching girls self-defence. Perhaps we need them to learn how to fight back? After more…...
I watch my daughter retreat into a decade she never lived – and I cannot blame her
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (416+ words) September 9, 2026 — 7:00pm At 16, my younger daughter taught me a new word. It was the first time she’d done that, apart from text abbreviations like “idk” (I don’t know) or “nvm” (nevermind) that I had to search up. Once upon a time,…...
Australian school disruption: Why classrooms are among the most disordered in the world according to PISA data
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (547+ words) September 9, 2026 — 5:00am Australian classrooms remain among the most disruptive in the world because of noise, disorder and distraction caused by digital devices, the latest report card ranking school systems around the world has found. Students reported a less positive “disciplinary climate…...
Teachers aren’t here to raise your kids. That’s your job
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (641+ words) September 8, 2026 — 3:30pm The best thing I’ve heard in the whole catastrophe around boys at school is this: a headmaster at a Catholic boys school, Sydney’s St Joseph’s College, imploring his students to be better men. Principal Michael Blake gave this all-school…...
Gen Z do want kids – but two things are holding them back
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (1090+ words) September 7, 2026 — 7:47pm Most young Australians are still interested in having children — despite what the nation’s steep decline in fertility rates suggests — but their family plans are affected by their worry about the future. The most obvious barrier, tough economic times leading…...
Like many, I’m an expat kid. When my parents get sick, the distance feels crippling
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1358+ words) September 6, 2026 — 5:00am My older sister and I have a mental list of the places we’ve stood when she’s called to tell me, “Dad has cancer.” We’ve laughed about it, in the way you do when life has shown you so much…...
With the new year comes new hope
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (195+ words) September 6, 2026 — 5:30am The celebrated American poet Robert Frost put it well in his evocative poem: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveller, long I stood … I took the one less…...
This author interviewed 300 teenagers about their screen time. Here’s what she discovered
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (838+ words) September 6, 2026 — 5:00am Madonna King is a long-time journalist and author who has written a book, Screen Wise, on Australia’s obsession with glowing rectangles. Fitz: Madonna, the basic premise of your book is that – with just a few exceptions – screens are doing…...