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What Parents Need to Know about Aussie Teenagers:
10 ways to help your kids thrive
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Pornography, peer pressure, perfectionism to
conform to social media, split families, self-harm,
parental pressure to succeed, cyber bullying
and gaming are all concerns of teenagers today,
according to the ABC 4Corners documentary Our
Kids.
In a telling episode, Australian kids from the age of 12
year to 19 years shared a glimpse of their inner world and
what their hopes, fears and dreams are for the future.
While many of the concerns are not dissimilar to
previous generation of teenagers, the explosion
of social media has expanded the horizons of our
teenagers and is having a dire impact on their selfimage,
increased exposure to world events such as
terrorism and over use of technology.
Cyber bullying is wreaking havoc with teenage
girls as well as the pressure to conform to the
perfection that girls are seeing their friends on
Instagram, Snapchat or Tumblr. A twelve year old
girl in the program told of her need to belong to
the ‘in group’ and used social media to compare
herself to others – to make sure she had the latest
white converse, the triangle bikini and Marc Jacob
jeans and watch.
Another concern for teenagers was the added
pressure of parents wanting their kids to do well
at school. These kids were concerned that their
parents are putting huge, unnecessary pressure on
kids to succeed at school as well as to participate
in an ever increasing amount of extracurricular
activities and tutoring. One girl talked about how
she was in the top maths group but her mum
doubted her. ‘I’m going to fail every test according
to mum’.
An alarming statistic in the program revealed that
30 per cent of 11-17 year old boys spend up to
3 hours a day gaming – more on weekends and
it is affecting boys ability to use their time well.
One boy said ‘I don’t have time for homework’.
They are mostly playing the game ‘call of duty’
against each other in virtual online worlds and
while gaming can have positive ramifications to
help kids think outside the box, problem solve
and build a community, there needs to be strong
boundaries and rules in place from the parents
to balance it with other activities, including
homework and sport.
The major concern for this age group, especially
among girls is the widespread use of self-harm.
Self-harm is dubbed the ‘new anorexia’ and
scarily enough this age group do not see it as
dysfunctional because it is so rife. Around 135,000
kids have self-harmed this past year. It is strongly
related to poor mental health and can take its toll
on all aspects of the teenager’s life.
Mental health in our teenagers today is at an alltime
low with one in four teens currently have
a mental health condition (including anxiety,
depression and substance abuse) and a quarter
also saying they are unhappy with their lives.
Access to pornography is altering the view boys
have of girls. By the age of 10, every boy will have
seen porn online and this is impacting on sexual
relationships and intimacy between boys and girls.
The common thread throughout the episode that
relieved stresses and pressures in teenager’s lives
was physical activity and strong relationships.
So what role can parents play in the lives of their children
to ensure they thrive though the teenage years?
1. Start early
By the time your child is a teenager, you have
already sown the seeds of independence,
love, trust, respect, good mental health,
resilience, confidence, self-esteem and habits
around technology. You have already built
your relationship and while none of these are
irreparable with a teenagers, they are easier to
develop from the moment our children are born,
than to suddenly input when your children are
teenagers.
2. Build a solid relationship from the start
Extensive and widespread research shows that
building a strong parent-child bond early is the
number one factor to raising a resilient child.
When a child feels loved, nurtured and a sense
of significance and belonging from just one
adult (ideally a parent or parent figure), they
have stronger mechanisms to bounce back from
adverse situations than their counterparts who
have formed negative or no relationships with an
adult and to make good decisions. The relationship
starts the very moment you hold your child in your
arms and it looks at you. Right from that moment,
you are forming an important bond that will last
a lifetime. Like any relationship, it needs to be
nurtured and effort needs to be fed into it to make
it work. One on one time is important, speaking
respectfully, building the relationships on love and
cuddles, creating micro moments of connection
and acknowledging how special your child is
to you, are all important in building a strong
relationships.

3. Set clear boundaries and expectations
Just like adults, children are creatures of habit and
love to follow rules when they are young. If you
can set clear boundaries and expectations early,
they will know exactly where they stand with you
and in their environment. You will help them make
sense of the world around them, form good habits
and ideally make good choices when faced with
everyday problems. When you set the boundaries
and expectations, be consistent. Follow through on
what you say and let your child feel safe and secure
in their environment with you.
4. Be the role model
As a parent, you are your child’s first role model.
