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DEPRESSED

The happiness trap

Happiness: We want it for ourselves and we want it for our kids. But is the pursuit of happiness actually making us miserable?

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Anger course for teacher

Teacher who hit pupils with a ruler and dragged them across the classroom sent to anger-management.

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Today's maths lesson: Saw

French maths teacher suspended after showing the torture film Saw to a class of 11-year-olds.

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Vegetarian children

Lately I seem to be getting the same question over and over: "What do I do when my child wants to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle?"

TOY CAR

Ultimate toy car

Electric-powered toy designed to bring families together by building it themselves.

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five to ten

Development Smart kid

Perfect pressure

Can the emphasis on achievement translate to an unbalanced focus and pursuit of perfection?

Health & nutrition NITS

When parents catch nits

I recently had a full-blown case of lice - far worse than my daughter's. Fully-formed creatures that looked like flies, with actual wings, came out.

Education & play Lewis Hawkins, Scrabble

At the zenith of aptitude

Not many people can use words like zyzzyva, but Lewis Hawkins can.

Behaviour discipline

Disciplining children

"My father was a harsh disciplinarian and I'm struggling to know what's the right balance with disciplining my son."

Activities ABC

Learn to write the alphabet

Download and print this fun exercise to help your kids learn to write their alphabet in both upper and lower cases.

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tweens to teens

Development Sleepy kids

A wake up call

Kiwi kids are missing out on up to six hours of sleep a night, ranking them amongst the sleepiest students in the world.

Health & nutrition scan

Born with a double uterus

Doctors feared Allison Partridge had cancer. Turns out the teen's excruciating pain was caused by having more than one uterus.

Education Classroom, students, pupils, learning, high school, secondary school

Teaching kids about porn

Should high schools be encouraged to introduce discussions about pornography in their sex education curriculum?

Behaviour Sexting

Is sexting porn?

Some parents and rights groups are calling for a new law that would distinguish sexting from child pornography.

Activities Art spelling list

Art spelling list

Teach your kids to spell with our themed spelling lists.

Products Teen Christmas

Gifts for teens

This age group can be one of the most difficult to buy for. It's all about fitting in and being cool. The jig is up on the Christmas Eve visitor and mum and dad are under more pressure to meet expectations.

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