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Should you use menstrual cups or tampons? Health expert and co-author of Welcome to Sex! and Welcome to Consent!, Melissa Kang, has the, ahem, low-down to help you choose. By Dr Melissa Kang, University of Technology Around one-quarter of the world’s population menstruate. That’s more than 1.9 billion people in the world who will bleed, …

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The teenage years can be among the trickiest times for a parent. You have been used to being your child’s voice of reason. Then, all of a sudden, your authority is challenged by their peers, social media and huge developmental changes. But the good news is children aged ten to 12 are still more influenced …

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A parenting switch might be just the thing you need in your life right now. Every parent knows the sinking feeling of defeat when you suddenly realise that whatever it is you’re doing to try to guide your child just isn’t working. Just. not. working. It’s that feeling of beating your head against a brick …

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If you’re in the middle of your HSC (or equivalent) and you’re already searching for ‘different ways to get into uni not ATAR’, I get ya! We’re in the weeds of year 12 at the moment, with my eldest muddling through. I say muddling deliberately because he isn’t the kind of kid to bother too …

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“I used to love the rain, but now I hate it so much. Why won’t it stop raining?!” my youngest moans. “At least it’s not raining bullets,” I answer. Perhaps a little too abruptly, but I’ve honestly run out of patience.  I hate the rain, too. Unlike my daughter, I’ve always hated it. Especially rain …

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From getting beyond drunk at a friend’s party, to some seriously questionable outfit choices, teenagers often do things that seem outlandishly stupid. But we now know why they make such bad decisions: the areas of the brain that control decision-making don’t fully develop until early adulthood. article by James McCue, Edith Cowan University A teen’s …

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