In many households, Christmas means visits from relatives eager to smother kids with kisses. But respectful parenting means giving the kids fair warning so they can decide whether that’s ok.
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The dying person may face an inner struggle. They may want to be involved in activities but may not have the physical and emotional capacity to deal with the heightened stress and stimulation.
Here’s some advice for concerned working parents with kids at home during school holidays, based on our research on home security, burglaries and young offenders.
When we are asleep our brain does not switch off. It keeps working, but not as hard.
Media-driven panic about drugs can create a perception more people are using the drug than they actually are, and when teens think ‘everyone’ is doing it, they are more likely to want to do it too.
It is the Australian Tax Office, not the Fair Work Commission, making the big waves with the Foodora case and the future of the gig economy.
Nightclub-goers often regard the sort of sexually aggressive behaviour they witness as unacceptable, but they put up with it because it seems like lots of people – especially men – are doing it.
Most long distance road cycling events are won or lost in the final sprint of any race stage. Here’s one tip that could give you an extra 5kph advantage.
Virgin Australia’s great military blunder of 2018 is a case study in corporate social responsibility gone wrong.
Children in the early stages of learning to read should be given decodable books to practise and generalise their developing alphabetic skills.
The sediments that accumulate beneath seagrass meadows can act as secure vaults for shipwrecks and other precious artefacts, by stopping water and oxygen from damaging the delicate timbers.
Si les jeunes garçons lisent moins que les filles, c’est dû à un certain nombre de clichés et d’habitudes quotidiennes. Quelques pistes pour inverser la tendance.
The announcement of a new fast-charging network to link the major east coast cities will do much to encourage motorists to buy electric cars. But the power utilities need to get on board too.
Just like a mobile phone, your body needs to be recharged every day. You need to eat food and drink water every day to keep your body going. Some foods are better than others at helping you stay well.
Understanding the impact of Apartheid requires looking beyond Nelson Mandela’s achievements to the bloody struggles of the African National Congress and international forces prolonging the violence.
A new crime prevention program in Western Australia is training young Australians of African descent to become peer mentors to at-risk youths in their communities.
Secondary radar is an important tool in the control of aircraft traffic, and helps make air travel safe. It was developed during dangerous times.
There is always a tension between usability and security. People want systems to be secure so that their identities aren’t stolen, but they want those same systems to be easily accessible.
Sex, sexuality, respectful relationships, and gender all need to be discussed in schools as a measure to combat discrimination against LGBTQ people, rising rates of STIs and violence against women.
Web design has come a long way since the days of blue hyperlinks and flashy GIFs.
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Lead, Mental Health, Edith Cowan University
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PhD Candidate, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Researcher and Phd Candidate, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Audience Research, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University
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Lelia Green is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Communications, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Visual & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University
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Research associate, Edith Cowan University
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Senior research associate, Edith Cowan University
