Adolescent brains are especially vulnerable to risk-taking and social pressure. But there are steps parents can take to steer their teen away from dangerous social media stunts.
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Here’s how to get babies and toddlers chatting.
How to be more a more eco-friendly parent – it’s not as simple as ditching disposable nappies.
Children aged under six years shouldn’t have cough syrup. It’s not only ineffective, it can be harmful.
Listen carefully to what your teenager has to say.
Recent generations of Jewish women have looked to reinvent rituals marking the most meaningful moments in their lives, especially childbirth and motherhood.
Motives for stealing need to be explored and understood before deciding on a course of action, as it’s not necessarily a sign of moral failure.
Policymakers, tech companies and schools should all be part of conversations about how our society is responsible for the new realities of tech in the home after COVID-19 lockdowns.
In emotional abuse cases, it is the most important adults in a child’s life who send harmful messages. And the hurt occurs when self-worth and identity are developing.
A philosopher and mother argues parents must attempt to tackle the problems caused by climate change – for their kids. Not doing so is like ‘reading them a bedtime story while the house burns down’.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says he wants a national approach to mobile phone bans in Australian schools.
There are steps parents can take to understand this technology, the risks it may pose, and what they can do to limit them.
Parents should keep an eye on how screen-based activities influence their child’s development and behaviour.
Extensive evidence shows the harms of spanking, and 65 other countries or states worldwide have already banned it. Why has Canada not done the same by repealing Section 43 of the Criminal Code?
Some would suggest the solution is simple: cut ties with the parent, limit contact, rid your life of this difficult relationship. But this is often not realistic.
Parents who had positive experiences in school often select schools for their children that are similar to the ones they attended – but if they had a bad experience they avoid those kinds of schools.
Chat to your child while they draw, or learn about a new artistic style together.
Young people told us that adults’ views about online harms rarely reflected their own.
At this point of the school year, many Year 10 students begin to seriously think about what subjects they might pick for years 11 and 12.
Criticism and lecturing won’t help. This will.
Top contributors
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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 Child Public Health, Swansea University
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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 Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin 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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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor Psychology Department, Bond University
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Former Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
