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Assuming you and your school place student welfare/wellbeing high on your list of priorities, here are three questions to consider. Who is the significant adult in the life of a 21st Century student? How and where do they spend most of their time? With whom do they converse most? Is it their parents? Is it fair [...]
Not sure if I’m getting too relaxed with the soon arrival of a desperately needed break, but I am about to surprise you and commend Dolly on a few things this issue, primarily features on anxiety and cyber dangers. A two page article on anxiety, ‘Anxiety Anonymous’, covers one of the major issues for tweens [...]
Major alcohol companies are consciously directing their advertising campaigns at young people. Coming up with campaign/product names like Pom Pom, Electric Pink, Hot Pink, and Skinnygirl Cocktails; they are designed to attract young people. Is it time to tell these companies to back off and leave children alone? The recently formed Alcohol Advertising Review Board [...]
Although depression and prejudice traditionally fall into different areas of study and treatment, a new article suggests that many cases of depression may be caused by prejudice from the self or from another person. In an article published in the September 2012 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological [...]
AUSTRALIA'S peak medical body has censured the social media giant Facebook for allowing alcohol companies to target children. The Australian Medical Association released its report yesterday into the alcohol industry's growing profile in social media circles. Within hours of the release of the report, Facebook representatives sought a meeting with the association to discuss their [...]
The Bratz Doll website has copped criticism from health experts, who are outraged over advertisements for alcohol, energy drinks, junk food and dating services on the site targeted at young girls. The website, which also offers Snow White and My Little Pony games, automatically plays 30 second ads prior to the games starting. Everything from [...]
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) held an alcohol summit in Canberra on Wednesday, examining the ways young Australians are wooed into drinking. The association fears the industry is grooming youngsters to drink by using social media sites such as Facebook, sponsoring sports teams and producing alcohol-flavoured foods. Jim Beam came up with bourbon-tasting chips to [...]
It is the silent epidemic that claims billions of dollars in revenue each year, but the biggest cost by far for a company that hires a bully is the trauma experienced by staff in the firing line. Workplace experts say that if bullies are not dealt with appropriately, low productivity, absenteeism and even physical illness [...]
The more researchers learn about dyslexia, the more they realize it's a flaw not of character but of biology--specifically, the biology of the brain. No, people with dyslexia are not brain damaged. Brain scans show their cerebrums are perfectly normal, if not extraordinary. Dyslexics, in fact, seem to have a distinct advantage when it comes [...]
Why is it that sporting clubs are working to reduce alcohol use and workplaces are developing alcohol management programs, however parents and teachers insist on drinking alcohol when they attend a function at their child’s school? Comments received to date: As the parent of two school children at a Catholic primary school I recently put [...]
