A Parent asks, I have wrote this question before but i wrote it so terribly nobody could understand so i am putting it in dot form .my Daughter had a best friend for 4 years .There family were very trashy and let someone verbly abuse her .They got drunk and drove her home . Told my daughter not to say anything to me cause she would not be friends anymore with her .My daughter sent an email to her friend telling her what happened and repeated Read More

A Parent asks, my school year hasnt started yet and i was bored so i was looking through my books for this year ….and i was looking in the human bio ones..and it has all about the reproductive system and stuff like conceiving and childbirth, but will we have to watch videos about ladies giving birth or anything? we never had sex ed in primary school, coz one kid’s parents in our class didnt think it was appropriate..we were in Read More

A Parent asks, Okay where do I start. Well I just need some advice but I need to tell you my story first. Me and 2 of my friends are at the same high school and w went to the same primary school. I made ALOT of friends but I became sick for 2 days and I didnt go to school when I came back she made all (but one of my primary friends and another new friend) against me. She told them bad stuff about me. I didnt really care… I made other Read More

A Parent asks, I am in Australia. Here, kids can attend pre-school if the parents want to from age 4 and they attend for 3 hours at a time, 2 or 3 times a week. It costs about $600 a year. They then start Primary school once they turn 5 and go into Prep – then it is grade 1,2,3,4,5 & 6. Then they move onto High School which is year 7,8,9,10 and their VCE Years of year 11 and 12. We start the school year in January and have 4 terms Read More

A Parent asks, I am male and 13 by the way Read More

A Parent asks, I have a son who is three, he is currently in daycare while I attend college. Lately I’ve been thinking of school, and when he will start it. I’ve asked my family and friends but no one seems to know at what age, or to what grade he should start. I’ve been told at age four or five, and i’ve also been told he should go into pre-kinder, kinder, headstart, or first grade. I have no clue where to begin, and Read More

A Parent asks, My son has been experiencing many difficulties in school since kindergarten. He has an IEP set up and he leaves his classroom 3 x’s a day for various 1 on 1 help, speech, ELA, and reading. I was told last year that his reading teacher was beside herself and did not know how else to help him, and when questioned why he never comes home with homework I was told because ” they don’t think he could do Read More

A Parent asks, I am just curious as to the mothers on here who have kids that are in kindy or preschool which are only 2 days a wk here in australia. What sort of part time/casual work do u do to fit in with school hours? I am unsure of what work I want to do. I am after ideas. I would like to know what sort of work other mothers do. Read More

A Parent asks, okay, so to all the school teachers, kindergarten or pre school teachers, people who work in a health clinic, anyone else who wants to answer this question… what names would you NOT name your child and WHY?!! Read More

A Parent asks, my daughters school fete is next week and we have to make something to sell that the kids (kindergarten-year 6) will want to buy. It can be anything, cupcakes, fairy wands, bookmarks, beaded necklaces,toffee, etc. but i’m not sure what to make and i dont want to make the things I said because i know other parents will make them and anything else that is obvious. Please help me think of something????? Read More