Saturday, July 19th, 2008
The Australian state of Queensland is putting into place a strategy to stop bullying. They are implementing this in 750 child care centres across Queensland, in the hope that the number of bullies drop in school aged children. Read more.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
The Australian child obesity problem is only getting worse and we need to start doing something about it now. The following articles state that contributing factors lead to the childhood problem.
Ethnicity, obesity link.
Poverty, race link to childhood obesity problem.
As child carers what can we do to help with the problem?
We would love your opinion in our discussion forum.
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
The fantastic series Life at One is to be shown on ABC Television again this year. The program follows the life of eleven one year old children in their day to day life, looking at the different environment and cultures the children live in.
As the ABC Website states:
The LIFE series aims to unlock the secrets of child development to find out what gives a child the best chance at life. As these 11 young Australians grow up we’ll witness their lives, we’ll test their progress and discover what makes us who we are. Join us for the beginning of an extraordinary and groundbreaking journey.
Check it out, screening on ABC2