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Staying warm in winter is important, but so is staying safe. So a little caution can go a long way to prevent serious injury.
A recently approved drug for malaria treatment offers hope to millions of children who suffer from the disease in Africa.
The recent deaths of two babies have both been reported as family violence. The overdue change in language gets us one step closer to keeping children safer.
As overall cancer rates in the US decline, childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia continues to rise.
Play should be promoted in cities to bolster children’s right to play anywhere.
Serious learner misconduct is a common, everyday problem in some schools.
Nearly one in 20 UK children have DCD, also known as dyspraxia, but most wait years for a diagnosis.
Parents and caregivers don’t need to craft perfect summer plans. What children truly need is to feel emotionally safe.
Screens are not inherently evil – they can boost childhood development, but only if used in the right way.
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
Australia wants to end domestic violence in a generation. To do so, we need to focus on the next one.
Children absorb the power dynamics and gender roles they observe and this shapes their understanding of who a political leader should be.
A recent survey finds that many kids understand that individual action alone is not enough, and most recognize that systemic accountability is necessary to tackle the climate crisis.
A man’s health and lifestyle in the preconception period not only affects his future child’s wellbeing – it also influences his partner’s risk of pre-eclampsia.
The majority of children’s diets in the US consist of ultraprocessed foods, which a growing body of research suggests can lead to metabolic diseases and other conditions.
Research in Madagascar points to economic constraints as the main reason firstborns take on adult lives relatively young, compared with their younger siblings.
Many parents think that drinking at home is a safe way to teach teenagers about alcohol, but research suggests this is not true.
Building a stronger Detroit means stabilizing housing, using vacant land to benefit the public and investing in social infrastructure.
The US eliminated measles in 2000, but the number of cases at home and abroad has experts worried.
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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