After more than a year of isolation and empty schedules, some kids might be apprehensive or anxious about interacting with the outside world. Psychology experts provide tips to ease the transition.
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There’s no need for children with food allergies to miss out this Easter. Here’s how to include them in your celebrations and help keep them safe.
The camera has long been used to defy a media landscape steeped in negative portrayals of Black families.
Fertility is higher in Northern Europe than in Southern Europe. To understand, let’s take a look at family policies, equality between women and men and the economic context.
Older adults – despite their awareness of increased risk of COVID-19 – are not reporting more feelings of anxiety, anger or stress than younger age groups.
A new study reveals Australians felt both more connected to immediate family and more distant from others because of restrictions. The financial cost for many families has also been high.
When we asked parents how they were going during Australia’s first lockdown, they told us about their stresses, challenges and joys. And policymakers need to hear this.
A new hands-on learning program helps families with young children build their engineering skills.
The U.S. was an outlier in the 20th century. It’s been typical throughout human history, and even today, it’s common practice in most of the world.
The best way to avoid any family tensions at home is to know how to spot them building and then try to calm things down. Here are some tips on how to do that.
A family therapist and childhood development expert encourages parents and others raising kids to focus on the 4 R’s: routines, rules, relationships and rituals.
Mobile health apps, teleconferencing with experts and thoughtfully designed educational platforms can all help families during the chaotic and confusing early years.
Working long hours and want to make the most of time with your children? Your local park is an ideal place for sharing experiences that benefit the whole family.
A narrow definition of family can neglect the experiences of many people and can impact policy and programs. It’s time to expand our ideas of what family means.
Men seem less comfortable celebrating their friendships – to their own detriment.
Stay-at-home parents have a hard time reentering the workforce after spending time away.
Nearly half of apartment residents are now families with children whose quality of life suffers if their neighbourhoods don’t provide the spaces and activities they need to thrive.
As more people of color move to the suburbs, they might not find the full range of opportunities that white European ethnic groups did for most of the previous century.
The South African child support grant is progressive in its gender-neutrality, yet men make up only 2% of those who collect it.
Interviews show Brexit divisions can cause tension but that people are thinking carefully about how to avoid breakdown.
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Director, MScA Couple and Family Therapy, School of Social Work, McGill University
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
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Lecturer in Health and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of England
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Provost Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sheffield
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Associate Research Scientist in Rural Sociology, Adjunct Faculty - National Farm Medicine Center, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Associate Dean (Research Training), College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
