UNICEF offers a set of eight tips designed to assist parents in communicating with their children about Coronavirus. To cover the fundamentals, begin by asking open questions to gauge what your child knows. For example, you might ask them what their friends or teachers have been saying about the virus.
UNICEF offers a set of eight tips designed to assist parents in communicating with their children about Coronavirus. To cover the fundamentals, begin by asking open questions to gauge what your child knows. For example, you might ask them what their friends or teachers have been saying about the virus.
For individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or Sensory Processing conditions, hearing protection can be a valuable tool, capable of dampening the disruptive noise of everyday life and making noisy urban experiences manageable.
For individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or Sensory Processing conditions, hearing protection can be a valuable tool, capable of dampening the disruptive noise of everyday life and making noisy urban experiences manageable.
Australian houses are built for the summer: lots of windows and cool wooden floors, but as winter settles in, it becomes a costly challenge to remain warm and comfortable. The temperature can particularly mess with our ability to sleep. Too warm, and we find ourselves tossing and turning out of the covers. Too cold and you end up unable to...
Australian houses are built for the summer: lots of windows and cool wooden floors, but as winter settles in, it becomes a costly challenge to remain warm and comfortable. The temperature can particularly mess with our ability to sleep. Too warm, and we find ourselves tossing and turning out of...
Anyone who has ever tried a sleep mask has struggled with the dreaded ‘nose light’. You put the mask on, expect darkness, but find the bridge of your nose bending the fabric juuuust enough to let light leak in. Suddenly, it’s as if you’re facing a spotlight. Sleep is impossible. You wrap your head in pillows and curse the sun....
Anyone who has ever tried a sleep mask has struggled with the dreaded ‘nose light’. You put the mask on, expect darkness, but find the bridge of your nose bending the fabric juuuust enough to let light leak in. Suddenly, it’s as if you’re facing a spotlight. Sleep is impossible....
Often, when a person tells you they don’t like foam earplugs, they’re talking about a second-rate pair they received at a youth hostel or on a plane. But not all foam earplugs are created equal. All ears are different and the variety of foam earplugs we stock each have a different ear in mind. In this article, we take a...
Often, when a person tells you they don’t like foam earplugs, they’re talking about a second-rate pair they received at a youth hostel or on a plane. But not all foam earplugs are created equal. All ears are different and the variety of foam earplugs we stock each have a...
In the first of our deep dives, we spent a week trialling the QuietOn Electronic Noise Cancelling Sleep Earbuds, a high end solution for those trying to avoid bedtime bedlam.
In the first of our deep dives, we spent a week trialling the QuietOn Electronic Noise Cancelling Sleep Earbuds, a high end solution for those trying to avoid bedtime bedlam.
The mind has a powerful ability to ignore. Stand next to the ocean for long enough and you forget it’s there. What the brain cannot ignore is inconsistency. Random traffic noise, footsteps, a rattling window. These noises are all too unpredictable in noise and frequency for the brain to zone them out. That’s where a white noise machine comes in....
The mind has a powerful ability to ignore. Stand next to the ocean for long enough and you forget it’s there. What the brain cannot ignore is inconsistency. Random traffic noise, footsteps, a rattling window. These noises are all too unpredictable in noise and frequency for the brain to zone...
Self-isolation has transformed daily life and with it created new challenges for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. But in our rush to order exercise equipment and ergonomic chairs, we miss the foundation on which healthy routines are built: sleep.
Self-isolation has transformed daily life and with it created new challenges for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. But in our rush to order exercise equipment and ergonomic chairs, we miss the foundation on which healthy routines are built: sleep.
