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New website a one-stop hub to educate and safeguard children
Lead researcher Prof Suzy Edwards said the new website is a go-to hub for early learning services and educators wanting to help children aged birth to eight years and their families be safe and active in the digital world.
School’s back! Parenting tips to boost kids’ self-esteem and confidence for a new year
Triple P International Country Director, Carol Markie-Dadds, said with two in five families in Australia experiencing school refusal, and many more facing cost-of-living pressures, the start of a new school year is adding an extra layer of parental stress and worry. Photo: Supplied.
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Pope Francis encourages children to speak up, work for peace
In a celebration of life, peace, joy and harmony, thousands of children representing young people on every continent greeted Pope Francis during an afternoon event in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall.
Governments give ‘too little’ consideration to children when making decisions: survey
A new report launched Wednesday 25 October by the Valuing Children Initiative has made key recommendations following a survey of more than 1000 adults across Australia which asked how they felt about children and young people.
When is it ok to leave a child in poverty?
The Poverty In Australia 2022 report by the Australian Council of Social Service and UNSW Sydney, shows that 16.6 per cent of Australian children (or 761,000 kids) lived in poverty in the 2019/2020 financial year.
This was just one of the facts surrounding Child Poverty presented by Centrecare Inc Director and Valuing Children Initiative Co-Founder, Adj. Prof. Tony Pietropiccolo AM who was recently a keynote speaker at the Anti-Poverty Week 2022 Symposium.
Celebrating 21 years of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in WA
Based on Maria Montessori’s principals of education, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Executive Committee Chair Anne Diamond explained to The Record that the CGS is a hands on approach for children that assists them to grow in their knowledge and love of God.
Child poverty needs to be significantly reduced – if not eliminated from Australian society, says Centrecare Inc Director
Ahead of an upcoming symposium focusing on child poverty, WA Anti-Poverty Week Committee Co-Chair, Centrecare Inc Director, Adj. Prof. Tony Pietropiccolo, explained to The Record that approximately three quarters of a million Australian children live in poverty, with 100,000 of these in Western Australia.
Poverty driving children into forced labor must be tackled, Pope says
Pope Francis wrote that he hoped for greater commitment in working to find effective ways of protecting children’s dignity and rights through social protection systems and access to education.
National groups welcome new CEO of Catholic safeguarding body
Ursula Stephens has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of the recently-formed Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd. Photo: Supplied.
The three
member organisations of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd have welcomed the
appointment of Ursula Stephens as the chief executive officer of the
recently-formed company.
The board of
ACSL, which was established in December 2020 to ov...
Kora Centre the key to Bayswater families in need
Though at first glance the grass is long and the grounds are quiet, as Sister Lourdes Chitra Justin OSM leads the way through to the big shaded play area at the back of the Kora Centre, the sounds of little children happily talking and laughing as they eat a hot, nutritious meal can be heard and four smiling faces beam up at us from around the table.
