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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.
Telling parents how to love their child undermines parental confidence.
The questions young people tend to ask about maths often relate to their personal experience of how they found maths in school.
White middle-class parents get an easy time of it when it comes to parental involvement.
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.
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.
Some youths find in gangs the love and social standing that’s missing in their home lives.
The perils of bug parenting.
An increasing number of parents are choosing to toilet train their children from birth, without using nappies. But how effective is this?
The lead author of a new American Academy of Pediatrics statement summarizes important guidelines for children’s use of electronic devices.
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.
Praising kids in a generalised way through phrases like, ‘well done’ or ‘aren’t you clever’ isn’t helpful and can actually damage children.
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.
Decreasing levels of empathy in young people are partly due to changes in parenting styles that came about in the 1980s.
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.
The focus on reducing welfare dependency among young carers, parents and students may deter them from seeking any help.
Child sport success relies on having a positive parental influence.
The majority of parents in the UK believe social media harms their children’s moral development.
If behavioural sleep problems persist beyond infancy, there could be implications for children’s emotional and attentional development longer term.
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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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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Educational Inclusion, Newcastle University
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Emeritus professor of children's literature, University of Canberra
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Professor in Public Policy and Management, The Open University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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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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