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Our reaction can teach a child how to read their body signals and whether feelings are safe to feel.
The ‘saddest day of the year’ is made up, and ignores the importance of feeling and expressing our emotions.
From Pig Latin to Punch Buggy, kids have long used nonsensical language, gestures and games to carve out cultures of their own.
Why melatonin is not a simple fix for childhood sleep problems.
We urgently need to teach young people ‘conversational literacy’.
If kids behave badly – or even just like kids – it can make catch-ups chaotic. And can strain adult friendships.
To say motherhood is life-changing can feel like an inadequate summation. Matrescence offers a way to understand it in all its complexity.
Visits matter because they offer what digital technologies cannot: presence.
Depending on family circumstances and a child’s personality type, gift giving runs the gamut of fun to terrifying. But the most important lesson goes beyond gifts.
Boredom is a healthy part of life. Experiencing it can help children learn to set goals and make plans.
Gut bacteria influence digestion, hormones and stress responses. These pathways shape infant sleep and may help explain night waking.
Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.
Governments across the world must look at alcohol and its related harms through the eyes of women and children who are mostly affected.
Factors contributing to school violence are found in the family, the community and the school.
Younger and more diverse teachers reported higher rates of bullying and discrimination by their colleagues. This can also affect the kids they care for.
Violence exposure in early childhood is widespread in low- and middle-income countries and has clear impacts on young children’s mental health.
A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long lifespan.
Marriage under the age of 18 harms girls’ health, education and gender equality.
With fertility rates at a record low, many say young people aren’t having kids because they’re too expensive. Turns out, it’s not that simple.
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