When states reduce barriers for low-income children to get coverage, their mothers are more likely to be married and less likely to smoke.
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Terrible or terrific? There is a lot going when you’re two.
Early life influences have been linked to higher risk of suicide later in life. Reducing those risks, and boosting resilience in children exposed to them, may help reduce suicide rates.
Research shows climate change is already affecting the healthy psychological development of children worldwide. Children’s mental health risks will only accelerate as climate change advances.
Ample research demonstrates the harms Instagram causes teen girls, especially around body image. Meta is now facing the consequences of knowingly marketing a harmful service.
When students feel their classrooms are supportive and fair, they behave better, a survey in Brazil found.
When deciding whether others should make trades, children may consider who likes what.
It’s worth going out of your way to ensure that kids practice interacting with others and maintain their friendships.
Having loads of extra quality time with a toddler or preschooler and feeling flustered? Make sure you know how and where to do this basic disciplinary method the right way.
Children need time to play and be outside. That will be true even if instructional hours are cut short due to social distancing.
Children are always brimming with curiosity about things that most adults take for granted.
Accents differ depending on where we’re from, even in the same country.
It’s been 25 years since autism was redefined and the surge in diagnoses and research began. But while we’ve come along way in our understanding of the spectrum, advances in drug therapies has lagged.
London’s low emission zone has started to reduce air pollution – but not enough to protect children’s lungs.
Unlike Australia, New Zealand doesn’t fund early intervention therapy for autistic children, but there are programmes pre-school teachers and parents can use to help kids develop.
A strong case for telling children to go outside and play.
Current rules about who meets the eligibility criteria for autism support services are patchy and inconsistent, meaning those with the greatest need don’t necessarily have the greatest access.
What exactly do we mean by teenage behavior? And who gets to be this kind of teenager?
Kids often experience anxiety when separated from parents for short periods. Longer separations, happening with some immigrant children, is a different matter, a leading child psychiatrist explains.
For years, educators have viewed socio-economic status as an influence on learning. Here’s why a recent study suggests the full story may be more complicated than that.
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Deputy Director, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor at MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance and Development) and Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Tresillian Chair in Child & Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, University of Technology Sydney
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NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wayne State University
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Researcher, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Molecular Medical Science, University of Sydney