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Welcome to the controversial world of sleep consultancy, where coaches and counsellors train new born babies to ‘sleep through the night’.
These are the books to read with your children this summer.
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From the informative to the whimsical to the flat out hilarious, here are ten Australian books to keep your child’s brain active through the holidays.
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Telling parents how to love their child undermines parental confidence.
Young people’s negative attitudes towards maths are increasing.
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The questions young people tend to ask about maths often relate to their personal experience of how they found maths in school.
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White middle-class parents get an easy time of it when it comes to parental involvement.
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Understanding where teens learn about sex and how that influences them can help us find ways to encourage healthy sexual behaviors, such as using condoms and birth control.
Caring for your child can be tough work.
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Parents of children who have complex healthcare needs often find their role as a mother or father is overwhelmed by all the clinical tasks they have to undertake.
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Some youths find in gangs the love and social standing that’s missing in their home lives.
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The perils of bug parenting.
Elimination Communication is a method of toilet training that starts from birth and follows a child’s cues.
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An increasing number of parents are choosing to toilet train their children from birth, without using nappies. But how effective is this?
Parents should be involved in their children’s use of electronic devices.
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The lead author of a new American Academy of Pediatrics statement summarizes important guidelines for children’s use of electronic devices.
Young people see their financial future as their responsibility, but they need to be comfortable talking about it, new research shows.
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Young people actually take responsibility for their own financial decisions but they fail to learn from their parents about how to handle money, new research shows.
How we praise children is important in shaping the ways in which children see themselves.
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Praising kids in a generalised way through phrases like, ‘well done’ or ‘aren’t you clever’ isn’t helpful and can actually damage children.
There are high rates of non-payment, partial payment and late payment of child support.
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Any reforms must move beyond a focus on administrative processes to acknowledge the lived experiences of child support which can be disguised by formal policy.
Technological inventions have made life easier around the home and have meant fewer and fewer chores for the kids.
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Decreasing levels of empathy in young people are partly due to changes in parenting styles that came about in the 1980s.
Disadvantaged students are more likely to miss school.
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Any new approach to linking welfare payments to attendance must address the flaws of previous trials. It will require the cooperation of schools and the availability of accurate, real-time data.
Young carers may be put off seeking welfare assistance if that is the focus of reform.
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The focus on reducing welfare dependency among young carers, parents and students may deter them from seeking any help.
Taekwondo champ Jade Jones celebrates a gold medal with her mother.
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Child sport success relies on having a positive parental influence.
Parents are often concerned about the effects of social media on their children’s character.
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The majority of parents in the UK believe social media harms their children’s moral development.
Poor sleep can have longer-term effects.
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If behavioural sleep problems persist beyond infancy, there could be implications for children’s emotional and attentional development longer term.