Tag: Mental Health
Are perfect childhoods doing more harm than good?
So, your child comes home from school, upset that they didn’t get on the team. Or missed out on a principals’ award. Or didn’t...
Heartbroken mum’s letter to parents
By Angela Grieve
One of the most common things people have said to me about my beautiful boy Regan was that he appeared to have...
ACU report warns of mental health care crisis
Study finds staff shortages contributing to mental health nurses crisis
A new report by Australian Catholic University has found that mental health nurses are suffering...
5 tips for knowing when to approach your school
My two children have left school now, but I will never forget the intense feelings it brought up in me when they came home...
Is your teen just moody or depressed?
Stress, anxiety and feeling down can affect anyone, and in fact happens to a lot of us at some point in our lives.
It’s the same...
Inside the mind of a school bully
A former victim of bullying, the then-teenager developed a habit which led him down a "dark path".
Principal ‘one of the lucky ones’
By Amanda Westgate
The recent release of the Australian Catholic University Survey of Australian Principals that discusses the issues of physical abuse, offensive behaviour and...
Raising Resilient Parents
Sharon Witt shares strategies for building resilience as a parent, that will help in the raising of capable and resilient young people.
