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You’re officially an adult, but you may not feel like one. Why’s that so? When will you feel you’re a grown up?
Fall in love, have a baby, watch your happiness and satisfaction plummet. Psychology researchers know the transition to parenthood can be rough on relationships.
How many times do people make the comment about which parent a child takes after. So what does genetics say?
Fertility, as with contraception, is seen as a woman’s issue, but the science shows this needs to change.
Calls to freeze every 18-year-old’s sperm might be drastic but men need to realise it’s a myth that there’s no limit to their fertility.
Societies overwhelmingly endorse reproduction, but the pressure this places on people who don’t want to have kids may be putting their health at risk.
Teenagers need to trust their parents and learn about trusting others. Apps like Teensafe might undermine both.
We hear so much these days about fearful parents who “bubble-wrap” their children. So-called “helicopter parents” try to protect their children from life’s dangers and, in the process, prevent them taking…
The current debate about commercial surrogacy has focused on the competing needs of couples or individuals desperate to have children, and the exploitation of vulnerable women in low-income countries…
A recent report from the Sutton Trust is the latest in a line of recommendations for family policy to focus on promoting secure attachment between parents and their children. What puzzles me is why the…
The idea that parenting matters for early child development is now widely accepted. We also now know a great deal about the role of parenting in social inequalities in development. Parents with more resources…
In most countries children in lone parent families are at increased risk of experiencing poverty. In 2011, the proportion of lone parents below the poverty line in EU countries reached 33.5%, compared…
In my clinical work with pregnant and postnatal mums experiencing anxiety and mood disorders, few issues are reported as consistently as sleep deprivation. Parents who spend the first year of their child’s…
Australia’s paid parental leave lags behind its European counterparts. Researchers from the University of Adelaide say the…
Social issues involving young children and warring interest groups make good media fodder. So researchers involved in these areas have to decide very carefully how to promote their findings to stop their…
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Swansea University
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Associate Professor and Director of Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health & Human Rights, Monash University
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Lecturer in Public Health and Human Rights, Monash University
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Professor of Psychological Medicine, BMRI & Disciplne of Psychiatry, University of Sydney
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Professor in Social Research, University of Lincoln
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Professor of Health Equity, The Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Sport & Fitness, The Open University
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Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work for the Prevention of Children's and Youth Problems, Columbia University
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Professor, Department of Psychology, University of York
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Professor, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Psychiatry, Director of National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University
