‘Your boobs are too big’:It’s no surprise expert women don’t want to go on TV
Opinion
Sexism

‘Your boobs are too big’:It’s no surprise expert women don’t want to go on TV

Baiting prominent women with abuse designed to degrade – or exit – them has taken on the dimensions of a national sport. It’s despicable and it needs to stop.

  • byWendy Tuohy

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NSW appoints schools behaviour adviser to tackle worsening student conduct

NSW appoints schools behaviour adviser to tackle worsening student conduct

Child health advocate and academic Donna Cross will help schools deal with difficult student conduct,including cyberbullying,school refusal and truancy.

  • byLucy Carroll
There’s only one reason we should be talking about Jelena Dokic right now
Opinion
Opinion

There’s only one reason we should be talking about Jelena Dokic right now

I’m an eating disorder survivor and,like the wonderful Jelena Dokic,I look forward to the day when women no longer have to explain why we are the size we are.

  • byHannah Vanderheide
It’s time to declare game,set and match against online trolls

It’s time to declare game,set and match against online trolls

My focus is helping survivors know there is hope. I made it,and so will they.

  • byJelena Dokic
Police investigate whipping of students by classmates at Catholic school

Police investigate whipping of students by classmates at Catholic school

Police are investigating the bullying and assault of several boys at Assumption College by fellow students,which was filmed and widely circulated among the school community on social media.

  • byCameron Houston
British ruling pins blame on social media for teenager’s suicide

British ruling pins blame on social media for teenager’s suicide

Sitting in the witness box,a Meta executive faced an uncomfortable question:Did her company contribute to the suicide of 14-year-old Molly Russell?

  • byAdam Satariano
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Phone bans should be a matter of principals,not governments
Opinion
Education

Phone bans should be a matter of principals,not governments

There are situations where students do need their phones,and it is up to the school principals and teachers to manage that.

  • byDaisy Turnbull
Toxic teens:The conversations you need to have with your children

Toxic teens:The conversations you need to have with your children

Parents need to use both explicit teaching and lead by example to inoculate their children from the toxic culture pervading many Sydney high schools,experts say.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Digital self-harm:Rising trend of teens cyberbullying themselves
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Digital self-harm:Rising trend of teens cyberbullying themselves

Cyber-safety experts are warning about a rising trend of “digital self-harm” where young people anonymously bully themselves online,amid a general increase in cyberbullying since the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘We’re all guilty of using technology as the digital babysitter’

‘We’re all guilty of using technology as the digital babysitter’

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant shares her best tips for protecting kids from online harm.

  • byKonrad Marshall
Parents have to practise it:How to raise kind children
Psychology
Parenting

Parents have to practise it:How to raise kind children

Many kids - regardless of their background - are in real need of help with being kind. Parents can provide a crucial guide.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris