Back to school: Parents' tricky questions answered

By Pallavi Singhal
Updated January 26 2018 - 9:48am, first published January 20 2018 - 9:44pm
SUN HERALD. 20th of January 2018. Stephanie Cunio with her daughter Summer Cunio-Scarborough who is getting ready for her first day at high school. She is going to go to Newtown Performing Arts High School. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
SUN HERALD. 20th of January 2018. Stephanie Cunio with her daughter Summer Cunio-Scarborough who is getting ready for her first day at high school. She is going to go to Newtown Performing Arts High School. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

When should kids get a mobile phone or start walking to school on their own? Do parents need to make lunch every day, volunteer at school or pick their own children up? They're the prickly topics that everyone has an opinion on, and we've spoken to parents and academics to see what they think.

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