Research shows a strong link between mum’s mental health and her child’s emotional development. Women experiencing psychological distress during pregnancy and after birth are twice as likely to have children with emotional and behavioural issues throughout their childhood, new research shows, highlighting the need for broader...
Nina Papalia and James Ogloff report on their findings that most child sexual abuse survivors in their study were more likely to be re-victimised in what are considered medium and high harm personal injury crimes. As Australia’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual...
Are you looking to transform your relationship with your child, engage their curiosity, and make your home the best place for them to learn? Experienced parenting coach Eloise Rickman tells you everything you really need to know about parenting and educating your child at home with...
As many Victorians go into the second period of lockdown with a return to remote learning for students from prep to Year 10, Clair Turner reports that working parents are bracing for another period where conflicting paid-work and care-work demands must somehow be managed. Isolation and...
Heather R. Stevens, Ivan Charles Hanigan, Paul Beggs, and Petra Graham found angry tweet counts actually increased in cooler weather. The link between hot weather and aggressive crime is well established. But can the same be said for online aggression, such as angry tweets? And is...
There’s no argument that there has been a significant economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, writes Hon. Prof. Mike Conway. This fall out can be shown in graphs on the news or financial reports, demonstrated by our shrinking bank accounts or evidenced in sky-high unemployment...
Limiting internet use more effective than teaching general emotional skills A new study has found internet addiction in teenagers leads to difficulty regulating emotions. However there was no evidence that pre-existing emotional issues are a predictor of obsessive internet use. Research summary: here Listen to the ABC Radio...
Researchers have written user-friendly guides to the actual evidence for a host of treatments and therapies aimed at anxiety and depression by Associate Professor Nicola Reavley and Dr Amy Morgan, University of Melbourne The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed devastating effects on people and communities, with more than...
A play-based therapy designed to help parents manage children’s behaviour is showing promising long-lasting results. Parents of toddlers with challenging behaviours are finding support through an early-intervention program for children aged 12–24 months. Developed by researchers at UNSW Sydney and early parenting organisation Karitane, the program focuses...
It’s Sunday night, around 8pm, when your ten-year-old tells you she has a sore throat. She doesn’t have any other symptoms, and feels OK. You tell her “let’s see how you feel in the morning” and she happily goes off to sleep. But you’re left wondering...
