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There’s so much more to video games than first person shooters.
Here’s some advice for concerned working parents with kids at home during school holidays, based on our research on home security, burglaries and young offenders.
Chronic pain is described as an ‘invisible enemy’ and a ‘malign invader’.
Ethiopia has a high number of injury-related deaths and disabilities among children.
The psychological health of migrant children will be deeply impacted by their flight from gang violence, and the experience of crowded unhygienic conditions and tear gas at the U.S. border.
New guidelines have been launched that make recommendations on the daily activities of babies and young children.
Children in countries like South Korea and Russia are more obedient, while American kids tend to be more self-indulgent.
Human capital is a key contributor to a country’s economy. Here’s how families and the state can nurture this asset.
The UN has declared all violence against children a violation of human rights. But it still happens even in schools.
Having children is linked to a greater risk of heart attacks and stroke, but kids aren’t completely bad for your health.
HIV negative children born to women with HIV have a greater risk of dying before their first birthday.
How a child reacted to Theresa May’s comments that Brexit would stop EU citizens from ‘jumping the queue’ to come to the UK.
The diversity of families is one of the important underlying themes of the South African Child Gauge 2018.
Children exposed to scenes of violence may develop a view that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.
London’s low emission zone has started to reduce air pollution – but not enough to protect children’s lungs.
This is what children want from their local areas to live happier and healthier lives.
There have been many advances made in the prevention and treatment of pneumonia, but providing for people’s basic needs can help reduce the disease burden.
Over the past 20 years, the number of American households that have grandparents, their kids and their grandkids living under the same roof has nearly doubled.
Why is the age of criminal responsibility in the UK the lowest in the European Union?
Top contributors
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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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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor at MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
