Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
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The latest instalment of the film franchise addresses a dilemma many parents face: what happens to playtime when children become obsessed with screens?
As a new father, a scholar used his research on absentee fatherhood to reimagine his own childhood without his dad.
Personal time can be an important resource that helps parents manage stress, regulate emotions and maintain their health while meeting the demands of family life.
Sleep can be one of the trickiest things for families. New research closely examines the relationship between sleep and screen-use in young children.
Research shows there’s more we can do to engage children during health-care appointments. Three experts explain.
Teens fare better when both fathers and mothers play key parenting roles, including talking with them about sensitive subjects that were once considered only a mom’s role.
If you follow child nutrition content on social media, you’re bound to be confused when it comes to giving your kids milk. Here’s what the evidence actually says.
Observing how grown-ups operate provides children with information on how they can shape their worlds to get what they want and avoid what they don’t want.
Honest conversations between parents and teens can help incoming college students make safer choices and be more aware of risks.
If your child has ever dug their heels in on the morning of school athletics day, or refused to speak in front of the class, you’re not alone.
Authorities have recalled a cake decorating powder, after an Australian child inhaled it and ended up in hospital.
Just when one child is ready, another can’t find a shoe, someone remembers homework and someone else starts crying because they want more breakfast.
Long-term data shows children are more likely to develop mental health issues when their parents experience financial stress and housing instability.
Parents can freak out if their Year 12 is vague about life after school. But this doesn’t mean they need to project this stress back onto their kids.
Exaggerating phrases and talking in a sing-song way can actually help, not make it harder, for young children to master speaking a language.
The second trimester may be a useful time to plan simple meals, snacks and food routines for early parenthood.
Try to think consciously about how often you use your own device.
For many gay men, building a two-father family requires navigating pathways that are complex, uncertain and costly. This significantly lowers rates of gay fatherhood.
Young people don’t all contribute in the same way, and understanding the broader picture is the starting point for adults who want to support them.
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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 Psychology, Deakin University
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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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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Clinical Trials Director, Department of Endocrinology, RPA Hospital, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor in Psychology, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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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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Research Fellow with the Grow&Go Toolbox, The University of Queensland