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Parenting

The Power of Praise: Why Encouragement Matters for Your Kids

July 11, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Bec Harris

Raising confident children starts with the words we speak. According to Natalie Nicholls, founder of PLECS Learning, praise plays a key role. 

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, Bec Harris, encouragement

Screens and Parenting: Insights From ‘The Anxious Generation’

July 4, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Michelle Nortje 

Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation is a interesting exploration of the modern mental health crisis among young people.

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Categories Parenting Tags anxiety, articles, kids, mental health, teenagers, The Centre for Effective Living

How to Raise Independent Kids

July 1, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Feranmi Taiwo

Letting go can be scary, but raising confident, capable kids starts earlier than you think. Susan Woodworth explores how parents can nurture independence, even in toddlers.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, kids, sonshine

Grandparents: Essential Childcare Providers?

June 27, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Joni Boyd

Grandparents have always played an important role in the family, but today, their involvement in childcare is more significant than ever.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, grandparenting, Joni Boyd

The Power of Play

June 25, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Sabrina Peters

In a world that’s increasingly focused on grades, milestones, and achievements, it’s easy to overlook something as simple as play.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, child development, Sabrina Peters

The Changing Expectations Being Placed on Schools

June 23, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Mark McCrindle

Education plays a pivotal role in society.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, education, mccrindle, school, Social Change

When Kids Struggle with Friendships: What Parents Can Do

June 19, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Bec Harris

Making friends at school isn’t always easy. Sometimes, kids come home feeling left out, upset, or even anxious. Parenting expert Michelle Mitchell unpacks what’s really going on and how parents can help.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, Bec Harris, friendship, kids

Failing Boys and Wrong Men

June 9, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Stephen McAlpine

Boys To Men?

The so-called whipping boys for our cultural sins these days are actual boys. We hear and read it all of the time. Boys are failing and men are wrong. So go the headlines. And there is much handwringing by the powers that be as they seek to address this.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, faith, men, stephen mcalpine

Grandma and Grandpa: Why It’s So Different

June 6, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Joni Boyd

Being a grandparent is more than just a title—it’s a journey full of love, wisdom, and plenty of playful moments.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, grandchildren, grandparenting, Joni Boyd

How Careers, Costs & Culture are Changing Parenthood

June 4, 2025 by theLight Albury-Wodonga

By: Mark McCrindle

In the hushed corridors of maternity wards across the developed world, something remarkable is happening.

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Categories Parenting Tags articles, Mark McCrindle, parenting, social trends
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