For some fathers, losing the ordinary routines of parenting can bring intense grief, loneliness and a painful loss of identity. Finding support early can help dads manage those feelings while protecting their relationship with their children....
Once you have a sense of what’s going on, let your child know the feeling makes sense before moving to suggesting what to do. Children find it easier to think about solutions once they feel heard....
New research suggests parents’ attitudes and everyday gambling habits can influence whether teenagers gamble and experience gambling-related harm....
A small black triangle on some medicine information leaflets is meant to help keep patients safer. But new Australian research suggests most people do not know what it means — and that could mean important side effects are going unreported....
Asthma is conventionally viewed as “treatable but incurable”. In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not reverse the underlying condition....
When a child is struggling to read or keep up at school, it is natural for parents to look for possible causes, writes Dr Maree Flaherty. You may wonder whether their eyesight, eye movements or ability to “track” words across a page could be contributing....
It happens just when you need to leave, writes Joshua Pate. Bags are packed. Shoes are on. Then your child decides a jumper is impossible....
High blood pressure is usually thought of as an adult health problem, but it can also affect children. Australia’s first guidelines for childhood hypertension aim to identify children at risk before it affects their heart, kidneys or long-term health....
Rachael Sharman, writes that she remembers visiting a friend with three young boys at the end of a particularly busy school holiday period. Her youngest moped into the kitchen whining “Muuuuuuummmm”. My friend responded with a sharp, exasperated, “WHAT!?”...
Many Australian children struggle with their mental health, report researchers Narendar Manohar, Hiroko Fujimoto and Peter Baldwin. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness. So what can actually help? Our research shows the most powerful influences on children’s...
