It’s understandable to want to shield children from the impacts of disasters. But research suggests that they should be given a voice in disaster planning and a role in reducing the risks.
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Reduced lead exposure has made us smarter and healthier. Could changes in regulatory agencies across North America endanger this?
Islamic State systematically militarised the education systems of captured Iraqi and Syrian territory to turn the region’s children into ideological timebombs.
Some experts fret that the US birthrate is on the decline. That might not be so surprising, when the cost of having children in the US has grown exponentially since the 1960s.
These professional entertainers are trained and paid to go round hospitals cheer up children with music and laughter.
Most men, women and children in Canada exceed the tolerable upper limits of salt for their bodies. Consumers need to understand how much salt is too much – to avoid hypertension and heart disease.
It’s not just how characters look. How they talk and the role they play have a profound impact on kids, who are quick to categorize characters as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on superficial qualities.
How does the two-child policy in China impact women’s equality? Do women have the ability to stop when they no longer want more children?
A recent report suggests reception classes should spend less time playing and more time focusing on literacy and mathematics.
Social media platforms can identify children who are most interested in or vulnerable to junk food and its advertising.
The law around ‘sexting’ needs to be overhauled as the way young people communicate changes and evolves.
Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and can lead to avoidance of childbirth.
While politicians argue endlessly over gun control, here are 10 practical ways the rest of us can work to prevent school shootings.
Whether as soldiers, suicide bombers or human shields, children are an increasingly common sight on the battlefield.
Children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder should be offered extra support at school.
Sarcasm can alienate and discriminate.
How can we find buried bodies? Ground penetrating radar is one solution - but it’s not always effective. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) offers a very sensitive alternative.
New evidence points to a possible burial site for South Australia’s Beaumont children, missing for 52 years. Specialist techniques will be applied to extract and sequence DNA if remains are found.
Parents only want the best for their children, but caring for the environment doesn’t happen overnight.
The limited and skewed portrayal of autism means it is often
misrepresented rather than represented in fiction.
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Elizabeth Handsley est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, and Director of the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies, York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Lecturer in Digital Literacies, University of Sheffield
