Children and adolescents may experience perfectionism in relation to school work, sport, performance in art or music, or in relation to their own body. Here’s how parents can tackle it.
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As a child protection worker, psychologist Ariane Beeston had taken babies away from their mothers. Then she had a baby, experiencing bouts of mental illness. Her memoir of this time is compelling.
Sometimes when the brains of parent and child are too synced it can be a sign of relationship difficulties.
Millennial parents are actively seeking out toys, books and movies to educate their children about life and teach them values that align with their own.
A parenting expert shares tips on how to celebrate moms and promote family well-being.
Low birth rates aren’t just a potential economic crisis. They can tell a deeply personal story about women failing to reach their goals for motherhood.
The fear of becoming a father is not a sign of weakness. Rather, it shows you understand that it’s a big role.
When resources are tight, mothers bear the costs of playing with their offspring even as they avoid socializing with others.
More than 3 million children in the US are homeschooled. Are they getting a good education?
Mothers are smudged out and poorly cloaked beneath drapes in these 19th century portraits. But these photos are not so much relics of shoddy photography than an ode to childhood.
A lack of support from parents is a major reason why some junior coaches quit. So, what can coaches do to build better relationships with parents?
If you feel burping is helpful to your baby, then keep doing what you’re doing. If trying to burp your baby after every feed is stressing you or your baby out, then you don’t have to keep doing it.
Despite consistent messaging ‘we all have a role to play’ when it comes to stopping violence against women, actual guidance on what parents should do can be difficult to find.
Most kids associate sports coaches with men, but they should be coached by women as well. There’s no quick fix to change attitudes and address biases, though.
One in 20 Australians has ADHD. But some people call the condition ADD. What’s the difference?
When someone has mental illness, their families can experience distress, stress, fear, powerlessness, and still love.
In the space of three days, there have been two devastating knife attacks. Your child may have seen these on the news or social media. Or they might be hearing about it from friends.
Attachment theory is the notion that in the first year of life, the ways in which a parent and caregiver respond to a child’s needs shape a child’s expectation of relationships across their lifespan.
It’s hard not to shout guidance at kids’ sports games. But there are ways to do this without pressuring or criticising your child.
Donor conception, surrogacy, artificial womb technologies … a new book delves into how families are changing.
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin 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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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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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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