It’s not just how characters look. How they talk and the role they play have a profound impact on kids, who are quick to categorize characters as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ based on superficial qualities.
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How does the two-child policy in China impact women’s equality? Do women have the ability to stop when they no longer want more children?
A recent report suggests reception classes should spend less time playing and more time focusing on literacy and mathematics.
Social media platforms can identify children who are most interested in or vulnerable to junk food and its advertising.
The law around ‘sexting’ needs to be overhauled as the way young people communicate changes and evolves.
Tokophobia is a pathological fear of pregnancy and can lead to avoidance of childbirth.
While politicians argue endlessly over gun control, here are 10 practical ways the rest of us can work to prevent school shootings.
Whether as soldiers, suicide bombers or human shields, children are an increasingly common sight on the battlefield.
Children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder should be offered extra support at school.
Sarcasm can alienate and discriminate.
How can we find buried bodies? Ground penetrating radar is one solution - but it’s not always effective. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) offers a very sensitive alternative.
New evidence points to a possible burial site for South Australia’s Beaumont children, missing for 52 years. Specialist techniques will be applied to extract and sequence DNA if remains are found.
Parents only want the best for their children, but caring for the environment doesn’t happen overnight.
The limited and skewed portrayal of autism means it is often
misrepresented rather than represented in fiction.
Research shows that for children, the most important aspect of school life are the relationships they build with their friends and teachers.
Fixing facial birth defects helps a child’s optimal growth. But collaboration is needed if developing countries are to increase access to reconstructive surgery.
A robust and enforceable code is needed for online services to design sites and apps in a way that is appropriate for different age groups.
Families are changing, and our political leaders should reflect on this diversity to ensure social policies reflect these differences, so that all families are well supported.
Child sexual abuse is rising but there is still ignorance around how to speak to and support children who are badly in need of help.
Home can be a slippery concept. But psychologists have long understood that it plays a huge role in self-identity and emotional well-being.
Top contributors
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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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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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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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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
