Family and Child Consultants

       The most appropriate label is usually the one someone’s parents have given them.     Speaking, writing, and reading are integral to everyday life, where language is the primary tool for expression and communication. The words and phrases that people choose to use consciously and unconsciously can help us understand ourselves and why we behave the way we do.  Language is used to express culture common tradition and it's important because it helps countries and cultures preserve, they knowledge and represents the meanings we have constructed from experience.   Languages be incredibly important to indigenous communities and cultures. In Australia there are more than 250 indigenous languages including around 800 dialects. Languages are living things that connect people to country, culture, and ancestors. Aboriginal and touristed Islander people believe that the land gave birth to their language. Language and culture inseparable. In the tim...

 I am sick of hearing about the youth crime wave. I'm going to say it…….. I'm sick of hearing about the supposed ‘youth crime wave’ which is sweeping Australia. It appears that every day the news is full of stories that tells us how terrible the young people of Australia are. Every night I turn on the news and there are home videos, stories, and remarks by shock jocks describing what some have called an ‘unprecedented youth crime wave’. I don't want to take away from individuals personal experience.  Being a victim of crime, whether that be property or violent crime, is a terrible, traumatic event for a person to go through. I know that trauma changes the way that you see the world. Being a victim of crime, forces individuals to question not only their view of the world, but their view of safety, their community, and those people around then. However, it's important to note that the statistics just do not support these headlines. Youth offending is fallen across most Au...

  4 things that are more important to employees than pay   Compared with before the pandemic, 52% of Australian business leaders believe it is more challenging to find qualified employees. Research from Robert half has found the 47% of business leaders believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the skill shortage in Australia, while 33% believe the availability obstacles remain the same.   63% of business leaders said that an increase in competition for talent was the main contributing factor to the skill shortage and 54% pointed to an increase in demand for specialist skills.   The challenges continue to mount for employers after a recent report suggested that 40% of workers were planning to look for a new role within six months as part of the. ‘Great Resignation’.   The great resignation is an idea proposed by Professor Anthony Klotz of Texas A&M university that predicts a large number of people leaving their jobs after the covert pandemic ends an li...