Emergency room visits for suicidal children and teens have doubled since 2007, study finds

The number of children and teenagers who attempted to take their own lives or were thinking about doing so doubled between 2007 and 2015, a new study reveals.  In 2007, an estimated 580,000 people between 10 and 18 were seen for suicidal behavior in US emergency rooms.  By 2015, that number had swollen to 1.12 … Read more

The parents who live in an off-grid shack with a composting toilet and home-school their children

This family lives in an off-grid shack with a composting toilet – and the parents home school five of their children so they can ‘stay connected to them’. Mother-of-seven Jasmine Kosach, 31, from Tasmania, Australia, grew up with an appreciation for all things nature, due to her mother and grandmother being gardeners. Jasmine and her … Read more

What are the best career choices for your children in the age of automation?

There comes a time in every parent’s life when their child will turn to them and ask the one loaded question that makes them want to reach for the whisky, even if it’s 11am. No, not ‘Where do babies come from?’ – far more fraught than that. In 2019, the most ticklish question of all … Read more