Ron Schweitzer reflects on the way in which he communicates with his children. In September 1991, I attended a counselling course that changed my life forever. While I found the ideas in the course generally very exciting, it was the session on ‘Men’s Violence At Home’...
What you need to know about a vital part of your womb (and how to look after it) by Louise Hull and Sarah Robertson Human reproduction completely depends on the healthy function of an underestimated but vital organ: the endometrium. This is the spongy tissue that...
New research by Francisco Perales, Ella Kuskoff, Michael Flood and Tania King, shows how young men ‘copy’ their fathers’ masculinity Today’s men express their maleness in different ways. Some adhere to more traditional models of masculinity, characterised by beliefs in male superiority and endorsement of risky...
Kylie Ladd wonders why it’s assumed that women do all the caring in society. When my second child, a daughter, was born, I received lots of cards and messages. All proffered congratulations on Cameron’s safe arrival; some jokingly commended us on having managed ‘a pigeon pair’...
Paul Kidson, Herb Marsh and Theresa Dicke report that they are pushed to the edge by mounting workloads, teacher shortages and abuse Australian schools have been under huge pressures in recent years. On top of concerns about academic progress and staff shortages, schools have faced significant,...
Kerry Littrich has finally found the right answer to the dreaded question. It’s the question every stay-at-home parent dreads: “So, what do you do?” Pause. Slow intake of breath. I cook and clean and shop. I buy gifts and organise parties. I sing nursery rhymes and dance...
Emotional abuse is a pattern of hurtful messages, report Divna Haslam, Alina Morawska and James Graham Scott, building parenting skills could help prevent it. When people think about child maltreatment, many think of physical or sexual abuse. But a key finding of our Australian Child Maltreatment Study,...
Brendan Gleeson believes it’s time for families to break out of the confines of our current culture. We are seeing the progressive closure of the human imagination. Sociologist Michael Pusey spoke about the withering of the Australian political imagination since the rise of economic rationalism, while...
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Teachers should only be the first part of the solution, report Brian Moore and Sarah Redshaw. They are not trained as mental health practitioners. Schools are an obvious place to do mental health work with young people. This is important, as about one in seven young...
