Children are masters of play - it’s one of the ways immigrant children learn to socialize. But due to language and cultural issues, play can also be complex and confusing.
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The appearance a hot dish on your doorstep does more than relieve the burden of meal preparation. It says someone is looking out for you.
There were games, sports, and improved moods and mobility.
They are learning from the moment they enter the world.
Writing is a fundamental outcome indicator of learning across subjects and grades. The latest NAPLAN results tell us we need to do more to empower children with these skills.
Australia will be left behind without adequate planning and preparation on fertility issues.
Trump’s rationale for cutting the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families program rests on a myth at odds with contemporary data.
Going through the experience of regret can have a positive outcome.
The rise in student-on-student sexual assaults at school has been linked to the sexualisation of kids, and their easy access to online pornography.
But holiday clubs can help.
Social media provides many emotional, health and social benefits for young people.
Food assistance – like SNAP benefits – can have far-ranging impacts on a person’s health and well-being.
Women also sexually abuse children, but their reasons are often different to men’s.
Teaching fear and avoidance of technology may protect people from negative consequences. But it also prevents them from finding, and benefiting from, productive uses of new innovations.
The crisis in modern language teaching.
Low-to-moderate use of electronic games may have a positive effect on children’s later academic achievement, but overuse can be detrimental.
What schools should be doing to deal with the crisis in children’s mental health.
How a lack of sleep impacts a child’s ability to learn.
Nicholas, aged 6, was watching TV one day when his tooth fell out. He noticed that the bottom edge of the tooth was very spiky. Now he wants to know why.
We must have open conversations with kids so they’re able to identify reliable news online.
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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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Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor in Child Health Literacy, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