If you have watched your children closely for a
few hours or listened to them speak, you will hear
and see snippets of your most common sayings
or mannerism come out in their play time or voice
as they mimic you. Provide your child with an
environment and role model that is upbeat and
gives your child hope and a positive attitude to
move through their day. Young children react to
whatever mood or state of mind you are in. If you
are always stressed and in a hurry, they will pick
up the vibe and develop a similar habit. Take time
to stop and be with your kids. Have fun with them
at the park or at the beach. Take them on nature
walks. Think of who you needed around you when
you were a child and be that person.
5. Meet children in the moment
Children live in the moment so meet them there.
Don’t overload them with your own stresses and
worries we carry with us as adults, both past and
present. A child’s biggest concern in their day are
generally meeting their own basic needs – food,
water, sleep, safety and love. Meet your kids there.
6. Don’t over catastrophize the situation
The part of the child’s brain that deals with
emotions and rational decision making is
underdeveloped. The prefrontal cortex doesn’t
fully develop until the age of 22. However, as adults
we already have a fully functioning rational brain.
We need to use our skills to calm a situation down
and don’t over catastrophize it. Because of an
underdeveloped brain as a child, their response is
irrational and so through words, actions and role
modelling we can use our rational brain to invoke
calm and coping strategies for certain situations
that doesn’t result in a full blown catastrophe.
7. Let children experience disappointment
Our natural propensity as a parent is the ‘fix’.
However, if we continue to fix every disappointment
our child faces, they are not going to develop their
own strategies to cope with the ups and downs
of life and the disappointment that results from
that. So ‘be’ with your child when they experience
disappointment and tell them how much is sux that
they didn’t get into the cricket team or the choir.
Problem solve ways to help them get over it.
8. Recognise emotions and strategies to deal with them
By helping a child recognise their own emotions
and develop strategies to deal with them, we are
allowing them to again navigate the ups and downs
of life. The big emotions that press parent’s buttons
are anger, frustration and sadness that generally
result in an emotional outburst in some form from
our child. Let your child experience these emotions,
name them and put strategies in place to deal with
them. Assure your child it is OK if they feel these
emotions as long as they know how to move on
from them.
9. Shape a positive inner critic
For good mental health, we need to help our
children develop a positive inner critic. They
need to be self-confident and self-assured to
back themselves in difficult situations and to
make good choices. By teaching our children
to love themselves and be kind to themselves,
we are setting them up for being able to deal
with setbacks, making mistakes and failure. To
encourage self-confidence, our children need to
feel a sense of significance. Let them perform that
dance concert with bad dance moves and terrible
music. Let them experience new things and take
risks. Let them say no and assert themselves and
learn from that experience. And use positive selftalk
yourself – don’t criticize yourself in front of
your children.
10. Discipline with respect and love
Every children will need discipline at some point
and some more than others. When you are
disciplining your child, remember it is the behaviour
you are correcting – not the child. Don’t shame
them or criticize them as a person. Speak to your
child like you would talk to your best friend or your
work colleague – with respect. Give lots of cuddles
and use discipline as a teachable moment to learn
from rather than a time to berate or shame.
Anna Partridge is a Parent Education, School Teacher and Mother to
3 kids. She is passionate about working with families to help them
raise confident and resilient children.
http://www.annapartridge.com
About Anna:
Anna Partridge is
a certified Positive
Discipline Parent
Educator, a school
teacher and a mother to
three highly spirited, beautiful children. She
loves nothing more than helping parents
raise resilient and confident children, build
strong and connected family relationships
and strive for calm, fun and happy families.
http: /annapartridge.com/

June was an exciting month (in more ways than one) for the band
program. We had a band camp booked and an upcoming mid-year
concert, which is the first real opportunity for parents to hear how our
young musicians are progressing this year.
The weekend of band camp, unfortunately, coincided with an extreme
weather event and on Sunday 5 June, day 1 of band camp the bus set off
for the venue in Chatswood, only to be turned back due to flood waters.
So with some quick thinking, it was decided to bring the students back to
the school hall and run the band camp at school for the 3 days.
Special mention should be made of the terrific efforts of our conductor
Megan Lipworth, the school staff (Susan Allen, Caroline Antoun and
Michael Brown) for their support, guidance and ability to solve the many
logistical problems we encountered over the three days.
Also, in particular, there were some outstanding helpers in the band
committee (GulerErdonmez, NageswariSivarajah, Samantha De Costa,
Sarah Brill, Shilpi Joshi, Wanda Blum), for their support and generous help
preparing meals for all the children attending the camp. And of course, a
big thank you to all the parents for their patience, flexibility and support
in accommodating the changed plans.
