Skip to Content

It’s true, we don’t track our kids. There’s no GPS attached to their phones. We don’t use apps that pinpoint their location or limit their phone use or block certain sites. There are no parent blockers operating on our internet or apps turning off phones between certain times*. None of it, nothing. * Unless put …

Read More about This is why we don’t track our kids or monitor their socials

Sometime around the age of 11 – or possibly younger, if you are particularly unlucky – the back talk begins. Suddenly, your kid morphs from a reasonably compliant child into a sassy, sighing, why-me teen back talk machine. As much as we adore our kids, there are moments when we can’t help but feel frustrated. …

Read More about How to put a stop to the endless $%#*@ teen back talk

There’s a resilience crisis brewing and our kids are in the thick of it. Change is an expected part of modern life and the ability to cope with it an important aspect of good mental health. Helping our kids build resilience is an important part of parenting them. Sometimes the word “resilient” is a bit …

Read More about 10 ways to build resilience to help kids cope with life

Critical thinking skills for kids are considered crucial for problem solving and effective decision making. In fact, critical thinking may be the most important skill our kids can develop. It’s not enough to know things. We need to be able to independently make sense of what we know, question the objectivity of the information we …

Read More about 3 strategies to help kids develop critical thinking skills

This month, the Australian Gov launched a new website to teach teens about money. Money Managed is stacked with resources and tools to get our kids on board with what money is and does. I think it’s bloody marvellous. Many Mumlyfe readers will be aware that I  have worked at SBS Food for over four …

Read More about The best way to teach teens about money (even if you’re not confident yourself)

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 …

Read More about Why teens make such bad decisions (and how to help them make better ones)