Sunday Streets in Sydney

In recent years 100 cities around the world have started closing off some of their streets on Sundays and opening them up for people to cycle, skate or walk and connect with their community. Daniel Kogoy, Greens Councillor on Leichhardt Council, asks everyone to think big and help bring the event to Sydney.

Sleep out for homelessness

On Sunday 31 August Mission Australia held its fund raiser for homeless people and to build awareness of a very real problem in our community: Every night there are 105,000 people in Australia who don’t have a safe place to call home.

Host a dinner party and help kids with cancer

Home cooks are invited to arrange a dining experience in support of children living with cancer and their families with the Dine at Mine campaign. This is a fundraiser for the children’s cancer charity Camp Quality. Throughout August 2013, hosts invite family and friends to a dining experience and ask them to donate what they would have spent eating out to Camp Quality.

National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2013

Last week was National Literacy and Numeracy Week. Children's books illustrator and author Kerry Argent was this year’s Literacy Ambassador and looks back on a week of reading, drawing with school children and answering a lot of questions.

Jeans for Genes day – Erin’s story

On Jeans for Genes day everyone is invited to wear jeans to support a good cause – raising funds to fight childhood diseases. Kate Horvath from the Children’s Medical Research Institute tells the story of how the life of a little girl was saved.

Developing Millennials into leaders

The Generation Y, also called the millennial generation, is perceived as being creative and technically savvy. Les Pickett shares the results from a survey into the challenges and opportunities for companies managing younger employees.

A very bad start to the working day

Being a working parent is a constant juggle. Suzie Thoraval, a lawyer and mother of two young children, wants to believe that work and family can coexist.

Baby sleep – what’s the solution?

Functioning without a decent amount of sleep is one of the harder parts of having a baby. Jodie Benveniste from Parent Wellbeing says that instead of looking for a foolproof method, new parents should try to find a style of parenting that they are most comfortable with.

Letting your children go

Protecting one’s children from hurt and disappointment is a primal instinct. Cherisse Khoury however advises parents to let them find their own ways of defending themselves.

It’s a boy!

To celebrate the birth of the future King, Open Forum has a special Parenting featured forum which includes a wide range of debate surrounding issues on raising children.

Why both sides of federal government must recommit to halving homelessness by 2020

Behind each statistic about homelessness in Australia is a personal story of isolation and desperation. Michael Perusco, CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society NSW urges all politicians to commit to the target of halving homelessness by 2020.

More than a game

Parents use a number of different tools to try to teach their children life lessons. Anne-Maree Thomson shares how Australian Rules Football is helping to instil strong values in her sons.