The band camp was a huge success with our CPB learning three new
pieces, that were refined with intensive tutorials and rehearsals over the
three days. We are all looking forward to hearing the CPB perform at the
upcoming mid-year concert in the school hall at 5pm on Saturday 18
June, where the training band will also perform.
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Randwick Public School P&C
Positions vacant
Fundraising Coordinator and team
The P&C fundraising coordinator works
closely with senior school staff, the school
community and P&C executive to organise
and communicate fundraising and special
events for the school. Each year we aim
to raise approximately $50,000 - $70 000
and the expenditure is allocated to various
programs at the AGM. Over the past year,
the P&C has paid for literacy and numeracy
programs, student leadership programs,
band expenditure, kitchen garden program,
digital citizenship program and supported
many other areas of our children’s education.
We are looking for a P&C fundraising
coordinator to commence from the next
AGM (November 2016). We are also
looking for a small team of people to
take on the following annual events and
responsibilities:
Term 1
Back to school BBQ – organises logistics,
communications/promotion materials and
co-ordinates with the stall managers.
Easter Raffle - organises ticket & prizes,
communications/promotion materials and
logistics. This event would suit a small
team of parents.
Term 2
Olympathon (or similar) – school staff
organise the logistics and we support
them by finding volunteers and setting up
flexischools to collect money.
Term 3
Artwork fundraiser – order and distribute
the art paper templates to the teachers,
distribute order forms to parents,
communications/promotion, set up
flexischools for payment.
Trivia night – as this will be Adriana’s last
year organising our fabulous Trivia night,
we are forming a small team to manage
the event. Please contact Lindy Walsh at
lindywalsh@gmail.com if you are interested
in joining the team or finding out more!
Term 4
End of year BBQ – as for Back to school
BBQ but on a larger scale.
Each event in itself is not a huge
undertaking and you will be supported
with a full handover and assistance
from the fundraising coordinator where
required. If you are interested in running
one of the above events or would like
to find out more about the fundraising
coordinator’s role, please contact the
following people:
Sue Hammermaster/Leanne Bergan:
randwick.pc.fundraising@gmail.com
Terry Daley, P&C President:
randwick.pc.president@gmail.com

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P&C
President’s Report
The new school accommodation plans
The plans for the new school have been lodged with
Randwick Council. We are very excited to be able
to share one of the elevation drawings with you. If
you want to see more you can go to the DA section
of the Randwick Council website, and search for
DA-338/2016.
The construction is currently targeted to commence
in September. We are currently in negotiation with
the Education Department over the allocation of
new playground space between Randwick Public
and The Centennial School. We will report back on
the outcome of those discussions.
The P&C needs your help
For the past three to four years the school has been
incredibly fortunate to have the dedicated support
of a core group of committee members. With how
effortlessly this team has functioned, we have never
been had to make a cry for help like this before.
Unfortunately we are losing a large number of
volunteers this year, and that is where you come in.
We are desperately seeking some replacement
volunteers to fill the following positions.
• Fundraising coordinator: Sue Hammermaster has
spent four very successful years as the heart of our
successful fundraising. She is more than happy
to work on a smooth transition to one or more
replacements. This role is the very heart of our P&C.
• P&C Secretary: Leanne Bergan has held the
position of Secretary for three years, and as
much as we want her to continue, the rules do
not allow it. So we really need someone who
can support the executive. Typing skills would
be helpful.
• Uniform Shop: For the past few years the
uniform shop has never been in better shape.
Mindy Alker has performed an amazing job as
the uniform shop coordinator. She could not
have done this without the help of the uniform
shop committee members: Mike Faulkner,
VickeyMoyes, Edwina Stratton, Liz O’Connell,
and Aarti Daly. They have all decided that it is
time to hand over the reigns. You do not have
to commit to every week and you don’t need
experience.
If you were to ask them, each one of those wonderful
volunteers would say how rewarding their stints in
the P&C have been. It really allows you to become
part of our very warm school community, and help
your kids at the same time.
I would encourage each of you to give some
consideration to making a contribution in whatever
capacity. We would love to hear from you. Please
send your details to randwick.pc.secretary@gmail.
com and we will happily discuss the options and
what’s involved.
Working Bee
You may be aware, but the recent wet weather
literally put a dampener on the planned Working
Bee, so it has been re-scheduled for Sunday 24th of
July. It would be great if you could come along to
help keep the school in tip-top condition. Even one
hour would be greatly appreciated.
