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A new study reports that school-based physical activity interventions are ineffective in improving young people’s activity levels. But we just need to think outside the box if we want them to work.
Finger counting and struggling to tell the time or use a calendar are all typical signs of dyscalculia – sometimes called ‘maths dyslexia’.
Knife crime is a symptom of the toxic environments that adults create around children.
A neuroscientist explains how detention can affect a developing mind, as a new law in California sets the highest age limit in the US for minors to be held criminally responsible, at age 12.
British three- and four-year-olds spend around four hours a day on screen time.
There’s so much more to video games than first person shooters.
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.
Chronic pain is described as an ‘invisible enemy’ and a ‘malign invader’.
Ethiopia has a high number of injury-related deaths and disabilities among children.
The psychological health of migrant children will be deeply impacted by their flight from gang violence, and the experience of crowded unhygienic conditions and tear gas at the U.S. border.
New guidelines have been launched that make recommendations on the daily activities of babies and young children.
Children in countries like South Korea and Russia are more obedient, while American kids tend to be more self-indulgent.
Human capital is a key contributor to a country’s economy. Here’s how families and the state can nurture this asset.
The UN has declared all violence against children a violation of human rights. But it still happens even in schools.
Having children is linked to a greater risk of heart attacks and stroke, but kids aren’t completely bad for your health.
HIV negative children born to women with HIV have a greater risk of dying before their first birthday.
How a child reacted to Theresa May’s comments that Brexit would stop EU citizens from ‘jumping the queue’ to come to the UK.
The diversity of families is one of the important underlying themes of the South African Child Gauge 2018.
Children exposed to scenes of violence may develop a view that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.
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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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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Doctoral Researcher: Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, and Director of the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies, York University, Canada
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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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
