Addressing Youth Loneliness and Social Anxiety

2025-05-29T02:50:12+08:00

Students are more digitally connected than ever, but many feel more alone than ever. A Year 10 student checks her messages for the tenth time in an hour. She's surrounded by notifications, followers, emojis—but deep down, she feels isolated. Unnoticed. Alone.This isn’t a rare case. It’s becoming the norm.In classrooms, schoolyards, and homes across Australia, young people are battling a creeping sense of disconnection. And the irony is stark: at a time when they’re more digitally connected than any generation before, many are lacking the one thing they need most—true belonging.

Addressing Youth Loneliness and Social Anxiety2025-05-29T02:50:12+08:00

Why Shielding Kids From Risk Might Be Holding Them Back

2025-04-29T06:39:05+08:00

In our efforts to keep young people safe, are we robbing them of the experiences they need to grow? It’s a question more parents and educators are beginning to ask as we reflect on what children truly need to thrive in an uncertain world. For decades, we’ve been refining ways to keep young people safe—physically, emotionally, and socially. But somewhere along the way, our focus on safety may have gone too far.

Why Shielding Kids From Risk Might Be Holding Them Back2025-04-29T06:39:05+08:00

How to Build Resilience in Students

2024-11-14T10:46:59+08:00

Parents, teachers, and educators really are the practitioners and changemakers when it comes to the teaching and modelling of health and wellbeing practices. There are a host of approaches that can be integrated into lessons and everyday classroom routines, without too much extra organisation nor effort. Here are a few of them...

How to Build Resilience in Students2024-11-14T10:46:59+08:00

How to Teach True Student Leadership in Schools

2024-11-14T10:56:38+08:00

Our communities need strong leaders and this starts with growing social and emotional learning skills in the young people in our schools. In this blog we cover what good leadership really is and what skills are associated with it, we go over key leadership frameworks and then some of our tips for teaching student leadership in schools.

How to Teach True Student Leadership in Schools2024-11-14T10:56:38+08:00
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