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My son has become disinterested in school. The principal regularly uses the phrase ‘parental responsibility’
37+ min ago (619+ words) My son has become very disinterested in school. I have had numerous interactions with his year head, who has invested huge time and effort to get him to conform to expected behaviour. The phrase “parental responsibility” is regularly used in…...
10,000 Birmingham parents fined by schools over unpopular rule
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (365+ words) Thousands of parents have been hit with fines.(Image: Getty Images) Birmingham schools have fined nearly 10,000 more parents this year over an unpopular rule. Schools took action against mums and dads for taking kids on term-time holidays. And it comes…...
Worried about your Year 12 exams? Clinical psychologists share 3 ways to help anxiety
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (765+ words) You might have felt this before or during an assessment. Sometimes it feels like a rising panic in your chest. Other times it’s like your mind has gone blank and you can’t remember anything. These feelings can make it difficult…...
Clinical Psychologists Share 3 Ways to Ease Year 12 Exam Anxiety
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (646+ words) You might have felt this before or during an assessment. Sometimes it feels like a rising panic in your chest. Other times it's like your mind has gone blank and you can't remember anything. These feelings can make it difficult…...
As An Emancipated Minor, She Had No Parent To Sign School Documents, But When One Teacher Insisted On It Anyway, She Signed Her Own Test Right In Front Of Him
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (770+ words) It is a sad reality that the home life of some kids is not great, and in extreme situations, they must become emancipated and start being responsible for themselves. What would you do if you were an emancipated minor, but…...
Why are parents in Asia trapped in the race for extra tutoring?
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (771+ words) From Singapore to South Korea, the fear of their children falling behind draws families into a cycle of expensive extra tutoring, regardless of the pressure the children have to endure. Grace, 38, the founder of a creative agency in Singapore, started…...
Labour plans to cut school uniform costs and allow 'affordable, generic' options
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (265+ words) RNZ / News / Politics / Election 2026 Labour wants to cut back-to-school costs for families by making school uniforms cheaper and allow for "affordable, generic" alternatives to be used as well. Labour Leader Chris Hipkins says getting kids ready for school "shouldn't mean…...
Back to school: Emotions run high as students return to classrooms!
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Michigan middle school fundraiser offers parents refreshingly honest opt-out options
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (631+ words) “I really wouldn’t have helped anyway, so here’s $100 to forget my name.” School fundraisers have gotten really complicated in the digital age. They were always a hassle, with kids (or, rather, their parents) being asked to hit up family friends…...
Let the Kids Have a Few Problems
9+ hour, 37+ min ago (538+ words) Retired counselor and teacher writing fiction about aging, secrets, bad decisions, and second chances. I wouldn’t recommend ordering a truckload. Childhood supplies plenty. But I wonder what happens when adults hurry ahead of a child, removing every rough spot before…...