Lauren Novak

 For mum-of-two Caterina Carbone the red mist descended while she was standing at the kitchen sink, her boys running amok, toys and Tupperware strewn everywhere.

For mum-of-two Caterina Carbone the red mist descended while she was standing at the kitchen sink, her boys running amok, toys and Tupperware strewn everywhere.

Assaults, arson, threats and other domestic violence-related crimes are continuing to rise in South Australia, and frontline workers fear a further spike fuelled by hot weather and holiday drinking.

The state’s largest out-of-school-hours care provider, whose staff left a sleeping child alone on a bus, has been put under a year-long improvement program by the childcare watchdog.

“I’m bored”: It’s the phrase parents are bracing to hear on repeat as we hurtle towards the longest school break of the year.

Teenagers struggling with their body image because of what they see on social media are benefiting from a “world first” program designed in Australia.

Discounted club fees for girls, bring-a-friend days and more female changerooms are being floated to arrest the alarming dropout rates of teenage girls from team sport.

I spy! Creepy smart TVs used to stalk

Smacking should be outlawed to stop parents abusing their children under the guise of discipline, according to a landmark inquiry into family violence in South Australia.

A 14-year-old is among a surging number of girls falling pregnant under the state government’s care, The Advertiser can reveal.