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The sultry gaze of Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau is very confronting. Before you is the look of a seductive young woman, but it is encased in the body of a young child. These high end fashion shots of a child in full make up and draped over a sofa in a very sexually provocative pose make [...]
Australian Vogue has broken with 50 years of tradition by featuring a plus size model in its September issue. Australian born Robyn Lawley appears in the 10 page spread called Belle Curve and models clothes by Australian designers such as Alex Perry, Willow and Carla Zampatti. Vogue Italia is calling it the "Now Shape", the [...]
It is an age old debate; does a simple smack teach a child to behave? Recent research conducted overseas says that rather than teaching a child to behave, it actually stops them developing their own forms of self discipline which are vital for coping with tasks later in life, like school and self control in [...]
55% of people who suffer work related stress take 5 or more sick days in a row.* New research that will be published later this year took 3,000 workers and explored their mental health issues. They found that about 20% of the working population experience mild depression. These workers took twice as many sick days [...]
Finally the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK has realised that advertising agencies who intentionally re-touch and alter images are sending the wrong message to young women. In this case the ASA has banned a series of Maybelline and Lancôme adverts (who are owned by L'Oreal) featuring Hollywood celebrity Julia Roberts and supermodel Christy [...]
A new report, Children’s exposure to domestic violence in Australia, released by the Australian Institute of Criminology, says that children who see domestic violence in the home are actually being subjected to child abuse. The report urges the Gillard Government to begin reforms to the family law system to protect children who are at risk. [...]
A new term is being bandied around by the experts, technostress relates to the rise in home based technology and the fall in family interaction. Every family seems to have an iphone, ipad, blackberry, computer, internet, laptop and video games, but the art of just spending quality family time hanging out together seems to be [...]
Dr Rebecca Huntley is a social researcher and author. She recently conducted the 2011 Ipsos Mackay Report, Being Australian, which explored perceptions of what it means to be 'Australian' in today's social, political and economic climate. The report involved talking to more than 100 men and women, from lower-middle to upper-middle socio-economic groups, participating in [...]
18% of US teen are obese* A recent study carried out in the US, Video game playing increases food intake in adolescents: a randomized crossover study, has found that trends in video game playing parallel obesity rates on a population basis. In the first such study of this kind, Canadian and Danish researchers tested their [...]
A recent study, Media use and Child Sleep: The Impact of Content, Timing, and Environment, has found that young children who engage with media by watching TV, using computers or playing video games after 7pm are more likely to have sleep issues such as repeated night waking, nightmares and daytime tiredness. It was also noted [...]
