This is a free, private and confidential telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25. There is information on the site about topics such as peer pressure, fights with friends and loneliness. There are also games, competitions and fun kids polls to take part in. It is a great resource to help young people of all ages negotiate their way through childhood and adolescence.
This is the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development website. It has a wealth of information about early childhood, starting school, learning, how to get involved in your child's school, information about health and wellbeing and also information about secondary school. It is a great point of reference for general information about Victorian schools.
Parents Victoria is the organisation representing parents of students in Victorian government schools. They provide advice about parents clubs, have publications about current issues, run seminars and advocate for parents of school children at a federal and state level. While there is additional information available to members, there is a wealth of free information on this site as well as links to other parenting sites and articles.
Parentline provides a state wide telephone counselling service to parents and carers of children aged from birth to eighteen years. Visit the website for more information or call them on 132289 from 8am - midnight 7 days a week.