Terry Daly
Randwick P&C
President

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Kitchen Garden News
Due to the recent wet and cold weather and with building works looming, we
have organized respite on a farm for our goats, Thelma and Louise. While the
goats have been a source of enjoyment for many of us we felt it was only fair to
them to give them some peace and quiet for a while.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved in the
care of our goats and to everyone else who enjoyed and supported having them
at the school.
We are hopeful that once building work is nearing completion we can look to
organize better accommodation for them and consider bringing them back to
the school.
In the meantime we have plenty of chickens who are most interested in your
scraps, a pond rehabilitation project marked for the next working bee, new seedlings
growing in the greenhouse, and a steaming compost that is also willing to
take your scraps should you wish to bring them in (and would never say no if you
felt like a bit compost turning).

Take a back seat Hollywood,
RPS’s very own cast of multitalented
Stage 3 students
have finally hit the STAGE
and ……………WHAT AN
EVENT IT WAS!
HSM
Comes to
Randwick
Public
School
Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater
Dudes find their cliques, recount their
vacations and look forward to their
new school year. Through twists and
turns and many teenage challenges,
the whole school comes together as
winners on stage and on the court as
the Wildcats win the championship
game and Gabriella excels at the
Decathalon. Troy and Gabriella (aka
Will and Jessamy), emerge as true
High School Musical sensations after
stage darlings Sharpay and her overly
helpful brother, Ryan (aka Millie and
David) try to wreak havoc! And let’s
not forget quirky Ms. Darbus (aka Mila)
the matriarch of theatre and of course
Coach ….’Getcha head in the Game’
Bolton (aka Archie). 13

Why we should be worried about our kid’s mental health:
Insights from Education and Parenting Leaders
At the Sydney Positive Schools Conference on
Thursday 9th June 2016, well known parenting
expert, psychologist and educator, Michael Carr-
Gregg said that on average 8 kids in every class
in Australian schools is currently experiencing a
mental health issue. Alarm bells should be ringing.
If that’s not enough, coupled with this statistic is the
research that shows 41 per cent of Year 12 students
experience some form of anxiety and 31 per cent
have major depressive disorders. Australia is also
experiencing it’s highest rate of suicide in 13 years.
For girls aged between 16 and 19 years, suicide rates
have doubled since 2008. Right now, 8 people every
day in Australia are taking their own lives.
‘Imagine if this was a skin eating virus in Sydney
that was claiming 8 lives per day. Do you think the
government might take it seriously then?’, Mr Carr-
Gregg said.
Michael Carr-Gregg went on to say that the major
concerns affecting the mental health of our
teenagers are coping with stress, schoolwork and
body image. These concerns are not dissimilar to the
concerns teenagers had 25 years ago.
So why are these concerns having such a huge impact on
our kids mental health in 2016?
The Positive Schools Conference was focused on
the social and emotional wellbeing of our schoolaged
children and was attended by more than 500
educators, psychologists, counselors and parenting
educators. As a summary of the two-day conference
presentations, these are the reasons our kids are
now suffering.
Communities have dwindled. There is no longer the
aunt, uncle, mother best, long-time friend for the
kids to talk to. That lovely neighbour who knows
the family who watched out for the kids is no longer
there. There is no village raising our kids and so the
crucial conversations are not taking place. There is
peer-to-peer talk happening without guidance and
reassurance.
Kids are less exposed to risk. Being allowed to climb
a tree, play in the creek or ride bikes around the
neighbourhood are a thing of the past. When doing
these activities there were valuable opportunities
to learn to bounce back from adversity and develop
intrinsic coping mechanisms. Now, our playgrounds
are too safe. We are so concerned our kids might
hurt themselves; we have built soft fall playgrounds
everywhere and low monkey bars. There are no
seesaws to smack you in the chin and no swings to
go as high as you could.
The pressure to be perfect is heightened. There is little
opportunity for our kids to make mistakes and
improve. We are so focused on how our kids are
doing in NAPLAN that we forget to see how they
are doing socially and emotionally. Our kids are
conforming to perfection and not taking risks to
fail and learn. When they are so focused on doing it
right, they loose the drive to do it at all.
We live in a ‘hurry up’ culture. The pace of our lives has
increased. We are constantly on a treadmill from one
place to the next. For kids, who naturally live in the
moment, there is little time to play, learn and for us
to teach. The number of children who can no longer
tie their shoelace at the age of 6 is alarming. Parents
have no time to teach their kids to tie shoelaces.
More importantly, there is reduced time for the
crucial conversations with our kids because we are
running around so much. It is a rush to get the kids
home, fed, bathed and into bed before we wake the
next morning to start again on the treadmill.
