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How FOI requests revealed the massive burden on two local authorities, and how to end the damaging effects on children.
This research suggests that there is one simple way to equip your children for a life of literacy from their infancy: show them picture books.
When most people think of book censorship, they imagine political regimes and potentially book burning in Nazi Germany. What is little considered is that most books that have been challenged or banned are books for young people.
When it comes to whether Australia should have a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, children’s rights have been notably absent from the discussions.
Some might say we’re in the age of the ‘priceless’ child, but The New Yorker certainly doesn’t think so.
One in 10 children report spending multiple hours on homework. There are no benefits of this additional work, but it could leave a negative impact on health.
People need to be taught how to behave around art.
There were only 3,964 seniors in the graduating New Orleans class of 2015, which represents only half of the original cohort of babies. What happened to the missing children?
How successful a mother or career scientist one can become depends on how one’s available time is divided between the two activities.
Only when adults and institutions hear from children and young people directly, take their views and ideas seriously and act on what they say will institutions will become safer places.
Feeling guilty and out of your depth as a parent? You’re not alone – and there are ways to turn the guilt you’re feeling into positive changes for your family.
A stalwart of the charity sector is dead and gone - so now what do we do?
When funding comes sporadically with strings attached, how can vital services keep running?
Globally, evidence points to children becoming less active because they would rather play computer games than be outdoors.
Parental concerns that Minions given as toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals have been dropping the F-bomb raises an issue: how far – if at all – should we go to prevent children from exposure to “bad” language?
How can we make the most of the “why?” years and develop our children into effective inquirers and critical thinkers?
The suicides of four Chinese children left behind by their migrant worker parents could be an ominous sign of things to come.
Inside the theme park where kids have to play at real jobs to earn a living.
A UNICEF report says global progress on child survival and reducing poverty has left behind some of the world’s poorest children.
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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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Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Professor in Child Health Literacy, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
