VIDEO: Shocking school fight video This video is currently doing the rounds of Facebook pages of teenagers across the globe. And for good reason. More children have either been bullied or know someon...
When rugby league player Brett Stewart was acquitted of sexual assault yesterday, his family, friends and fans were no doubt thankful that our judicial system had done its job. In March 2009 a 17-yea...
I could hear my son singing and playing his guitar in his bedroom one evening. The only thing strange about that scenario was that he had closed his bedroom door. Just weeks away from his 13th birthd...
Source: telegraph.co.uk It may not have been the outcome that we were all hoping for, but when Francesca Schiavone won the French Open last night against the favoured Sam Stosur I was handed a releva...
Source “Kissing leads to touching. Touching leads to grandchildren.” This sweet little quote was posted on Facebook by a 12-year-old that my son has a crush on. I know her mother and I ca...
Source On the weekend I learned that girls determine the pairings when you’re 12 or 13 and wearing your relationship trainer wheels. A 12-year-old boy, on the sideline of my son’s rugby m...
Netball Australia’s first television commercial. Support your daughter’s passion for sport. Great for fitness, health, friendships and self-esteem.
Solo sailor Jessica Watson’s boat Ella’s Pink Lady Source 16-year-old Jessica Watson returns home Source Jessica’s parents Julie and Roger Source As Jessica Watson sailed into Sydne...
Above: Nona Belomesoff, 18, of Cecil Hills is missing after meeting up with Facebook strangers. Source A teenage girl disappeared on Wednesday, May 12 after meeting up with two men she was introduced...
An offer for your teenager and friends if they happen to live in or near Bondi, NSW, Australia. Location: Borders bookstore Bonus: alcohol-free zone
Source It’s a timeless scenario: two boys fighting in the playground, coming to blows with fists; the foulest of language and racist slurs employed for maximum punch. “You dumb f**kin Asi...
Spare a thought for the parents of Cassi Vaicekonis who were forced to bury their daughter shortly after her 20th birthday. As the media details the drug-infused horror of her final night, the inques...
Source: schoolboardblues.com I hadn’t spoken of the incident that I’m about to share for at least six years. I’d pushed the very thought to the back of my mind, so distressing was m...
I think we may have turned a corner. I have spent the past four years tearing my hair out, trying to convince my son that studying is part of the high school deal. But he has never been a child who c...
Above: Texting while Driving U.K. Ad When I saw this ad on a news programme last week, I was captivated by its horror and immediately became an advocate for it being shown to Australian teenagers. Bu...
My 15-year-old was as shocked as I was. As he read about 15-year-old Jai Morcom’s death last Friday following a schoolyard fight at Mullumbimby High School, on NSW’s north coast, I could ...
If you’ve been reading this blog you’ll already know my view on alcohol and teenagers. It’s a view that is at odds with the findings presented in the new Drinkwise TVC. While I don&...
My boys are the same age that Princess Diana’s boys were when she died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel on August 31, 1997. It was the weekend that I brought home my second child who will be...
Source: http://www.abc.net.au Apparently the pattern of binge drinking in adult life starts with teenage drinking in the home. Really. According to a Deakin University study, the practice of allowing...
I caught the ‘moods’ episode of Whatever! The Science Of Teens on the ABC tonight. There was a huge emphasis on depression and its causes. We all know that teenagers experience vast mood ...
Source: http://www.cartoonstock.com According to an article in The New York Times, technology is being prioritised over family life in many American households. “Mr. Gude wakes at around 6 a.m....
We fronted up to the school last night for my 15-year-old son’s Subject Selection For The HSC evening. It’s a big event these days as today’s generation of parents are a lot more aw...
Source: Mashable I am a mad Tweeter and my teenage son thinks I’m a loser. Maybe he’s right. Social media is a huge commitment that I feel guilty neglecting. My son and his friends are bi...
Channel Seven’s new show, World’s Strictest Parents, is the teenager’s version of Ladettes To Lady. It’s a makeover your attitude show focusing on uncontrollable kids. The bas...
Ok, I didn’t shy from castigating the obviously deranged mother of the 14 -year-old girl who was subjected to unforgivable humiliation on live radio because I’m a mother too (or any other...
By request, I am weighing into the Kyle and Jackie O debate re: the 14-year-old girl who was quizzed on her sexual experiences while plugged in to a lie detector, on their morning radio program. It&#...
Every time I read that a teenager has taken their own life I become a little more neurotic. The news.com.au report today that four teens from one Victorian high school had committed suicide this year...
My 15-year-old son has to file his first tax return this year after a modest start to his working life last summer. My son worked temporarily as a shop assistant at an outdoor clothing store and tax ...
@ Yahoo!7 Video Above: Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno My 15-year-old son and his mates went to see Bruno yesterday. His review? “Cruder than Borat and not as funny. But still very funny.” An ...
I was listening to a segment on the ABC this afternoon about the pros and cons of home schooling. There are pros? I hate to be judgmental, but I honestly don’t get it. Unless the children that ...
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