How can we as parents and teachers support our kids in
this generation?
Here are 8 insights from the leaders on education
and parenting from the Conference.
1. Build respectful relationships based on love and care
Our kids thrive in environments where they feel
significant and loved. They are more likely to have
the crucial conversations with the people who
make them feel special and loved. Well known
Australian parent educator, Maggie Dent coined
the term ‘micro moments of connection’ which are
those special, little moments like a wink, high five,
spontaneous dance in the kitchen or the ‘I love
you’ symbol you make up with your kids are more
important for building a relationship than scheduled
one on one time once a month. It is not just the
responsibility of parents and teachers to build these
relationships; it is the responsibility of anyone who
is in the lives of a child. Build these relationships to
broaden their community of trusted people. Bring
back the village.

2. Let kids experience risk
The risk obviously needs to be age appropriate and
calculated like climbing a tree at the age of 3 or 4
or learning to surf at 7 or 8 years of age. When we
are less fearful about the world, our kids will be. We
need to let them go little by little so by the age of 18
or 19, they are independent enough to leave home
and make good choices.
3. Give our kids mechanisms to cope
Our kids have fewer mechanisms to cope than we
did. Maybe it is because they don’t experience the
risk to develop these mechanisms or maybe it is
because we don’t teach it to them. Developing
emotional intelligence and understanding and
recognizing their own emotions in important. As
is having strategies to deal with their emotions.
Knowing how to get of the treadmill of our ‘hurry up’
culture is a valuable mechanism to cope with stress
and might be through mindfulness, meditation,
guided visualization or something like using the
‘Smiling Minds app’ regularly. By the age of 10, kids
should have at least 5 strategies they can do to cope
with stress. These strategies will change as they
change their interest and circumstances.
4. Find what your child loves and do it often
This may change often but whatever it is they
love, find it and do it often. Is it a sport, musical
instrument, going to the beach to swim or reading
a book? If a child loves something AND is good at
it, this is what boosts their self-confidence and selfimage.
5. Encourage mistakes
Mistakes are a way to fail, bounce back and is
where true learning happens. When children make
mistakes, they build resilience, develop a have a
go attitude and it encourages our children to really
interact with the world without fear of failure. Get
rid of erasers in the classroom and at home. Provide
opportunities for kids to make mistakes and get
back up again, like riding a bike.
6. Encourage optimism.
Having a positive outlook on life helps kids bounce
back when they hit a hard time or have negative
emotions. This is based on positive psychology
where a positive mindset goes along way towards
warding off depression. If we teach optimism, our
kids will ultimately know that the world is a good
place. This might be through keeping a gratitude
diary together – my 11-year-old daughter and I
write in ours each night and share it with each
other. It might be having a ritual at the dinner
table of sharing ‘My favourite part of the day is…’
where everyone has a turn. It might be as simple as
appreciating nature, seeing the rainbows, playing in
the leaves in autumn, feeling the snow in winter or
watching out for the new baby animals in spring. Or
it might be playing inspirational songs in the car like
‘What a wonderful world’ by Louis Armstrong and
talking about what is good about life.
7. Physical health is important.
Kids need to eat well, sleep well and exercise daily.
They need to see their parents doing the same.
Doing all these things will help fight disease and
illness and also is the beginning of a good habit for
the rest of their lives.
8. Life is meant to be fun!
Using humour and having fun relies on positive
psychology to help kids combat stress. Every time
we laugh or achieve something good, we release
a bit of the happy chemical, dopamine. This makes
us feel good. It is important to have fun together as
a family. Read joke books. Take brain breaks in the
classroom that are fun and break up learning. Dance
in the kitchen. Go on spontaneous outings to have
fun. Plan holidays together that are fun for everyone.
Laugh. Pull silly faces. Create time for fun.
The main message from our leaders in education and
parenting: now is the time we need to focus on the
social and emotional wellbeing of our children and
help them to develop the skills to navigate the ups and
downs of life.
Anna Partridge is a Parent Education, School Teacher and
Mother to 3 kids. She is passionate about working with
families to help them raise confident and resilient children.
http://www.annapartridge.com
About Anna:
Anna Partridge is
a certified Positive
Discipline Parent
Educator, a school
teacher and a mother to
three highly spirited, beautiful children. She
loves nothing more than helping parents
raise resilient and confident children, build
strong and connected family relationships
and strive for calm, fun and happy families.
http: /annapartridge.com/
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