When Chloe Hooper’s partner was diagnosed with leukaemia, she struggled to talk about the possibility of his death with their two young children. She found the words in books.
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As the world locked down and a country’s racial reckoning heated up, this social scientist refined her approach to studying the lives of Black moms.
Researchers find that households without enough diapers for their children are more likely to struggle with other hardships.
It’s only when the characters learn how to embrace all of their emotions that they can become their true, authentic selves.
Some parents engage in domestic abuse by influencing their children to fear, dislike or distrust their other parent. What happens next is a cascade of losses.
You can still tell the truth without ruining everyone’s Easter. Here are some tips.
College savings plans – known as 529s – can be effective for certain families. Still, it pays to know the ins and outs of how the plans work, an expert says.
An education researcher explains how most school rating websites lack a key piece of information about school performance.
A pediatrician recommends helping your child cope with getting vaccines by employing “The Three P’s” – Preparation, Proximity and Praise.
Terrible or terrific? There is a lot going when you’re two.
Disabled single mother Shakira Hussein reflects on her secret weapon against adversity. Adalya, her ‘excessively mature’ daughter, appointed herself her mother’s carer and fierce protector from age 9.
Making daily time to connect with their children is an important way of nurturing family experiences and relationships and to find restoration.
How to have important conversations with kids about world events like those taking place in Ukraine, and how to tailor them based on age and maturity levels — from child psychologists.
Researchers have spent decades studying how demographics affect American students’ opportunities and performance, but many questions remain about religion and school.
Many Australian children are returning to school after spending the best part of two years learning from home. Such a long break can understandably make many anxious. But there are ways to help.
The science of stress explains why parenting during the pandemic feels so hard. Here are strategies from psychologists for taking back control when you dread yet another challenging day ahead.
As a society, we must shift our collective culture away from a silent complacency around interpersonal trauma and towards intentionally working to prevent it.
As women’s relationship with work and career has changed, so too has the relationship with parenting. What women need now is more targeted support in raising children.
A contrast to the bumbling and immature fathers commonly found on sitcoms, Bob Saget’s character on ‘Full House’ reflected a shift in expectations of fatherhood that began in the late 1970s.
Teens across millennia have yearned to explore, try new things and participate in risky behaviours. The key difference, however, seems to be the experience of a rebellion or restlessness.
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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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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney 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 in Psychology, Deakin University
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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The University of Queensland
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
