It’s that time of the year again, enrolment season for the class starting in 2027! For many parents, this can feel like an overwhelming decision. After all, choosing the right school for your child is about more than academics; it’s about finding a place where they will thrive emotionally, socially, and intellectually. Whether it’s their…

We all know that exercise is important. We hear about its benefits constantly, from heart health and bone strength to mood, sleep, stress regulation and cognitive health and more. Research continues to show that movement has an extraordinary “bang for your buck” effect across multiple areas of wellbeing. In many ways, this is not surprising.…

Introduction Advice on what to eat and which diet is best for you is relentless and often contradictory. It varies from what you should eat, when you should eat, why you should eat this over that, how much you should eat, and how you should look and feel, depending on whichever diet is being promoted.…

In a recent blog, I explored how behaviours such as tantrums or meltdowns are often signs that a child’s regulatory capacity has been exceeded. When a child is overwhelmed, what looks like “bad behaviour” may be a nervous system struggling to cope. The same concept can be used to understand another challenge many families face;…

It is Monday morning. Your child is under the doona, saying they feel sick. They have been saying this a lot lately, and over the past month have not managed a full five-day week of school. You tell them there is nothing wrong and that they need to get up, but they snap back and…

In 2025, the Victorian Parliament undertook an inquiry into student pathways to in-demand industries. The Committee had received 139 submissions to the inquiry and held public hearings in November 2025. The two Peak Parent Bodies, Parents Victoria (representing Government school parents) and Victorian Parents Council (representing Non Government school parents) were invited to participate in…

As a parent or caregiver to children, it is likely that you have been witness to all kinds of behaviour. Arguably the most memorable and least pleasant is the full-blown tantrum or meltdown. It is the complete volcanic eruption of emotion that appears to come from nowhere. It might be the ‘no’ you say to…

How do you feel when you wake up most mornings? Rested and ready to face the day, or irritable, agitated, and unsettled? Maybe your eyes feel dry and gritty, your mind already racing. Or perhaps you wake heavy and groggy, unsure whether you’ve had too much sleep or not enough.  Sleep is one of the…

Raising children today is complex. We all hope our little ones grow up to be happy, healthy, responsible and environmentally aware, but how do we instil these values from a young age? One of the simplest, most practical (and fun!) ways to introduce sustainability and responsibility to kids is through the use of toy libraries.…