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5 positive parenting tips to help kids cope with Cyclone Alfred
Triple P's Professor Vanessa Cobham encourages families to add emotional resilience to their parenting toolbox to support children with anxiety or worries.

School's back! Helping kids navigate friendships, bullying, and social challenges
Triple P parenting expert Carol Markie-Dadds shares practical parenting strategies to help kids with unhealthy friendships, frenemies and bullying.

No more tears: Parenting tips for easier drop-offs
Parenting tips for easier drop-offs, like having a positive attitude, using goodbye rituals and communication to ease separation fears.

Give the gift of presence over presents for stronger, joyful families
Professor Matt Sanders explains how to give children the gift that lasts a lifetime — the security, joy, and confidence that comes from knowing they are truly loved and valued.

Triple P helps build a caring community for new parents and their babies
Triple P’s parenting experts share their top tips for parents’ mental health, highlighting the importance of support networks and nurturing a connection with a new baby.

Consider presence over presents: promoting gratitude with our kids
Tips on spending quality time together, promoting gratitude in kids and how to stop the whining at the shops this festive season

Five ways for grandparents to look after themselves
Grandparents play an important role in building happy families, but it can also be stressful. Triple P parenting experts urge grandparents to take care of their own wellbeing and offer some simple ways to reduce tension.

World Mental Health Day: Supporting parents is critical to raising resilient Aussie kids
This World Mental Health Day (10 October), Triple P expert and parenting advocate Carol Markie-Dadds acknowledges the pressure that families face and shares tips to help kids and parents thrive.

Teamwork is key when parents disagree
Parenting arguments are common at times. It is how parents work as a team to handle this parental conflict that matters.

It will be grand! Team parenting for grandparents
Team parenting for grandparents is all about finding ways to support your children and build healthy relationships with the whole family.

Apart but together: Co-parenting after separation or divorce
Co parenting children can be challenging. Children adjust better when separated parents communicate, put children first, and set consistent rules and routines.

It’s Book Week but your child is too anxious to take part. 5 expert tips to save the day
As Book Week approaches, costumes are being researched and made across Australia. But some kids may feel anxious or worried about getting involved. Here’s 5 ways for parents and carers can support their children.

Parenting survey reveals overwhelming concern about cyberbullying and online safety
During National Bullying No Way Week, Triple P experts are offering parenting tips to help families prevent and respond to online bullying, and navigate the online world confidently and safely.

Cyberbullying: Three conversations to have with kids
Today, kids have many ways to connect with others online. While it can be great to interact with family and friends, there are also downsides, especially with the risks of cyberbullying.

Steph's Story: How I navigated postnatal depression and perfect parenting in rural Australia
Steph is a farmer, mother of three, and a psychologist. Her story of resilience includes parenting tips for self-compassion, support and connection for parents, especially in rural areas.

Celebrating Loud and Proud kids and families
This NAIDOC Week let's acknowledge the incredible history, achievements, and culture of First Nations Peoples. Here are some ideas for how to have conversations with children and young people.

Pride Month – Celebrating LGBTQIA+ families and voices
This Pride Month, Triple P recognises the parenting experiences of LGBTQIA+ parents and carers, and encourages conversations that support safe, nurturing and inclusive communities where parents feel confident and supported, and kids can thrive.

Free program for separating and divorcing parents
In an Australian first, parents and carers who are going through separation or divorce now have access to a free, self-directed online course, which is university-developed and based on extensive research.

Men's Health Week highlights the impact on Dads’ mental health
When dads, stepdads, grandfathers, and all father figures prioritise their mental health and see ‘help-seeking’ as a superpower, it benefits the entire family.

Chores for kids: Age-appropriate tips and strategies
Let's talk about something most parents and carers can relate to – chores for kids. Most dream of kids willingly helping with jobs around the home, and maybe even being happy to do it.