At age 35, one in four Australian women and one in three men were hoping to have a child or more children in the future, writes Karin Hammarberg. But by age 49, about half report they haven’t yet had the number of children they hoped...
Public bottle-feeding feels like public stoning to Megan Howe. I admit it. I’m embarrassed to feed my baby in public. I try to time outings so I don’t need to feed while I’m out shopping or at the doctors’ surgery or at the park. But it’s...
The latest Australian data indicates that the number of human egg-freezing cycles performed each year has increased more than 1000% from 2010 to 2019, reports Molly Johnston Despite this, egg freezing remains prohibitively expensive, with a single cycle costing up to $10,000. Due to these costs,...
Children whose parents smoke have lower test scores and more behavioural issues than kids of non-smokers, reports researcher Preety Pratima Srivastava Children whose parents smoke have lower academic test scores and more behavioural issues than children of non-smokers. These are the findings of our research published in...
Kasey Edwards believes that it is perfectly understandable why many women grapple with motherhood. I love my daughter, but sometimes I really don’t like being a mother. There. I said it. Unleash the torrents of hate mail. When I was struggling to conceive, I would have wanted...
States have different school plans – here’s what they mean, report Fiona Russelland Robert Booy Most schools have opened for term one across Australia – except in Queensland which has delayed the start of the school year. As the country battles a wave of Omicron infections, states...
A child’s formative years are critical to laying the foundations for opportunity across their entire life, reports Professor Abigail Payne So the experience of prolonged hardship during these early years can have a range of long-lasting negative consequences on children’s health and development. In the wake...
As 2021 drew to a close, the focus for children, parents, carers and educators alike was getting schooling back on track and re-establishing familiar routines while maintaining wellbeingEducational experts, Associate Professor Hernan Cuervo, Dr Annie Gowing , Dr Yong Zhao and Professor Jim Watterston from...
The kids who’d get the most out of extracurricular activities are missing out, report Alexander William O'Donnell and Gerry Redmond One-third of Australian children aged 12 to 13 in low-income suburbs do not take part in any extracurricular activities. That’s 2.5 times as many as those...
Elizabeth Quinn reflects upon how finding the right school for her three children was a matter of trial and error My sister and I recall our school years with affection, and have had much cause in the intervening years to thank our parents for sending us...
