Parents increasingly organise entertainment for their children rather than letting them come up with it themselves.
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Just over half of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care live with a kinship carer. Targets aim to increase this proportion. But what is kinship care?
If you’re lucky enough to be able to teach your child several languages, don’t hesitate!
Laughter is one of the healthiest things a child can do, but it means very different things at different stages of brain development.
Children are bearing the brunt of austerity. From obesity to infant mortality, child health is affected by sustained under-investment. What can be done to reverse the decline?
A study of more than 100 teens and their caregivers showed a unique link between hardship and behavior problems.
Many families want to set ground rules to reduce their screen time – and have time to connect with each other, without devices. Here’s where to start.
Many children’s educational shows undergo pre-screening to make sure each episode delivers its intended message. Adult viewers watching alongside kids can help ensure the lessons are well received.
Raising children with behavioural, developmental or learning difficulties can also make parenting more challenging. So how can parent training help?
Researchers with expertise in parent-child relationships and child development offer 5 tips about how parents or caregivers can find a balance between children’s structured and unstructured time.
Doing two things at the same time isn’t always as productive, healthy or safe as focusing on one thing at a time.
Children’s friendships are a vital part of their learning and development.
Destitution causes children immediate suffering – and can affect them throughout their lives.
Psychologists have long focused on the importance of a secure attachment with a mother for healthy child development. A new look supports the value of attachment – but it doesn’t have to be with mom.
You do not have to be perfect in order to do a good job of raising a child. In fact, it may be better if you are not.
A new generation of auto-inflation devices helps children relieve glue ear. And they look like toys.
By the time children start school ‘they have the rudiments of adult swearing’, including about 40 taboo words.
Young children love to play with their mums and dads. But for busy parents, it’s often the last thing they feel like doing.
Only children’s cognitive development by age 11 is more affected by things like their parents’ relationship and wealth than whether they have brothers and sisters.
Revisions to the CDC’s developmental milestone checklists removed crawling as a skill that babies pick up at a typical age. A biomedical engineer describes how more research may clarify its role.
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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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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Developmental Psychology & Psychopathology, University of Leeds
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence/ Computer Science, Fudan University
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Director, Center for Community Child Health Royal Children's Hospital; Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne; Theme Director Population Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor in Psychology, Bond University
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Senior Industry Fellow, School of Education, RMIT University
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Inaugural Roberta Holmes Professor, La Trobe University