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While the current political climate has cultivated a sense of fear surrounding cultural differences, when it comes to parenting, these differences could actually help make people better parents.
The most common complaint is conflicting advice, as well as staff who are “bossy, judgemental and inaccessible” and who undermine women’s confidence.
Research shows that even four-year-olds feel better after an apology and view people who apologize as nicer than those who don’t.
Why we can’t help feeling affection for babies, puppies, dolls, teddies and even miniature products.
An environment rife with shame is a fertile breeding ground for conflict: pitting mother against mother.
Like moms, more dads are sweating the work-life balance. While just 35 percent of dads reported such conflicts in 1977, today 60 percent struggle to bring up baby while bringing home the bacon.
What are we really talking about when we criticize women who breastfeed in public?
Is being a pushy parent good? It is helpful to protect your child in ways that mean they don’t fail? Here’s what the research says.
Women who publicly state their desire never to be mothers in the traditional sense challenge the idea that woman and mother are synonymous.
We should fret less about what teenagers do with their phones, and spend more time talking to them about what the digital, connected future holds for them.
The quest to be a ‘perfect’ mother versus a ‘good’ mother may actually harm a mother’s parenting.
Children’s use of screens for fun and education have changed a lot over the years, so why haven’t the rules on acceptable screen time kept up?
Fathers experience an equal rise in the bonding chemical oxytocin as mothers do when interacting with their infant.
Some aspects of good parenting are universal, but others look very different from country to country. There needs to be a better understanding of parenting in different contexts.
Growing pains are the most common childhood musculoskeletal condition resulting in frequent visits to healthcare professionals.
Non-verbal learning disability is a complex neurological learning disability that becomes more obvious with age. Here are the signs to look out for.
While there’s some evidence to suggest that children can benefit from music groups, for many other classes the results are mixed.
There is no convincing evidence that same-sex relationships are less stable than heterosexual relationships, nor that they have a negative impact on the children raised within them.
Breastfed infants diagnosed with “tongue tie” are being unnecessarily treated with deep laser or scissors cuts under both their tongue and upper lip in the first weeks and months of life.
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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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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor Psychology Department, Bond University
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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