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A school psychologist shares tips on when to seek assessment for suspected learning issues and how to help elementary school students with reading.
Primary prevention is a crucial but underused component of a comprehensive public health approach to ending the opioid crisis — starting with children.
You may have heard lifting weights stunts children’s growth and leads to injuries – but this isn’t the case.
You don’t need a fancy qualification for these experiments – just some curiosity and few household basics.
Competing in the Olympics might be considered the pinnacle of any athletic career, but there may be a dark side for young sportspeople peaking so early on the world stage.
A recent study highlights the significant long-term socioeconomic benefits of sports participation for women and girls.
Taking the stress and uncertainty out of going back to school can ease the process, a veteran counselor explains.
Strong, positive and supporting relationships between siblings can support people’s well-being throughout their lifetimes, and parenting approaches matter.
Young Australians and New Zealanders have been campaigning for better climate action for years. It seems their message might be getting through, according to new research.
Too often, women are judged solely through a biological lens. Our value, our ability to contribute meaningfully to society, is reduced to our ability to reproduce.
They’re not what many of us imagine when we think of schools, but building them vertically could make our cities better for everyone.
The art gallery can be a great place to talk about nudity with children. Here’s how to start the conversation, and answer their questions.
Given the physical, social and economic prioritization of physical activity in our society, why are young children with disabilities missed from physical activity monitoring and reporting?
Parents of teenagers play an important role in their alcohol consumption. A new study shows that parental rules are the key, and that talking is not all that useful!
Children’s interests need to be represented in politics – here’s how that could happen.
Regulating how kids access the internet – including social media – must balance protection from harm with children’s rights to expression and information.
Concerns surrounding cell phones and social media are grabbing headlines, but what does the science say?
Researchers found blood-lead levels in sparrows were a predictable indicator of blood-lead levels in children – showing how humans and nature are inextricably linked.
There are many limitations to what technology can do to bar underage people from porn. Importantly, the very idea distracts from evidence-based solutions.
Top contributors
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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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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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor in Child Psychology and Education, University of Staffordshire
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Extraordinary Research Fellow: South African Research Chair in Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability, Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal
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Elizabeth Handsley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Fellow in Early Childhood Policy, Atkinson Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology