Bringing Positive Education to your bookshelf
Neil Porter and Dr Helen Street are helping you take home a little piece of Positive Schools 2014. Better than OK: helping young people…
Positive Behaviour
Preventing bullying in our schools Local schools urged to focus on early intervention
Local schools urged to focus on early intervention Principals Australia Institute is calling on all schools across Australia to focus on bullying prevention. The…
Parents, Kids & Online/Offline Sex: Time to Panic?
Too often the headlines about sexuality and sexualisation, sexting and pornography are presented along a “for or against” continuum. We read stories that titillate…
Why comfort isn’t always the answer for sad children by Thuy Yau
My seven-year-old daughter is quite the sensitive child. She gets easily upset, incredibly emotional, and needs a lot of assistance when it comes to…
Optimism helps females achieve higher grades – males score lower when overconfident — BGU study
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL — Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by…
High-fliers at risk of isolation and depression from internet addiction
Over-achievers are at risk of becoming addicted to the internet because of the pressure they put on themselves to continue working outside of office…
Exercise getting the creative mind engaged
The impact of physical exercise on convergent and divergent thinking. Front Hum Neurosci. 2013 Dec 2;7:824. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00824. The impact of physical…
A high Fat diet and how it impacts on your body clock
Reprogramming of liver ‘clock’ may contribute to metabolic disorders Irvine, Calif., Dec. 19, 2013 — A high-fat diet affects the molecular mechanism controlling the…
Conflicting Bodies By Dr Helen Street
If young people can be helped to understand why the burger looks so dam good in the picture (and incidentally nothing like the real…
Study: Moderate alcohol consumption boosts body’s immune system
PORTLAND, Ore. — Medical science has known for years that people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol actually have a reduced risk of death….