Without supportive parents, children already under stress may experience a shrinkage in brain volume in an area of the brain that is important for learning and memory.
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School holidays become a very different challenge when kids leave primary school.
In a series of research forums young people talked about their fears around going to high school. And what kind of support they want.
Previous studies of baby talk have focussed on European languages, Mandarin and Japanese. For the first time, research looks at an Australian Indigenous language.
With child and adolescent mental health problems on the rise, here is a step-by-step guide for caregivers for recognizing signs of mental distress and responding with support and resources.
There is a link between huge amounts of parental attention and the development of narcissistic traits in children.
Letting go of what could have been is a critical step in handling ambiguous loss.
Parents spend more time actively engaged with their kids – such as helping with homework or reading together – during the school year than during summer. But the difference is almost three times greater for moms than for dads.
Channel 9’s program Parental Guidance has been pitting 12 different types of parenting against each other to work out which is ‘best’.
Head lice are hard to get rid of and seem to come back again and again. Here’s what works.
While some children can be convinced to send their old toys to the op shop, or give clothes to younger friends to wear, other kids really struggle. Here’s why – and how parents and guardians can help.
How you tell the story of a momentous event can help you make sense of what happened. Research finds new moms’ and dads’ narratives around childbirth held clues about their transition to parenthood.
Parents were concerned that their children’s race would affect their school experiences.
Everyone should have the right to have, or not have, a child and to parent with dignity in a safe environment – but food insecurity makes this difficult.
Research findings are mostly reassuring for parents — despite the disruptions to nearly every aspect of life during the COVID-19 pandemic, most children continue to show healthy development.
To answer this question, we’ll need to look at some different parts of the brain and what they do.
Some babies bottom-shuffle along. Others commando crawl on their tummy. Some babies move hands first with their bent knees following along like they are playing game of leapfrog.
Girls don’t just outperform boys when it comes to reading skills. They also say they like reading more than their male counterparts.
Trans motherhood showcases the unique joys of being transgender, be it through developing a deeper connection with one’s own child or caring for others in one’s community.
There are four signs of parental burnout and four positive things parents can do to take care of themselves as well as their kids.
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