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‘Nipple Nazis’ vs overwrought mums: the breastfeeding debate
'Nipple Nazi’ is probably a cathartic shout-out on behalf of women who feel ripped off by a message that delivers pressure without assuring them the means of living up to expectations, writes Katie Attwell Intrigued by recent research that shows longer-term breastfeeding may be linked to...
10 September, 2020
Talking about suicide and self-harm in schools can save lives
As a community we need proactive, positive strategies to reduce youth self-harm and suicide, writes Sarah Stanford. Suicide and self-harm remain taboo topics in schools, despite the fact youth suicide has reached a ten year high. Recent statistics show around eight children and young people die by...
03 September, 2020
Ever wondered what your pet is thinking?
Wouldn’t it be great to know what your pet is thinking? Pei-Yun Sun, Professor Uwe Aickelin, Rio Susanto and Yunjie Jia look at a new App that may help! And, yes, dogs are easier to read than cats. The new app uses artificial intelligence to analyse...
27 August, 2020
The benefits of pet ownership to alleviate loneliness during COVID-19
The concept of a dog as "man’s best friend" is nothing new. Sigmund Freud wrote about personal accounts with his pet dog, a red chow named Jofi, who became his late-life and therapy companion. On account of a series of mouth operations he endured, he said...
27 August, 2020
More help required: the crisis in family violence
Victoria is in the grip of its most severe lockdown since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, report Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Dr Naomi Pfitzner and Jacqui True. This means opportunities for victims of family violence to seek help are more limited than ever. It is essential to...
27 August, 2020
Managing your child’s anxiety during a pandemic
Even for the little children of the world, Coronavirus is on their radar and for some children, teenagers and even adults, anxiety levels are at an all-time high, writes Kathryn Smith Turn on the radio, and it’s the first news headline you will hear, go to...
27 August, 2020
Kids receiving ‘good enough’ mental health treatment do not improve
‘Is ‘minimally adequate treatment’ really adequate? Investigating the effect of mental health treatment on quality of life for children with mental health problems,’ Research at a Glance: The majority of children and adolescents, aged 8-15 years, with mental health problems in Australia did not receive the...
12 August, 2020
Helping A Child With Depression through COVID -19
As numbers of young people with mental health issues increase in children, there’s a real need for parents and schools to understand the signs and symptoms, and to work together....
12 August, 2020
The nightmare videos of childrens’ YouTube — and what’s wrong with the internet today
Have you wondered why some young kids can watch the unwrapping of a box on YouTube for the thrill of what inside? It's all about sneaky advertising! Writer and artist James Bridle uncovers a dark, strange corner of the internet, where unknown people or groups on...
05 August, 2020