Lauren Novak

“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.

Childcare services that have left children in high chairs for six hours, let them wander onto busy roads or suffer anaphylactic shocks are set to be on a federal hit-list to lose funding.

Leah Bromfield’s first clear childhood memory is of violence.

A sleeping child was left alone on a locked bus, which was driven back to its depot following an after-school trip.

A mother has told how her 15-year-old daughter was allegedly raped by another student, on campus during school hours, at an Adelaide private school.