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Alison Poulton, University of Sydney “Cassie” is an anxious adult. She stresses and puts off tasks that should be simple. Seeing others succeed makes her feel inadequate. It’s easier to avoid challenges than risk failing again. She has taken anxiety medication but it didn’t help much. This hypothetical example illustrates a situation many people have [...]
Netta Weinstein, University of Reading Important conversations with teenagers are among the biggest challenges of parenting. They can feel like walking a tightrope. Lean too much – or too little – into commands and restrictions and you’re likely to tip over. In preparation for writing this article, I asked my daughter for her advice to [...]
Elizabeth Westrupp, Deakin University and Christiane Kehoe, The University of Melbourne Emotions are core to our human experience, but seeing “negative” emotions in our children – anger, fear, jealousy, envy, sadness, resentment – can make us uncomfortable. Strong emotions in our kids may trigger our own emotional reactions, and we may feel lost about the [...]
Michelle Jongenelis, The University of Melbourne You’re driving your teen home from school when they open up to you about their vaping. What started off as an occasional puff of an e-cigarette has turned into something more serious. “I was curious and just wanted to try it,” they say. “All my friends were doing it [...]
Margaret Kristin Merga, University of Newcastle Reading is a critical skill for school and life beyond it. Young people need strong reading skills to learn and demonstrate their learning. Reading skills are not just about performing well in subjects such as English. They are related to performance in subjects like science and maths. When [...]
Spot the warning signs that could save your child's life... Every week, paediatric endocrinologist Dr Gary Leong sees children who have been hospitalised in intensive care with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a serious and life-threatening complication of diabetes. DKA can cause difficulty breathing, swelling in the brain and loss of consciousness—not to mention the stress [...]
Renee Carey, Curtin University and Jonine Jancey, Curtin University Social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Facebook overwhelmingly show vaping in a positive light. This messaging makes it seem that e-cigarette use is common and socially accepted. Traditional tobacco advertising has been banned in Australia for decades. However, e-cigarettes are widely promoted on social [...]
Andrew Miller, University of Newcastle; Jenny Gore, University of Newcastle, and Leanne Fray, University of Newcastle Students from schools in low-income communities did not suffer significant “learning loss” during the pandemic years of 2020-2021, but instead improved in certain areas of study. That’s one key finding from our research, published recently in the journal The [...]
The experiment began – pre-COVID-19 – as a way for Monash researchers to study the way kids and teachers move around open-plan classrooms. It was hoped the findings would add to the research on education in modern school rooms with no walls and large groups. But then the pandemic suddenly intervened, as it did [...]
Elisa M. Trucco, Florida International University and Julie Cristello, Florida International University Viral social media trends started innocently enough. In the early 2010s there was planking, the “Harlem Shake” dance and lip syncing to Carly Rae Jepsen’s summer anthem “Call Me Maybe.” Then came the ice bucket challenge, which raised an estimated US$115 million for [...]
