Parental concerns that Minions given as toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals have been dropping the F-bomb raises an issue: how far – if at all – should we go to prevent children from exposure to “bad” language?
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How can we make the most of the “why?” years and develop our children into effective inquirers and critical thinkers?
The suicides of four Chinese children left behind by their migrant worker parents could be an ominous sign of things to come.
Inside the theme park where kids have to play at real jobs to earn a living.
A UNICEF report says global progress on child survival and reducing poverty has left behind some of the world’s poorest children.
At its simplest, participation is about allowing children to get involved in making decisions that affect their own lives and their own learning experiences.
Makies, the #toyslikeme campaign and the broader focus on disability in digital spaces show we are in the midst of a significant shift towards an inclusive world view of disability.
Gay marriage opponents argue that children need a mother and a father. The law says otherwise.
Large study reveals how children rate their happiness and what they’re most dissatisfied with.
Politicians promising to expand free childcare is no bad thing, but it is difficult to deliver in practice
Many people are shocked by what children are willing to share about themselves online. Is it that they don’t understand privacy, or just have a different conception of it compared to adults?
Speaking with: Joanne Orlando on children and technology
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Should we be worried that ever more devices and software applications are made specifically for an increasingly younger audience?
Fairy tales have happy endings. They may be dark and scary but the prince always finds Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood susses out the big bad wolf. Right? All too often many assume that fairy stories…
Many adults believe they are not artistic and feel nervous about visual art. They vividly recall the moment when a teacher or family member discouraged their efforts to creatively express their ideas through…
“I didn’t encourage my daughter to play with Barbie dolls and dress up in flouncy fairy costumes, but she just gravitated toward them.” When confronted with the idea that gendered marketing and stereotypes…
Not unlike the bear himself, the film Paddington has had a long and bumpy ride to the big screen. Paddington’s movie, like the character, unwittingly left a marmalade smeared paw print on the delicate…
National Adoption Week is upon us and we are again being asked to consider becoming adoptive parents to a child in care. In the past four years the week to recruit adopters has quadrupled, leading to a…
Earlier this year, an American mother was arrested for allowing her nine year old daughter to play unsupervised in a park while she finished her shift at work. Even though this story got a lot of press…
Daily interactions require bargaining, be it for food, money or even making plans. These situations inevitably lead to a conflict of interest as both parties seek to maximise their gains. To deal with…
Once a hidden crime, domestic violence has in recent years emerged as a mainstream criminal justice issue in Australia. Cases such as Queensland man Gerard Baden-Clay’s murder of his wife Allison and the…
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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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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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