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Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
Faces hold crucial clues on what others are thinking and feeling. So, does missing that key social information impact children’s unkind behaviour?
Policymakers, tech companies and schools should all be part of conversations about how our society is responsible for the new realities of tech in the home after COVID-19 lockdowns.
Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their consent. Here’s how the attack works and how you can protect your kids.
Children learn more science when they watch an AI-powered cartoon character than with a regular Mickey Mouse or Dora the Explorer, a new study finds.
Rather than protecting some of the world’s most vulnerable children, many of Africa’s orphanages are exploiting them.
Children working on family farms is often mistaken for harmful child labour.
Urban development and social norms concerning childhood have led European cities to a situation where public spaces are no more spaces for children and young people.
This is a green light for creating the largest-ever compensation fund for sex abuse claims.
Extensive evidence shows the harms of spanking, and 65 other countries or states worldwide have already banned it. Why has Canada not done the same by repealing Section 43 of the Criminal Code?
How should we understand what toys or ‘loose part’ materials support children’s play, and what’s the relationship of parents’ education and income to this? A study aims to find out.
Ghana needs a more effective approach to juvenile justice reform that considers the long-term impact of detention on youth offenders.
Chat to your child while they draw, or learn about a new artistic style together.
Hundreds of children were stolen from their parents during the dictatorship in Argentina, but over the years some have been reunited with their families.
Access to swimming in the UK has been hit by COVID and the cost of living crisis and that has consequences for children and young people.
Some psychologists suggest a cultural emphasis on safety is contributing to rising anxiety and depression among teens.
Emotion-focused parenting programs can enhance parents’ ability to positively affect their children’s emotional development.
From soup and semolina to Jamie’s school dinners: the changing face of school meals in the UK.
An unexplained rise in cases of hepatitis among children around the world in 2022 may be linked to a virus known as AAV2, according to three new studies.
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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
