It’s easy to agree that children have rights, until those rights ask something of us as adults.

We have all seen a lot of criticism around childcare centres lately and unfortunately some absolutely horrific incidents have occurred. Without dismissing the significance of all that has occurred and the importance of making relevant changes to ensure our children are safe, it is also important to recognise some good practice we’ve observed which is already occurring in the Early Education space. Child safeguarding is not a new concept in the human services field but is likely to be a...

A news article from 9 News Queensland came up in my Facebook feed a few days ago. With the title “#EXCLUSIVE: #9News can reveal shocking images of damage to a school caused by an 8-year-old student who trashed two classrooms in front of other children”, I was intrigued. I clicked.