Helpdesk: The design tricks keeping your kids hooked on games and apps – and three things you can do about it

In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRIS ZOMER and SUMUDU MALLAWAARACHCHI explain some of the most common design tricks used in popular games, social media and apps…
Your child’s village

You know the saying, “it takes a village to raise a child”? Who is in your child’s village? You can populate the village – don’t think it will happen by itself, you need to make sure you have a great group around your children. Supporting your child’s teachers is important to your child’s upbringing, says […]
Books: ‘AND, NOT, OR, WITH’ – restoring a breadth of learning

CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reads educator Paul L Burgis’ book reflecting on better ways to educate through a conversation about ideas shaping our children’s futures…
Sight-Seeing: When childless becomes grandchildless

KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says it can mean new versions of the old wonderings begin all over again…
Ten years after South Korean ferry disaster, mothers express their grief on stage

Ansan, South Korea Reuters For Lee Mi-kyung, whose son was one of the 250 children who died in South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster 10 years ago, coping with the grief and anger has been incredibly hard. She works through her pain on stage. “I will no longer hide in darkness, nor be defeated by sorrow, […]
Improve at school

Being married to a teacher and, as a parent, here are some simple things you can do with your children, that will have a huge impact on their schooling. PICTURE: note thanun/Unsplash Be interested and positive about school. Ask your children what they did each day, show interest. Support the teacher. Help them with their homework. […]
Read to your kids

Being married to a teacher and, as a parent, I can tell you one of the simplest things you can do with your children, that will have the biggest impact on their schooling. Are you ready? PICTURE: Picsea/Unsplash Read to them, every night. Doesn’t really matter what you read, but a children’s Bible is a classic. […]
Re-parenting

Many of our personal problems can be traced back to the way we were parented. Were we encouraged or ignored? Loved or Abandoned? Emptied of ego, taught to move from wants to needs? To care for others? PICTURE: Julianne Liebermann/Unsplash The research around this is challenging. Often what we need is re-parenting. Who will do that for […]
Parents and children

All the research tells us, and all school teachers know, that most of the issues children have are simply echoes of their parent’s issues. Of course, no parent wants to hear that. PICTURE: Piron Guillaume/Unsplash Why? Because faced with our faults, we feel shame – and shame shuts us down. What a terrible catch-22. How […]
Essay: Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens students daily and forces teachers to improvise

In an article first published on The Conversation, KRISTINA HOOK, assistant professor of conflict management at Kennesaw State University, looks at the efforts of countless teachers and parents to keep more than eight million children in Ukraine educated…