Sexual sparks fly when partners do their share of chores – including calling the plumber, write researchers Simone Buzwell and Eva Johansen When a comic about “mental load” went viral in 2017, it sparked conversations about the invisible workload women carry. Even when women are in...
Here are 3 numbers to help you decide, writes researcher Karin Hammarberg Egg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in life. But they need to know it’s...
It’s hard for parents to help kids with homework without doing it for them, writes Joanne O'Mara It can be especially difficult to work out where to start when your child is preparing a speech for school. You might find your child is procrastinating more about getting...
by physiotherapist and clinical pain neuroscientist, Sarah Wallwork Bang! A child trips and grazes their knee. Your toddler bumps his head on the table. Your niece stubs her toe. The tears flood in. Do you: (a) tell them to “brush-it-off”, (b) make a fuss and laboriously check...
Melissa Cowan looks at ways to manage your emotions when you are stressed. When Katie* was driving her four-year-old daughter to daycare, her daughter got teary out of the blue. She said it was unfair her friend got to do swimming classes while she did not....
Most of you will have noticed hosting a dinner party is harder than it used to be. Evangeline Mantzioris One friend is gluten-free, another is dairy-free, one can’t eat onion and two more are vegetarian. Are food intolerances increasing? Or do we just hear more about them...
From shopping lists to jokes on the fridge—learning how to be a confident and communicative writer is one of the most important skills students learn at school, report researchers Anabela Malpique, Deborah Pino Pasternak, Debora Valcan and Susan Ledger But NAPLAN results show a significant decline in...
Researchers Rebecca English, Chris Krogh, Giuliana Liberto, and Karleen Gribble say, Australia needs more flexible options Schools were thrown into a spin by the COVID-19 pandemic. When children were sent home to learn remotely, teaching methods remained largely the same. Many children, parents and teachers were...
Time in hospital sets back tens of thousands of children’s learning each year, but targeted support can help them catch up, reports Rebecca Mitchell and Anne McMaugh NAPLAN scores can tell us about a child’s learning, but can they also help us to support learners who...
The “Real” 7-Up – the 30-Year Study Linking Childhood Obesity and Fitness to Midlife Cognition The world’s first study of the impact of childhood fitness and obesity on cognition in middle age, followed over 1200 people who were children in 1985 for over 30 years, has...
