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Understanding Boys is a hub of information curated from around the world to assist parents raise and educate their sons.

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  • Unplugging our boys. How screen time is shaping their minds and bodies

    Understanding Boys, Mental Health February 07. 2025

    How to unplug and unwind

  • How to talk to your children about distressing news events

    Parenting, Mental Health, Wellbeing by Kristen Molloy April 17. 2024

    The world feels like a pretty dark place at the moment. As we try to come to terms with the recent news of multiple deaths at Bondi Junction and the attack on a bishop in Western Sydney, we are faced with wars, civil violence, political upheaval and natural disasters, all of which are reported on […]

  • Building positive states in boys

    Mental Health September 29. 2016

    Here are a few ways you can build and maintain positive states at home, which will help your son reap the many rewards of positivity.

  • It’s not just girls. Boys struggle with body image too.

    Nutrition, Mental Health by Rebecca Adams April 27. 2016

    Just as girls do, boys are internalising misguided messages about their bodies every day from seemingly harmless sources.

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    Why boys are susceptible to online gambling

    Mental Health by Michael Carr-Gregg & Dr Melissa Weinberg April 19. 2016

    How can we assist young men to respond appropriately to the temptation to gamble?

  • Why are children so stressed?

    Mental Health by Four Corners (ABC Australia) November 24. 2015

    A recent Four Corners documentary explored why our children are more stressed than ever. Childhood and teenage angst is the stuff of legend: songs, films, books, entire careers are built on it. Parents live it, and most kids eventually get over it. Or so it was in the past. Today, one in four Australian kids say […]

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