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Human capital is a key contributor to a country’s economy. Here’s how families and the state can nurture this asset.
More attention needs to be paid to aligning South Africa’s family policy with the realities of everyday life.
Over the past 20 years, the number of American households that have grandparents, their kids and their grandkids living under the same roof has nearly doubled.
Whether they stay with the same organisations or not, family members have a strong influence on each others’ volunteer habits.
The media interest in the New Zealand leader, who gave birth this summer, is an illustration of the difficulties faced by women who choose to pursue a career without sacrificing their lives as mothers.
Poorer families don’t have the resources to achieve the same as better off families – yet they’re being blamed for their situation.
Urban policies are based on assumptions of a “normal household” and what buildings for it should look like. So this research project explored how people feel about children in high-density housing.
A new female offender strategy in England and Wales plans to put fewer women in prisons. Here’s why that’s so important.
Simply based on how they are housed, forcibly separating immigrant kids from their families is bound to make a bad situation worse.
New research shows childhood in Europe lasts on average until age 25, while old age starts at 60.
Middle-class houses in the US have grown ever larger. The average single-family home is almost twice the size of a home in the 1960s. It’s time to consider the downsides of sizing up.
The modelling shows that Coalition governments tend to be much more fiscally conservative in their tax and welfare policies than Labor governments.
Research suggests that government spending on very young children is a good investment.
The demographics, which include declining numbers of adult children free to step up and potentially fewer immigrants, suggest that this big problem society faces will get bigger.
It’s widely accepted that young people living in children’s homes or foster care are vulnerable to mental illness, but new research shows that social media can actually help.
Parents only want the best for their children, but caring for the environment doesn’t happen overnight.
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.
Parents killing their children is uncommon, but there are some risk factors around the crime such as mental illness, previous abuse and domestic violence.
New research shows that, too often, grandparents who are primary carers are being locked out of decisions about their grandchildren’s welfare.
Top contributors
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the West of England
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University
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Professor of Sociology & Public Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Health and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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ARC Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Social Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
