The Squiz Kids Newsletter!

Hello! And welcome to the Squiz Kids Newsletter … where each week Squiz Kids host, Bryce chats about life as a dad, shares news from Squiz Kids HQ, previews the week’s content and links out to interesting articles he’s stumbled across that week on kids, education and parenting.

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Making sense of social media bans

Talk about setting the cat amongst the social media pigeons. You might have caught the news that Prime Minister Anthony…

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We’ll take the win!

If you’ve been following along at home, you’d know I’ve spent the better part of the last six months throwing…

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How the democracy sausage is made

It’s democracy sausage time people. Or at least, it has been the weekend just gone here in Queensland, where we’ve…

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New website, new-look Newshounds

Don’t you just love the smell of the new? It’s with no small amount of pride, and to mark Media Literacy…

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The day I went to Canberra + learning from Kevin Bacon + social media bans explored

On the hustings … And a big welcome back to parents and teachers all over the country as we tackle…

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You think your week has been rough?

How’s your week shaping up? If you’ve managed to get through the day without having Elon Musk call you a…

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Striking the right balance

One of the things we grapple with here at Squiz Kids is how to produce a podcast that talks about…

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PM declares war on social media

It was no lesser a figure than the Prime Minister of Australia who stood in front of a press conference…

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An ode to simpler times

I’ve just spent the weekend with my folks in Sydney, helping them pack up their home of 54 years as…

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Choosing hope in a bleak time

Before I threw myself headlong into the world of podcasting, I was senior writer at the Australian Womens’ Weekly (among…

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Why media literacy has never been more important

It’s been a big few weeks in the news cycle. Between the awful events at Sydney’s Bondi Westfield, the riots…

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In the middle of the storm

Do you ever get the sense there’s a big ol’ storm brewing and you might just happen to find yourself…

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When Bad News Happens…

The blanket media coverage given to the events at Westfield Bondi on the weekend present a whole bunch of challenges…

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Easter

Kids at the end of their tether, work deadlines looming, the prospect of prolonged exposure to distant family members. Ah…

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Here’s to late bloomers …

I’ve had more than few conversations about NAPLAN this week, as my youngest submits herself to the rigours of the…

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