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Parents would do well to ask questions about their children’s relationships with cute, AI-powered creatures.
If it comes into force, President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship could have consequences for people and processes in the US and abroad.
It might be tempting, but feeding your baby butter is not the answer. Here’s what to try instead.
Fines for parents whose children take unauthorised holiday have risen from £60 to £80.
Recent research shows childhood memories of emotion towards a parent may be malleable. Should psychotherapies warn clients about this potential side effect?
Daily skin-to-skin contact is important for newborn babies but can also improve parents’ mental health – and children and adolescents.
While some western cultures identify the family unit as couples and their children, many other cultures see older parents as an integral part of the family.
Planning a playdate can be stressful. Parents can end up worrying about where to go, what to do, whether the house is tidy enough, or that you might be judged about the food you offer.
Science-based insights can help dial down parents’ anxiety by reminding them to let go of what they can’t control and focus on what matters most.
Many adult children may have left home, but the ties that bind them to their parents remain stronger than ever.
Many parents will use strategies to minimise potential privacy risks, such as by blurring their children’s faces in online posts. But is that enough?
Family vlogging can seem benign, even heartwarming. But kids can’t consent to appear in these videos − and, in most states, have no claim to any of the earnings.
The advantages of being a part of a family are so obvious that losing that affiliation, intentionally or not, is tragic.
Compared with voters who are trying to have kids or haven’t decided yet, those who definitely don’t want to have kids – known as the ‘child-free’ – have a different set of political priorities.
Parents are dealing with the traditional stresses of raising children, as well as new challenges like technology use. Governments, workplaces, friends and family can all help parents cope with stress.
The quality of a child’s attachments to caregivers influences healthy development. And most kids with difficult temperaments do form secure attachments with their parents.
Burke has only been in the role for a couple of weeks, but a backlog of more than 150,000 parent visa applications presents some tough choices.
Strong, positive and supporting relationships between siblings can support people’s well-being throughout their lifetimes, and parenting approaches matter.
You can uncover the depths and hidden details of your own family’s unspoken narratives by thinking like an archival researcher writing an ‘investigative memoir.’
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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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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
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Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Educational Inclusion, Newcastle University
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Emeritus professor of children's literature, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management, University of Bath
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor in Child Health Literacy, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne