Kids ages 3 to 6 may be missing out on important social, emotional and behavioral lessons during at-home learning.
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When we asked parents how they were going during Australia's first lockdown, they told us about their stresses, challenges and joys. And policymakers need to hear this.
Make sure your kids know that if they do see something that upsets them, you won’t be angry at them for telling you about it.
Here are four ways adults can help kids work through their worries about the environment.
There are effective ways to help reduce babies’ pain during blood draws and injections, but they are used in less than 50 per cent of newborns. Here's how to ease your infant's pain.
Witnessing their children's experiences of racism was particularly difficult, parents reported.
Talking to a puppet, as opposed to a person, makes the conversation feel less personal. It's sometimes used in therapy to help the child feel less self-conscious and open up.
Schools can impact the mental health and well-being of not just students but their parents, too.
Equipping parents with the right information on what to talk about, and how to talk about it, is a key step in addressing challenges to sexual health.
Our mental health and economy are suffering from this pandemic. Parent support programs are a proven way to improve both.
While some adults see implicit meaning in sentences, children can miss it. Two linguists explain how this can happen, and why it matters in communication.
The U.S. was an outlier in the 20th century. It’s been typical throughout human history, and even today, it’s common practice in most of the world.
More than 1 in 5 college students are parents, and many struggle to find on-campus housing. Colleges offering a stable place to live on campus can help them succeed.
Support them but make sure to respect their autonomy; encourage them to exercise, sleep and connect with friends. These are some ways to help your Year 12 child during the pre-exam period.
Whether families actually save anything at all depends entirely on where they live, and what provider they use.
Here are four thoughts and feelings it's common to have when you have a new baby.
Remote school may look different to 'normal' school, but children are still being taught; they are still learning and many are still actively engaged in the curriculum.
We surveyed and interviewed parents of primary school-aged children in Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and the ACT to explore their experiences of helping their children with remote schooling.
Experiments show that children who pretend to be their favourite character persist for longer on a task than children not pretending.
Increasingly outlandish gender reveal parties align perfectly with the values of an economy that's always scrolling for the next best thing.
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Hannah Dahlen is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Researcher: Children and Technology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate 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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Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Sociology and Co-Director of The Policy Lab, University of Melbourne
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The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Educational Psychology, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph
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Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, Monash University
