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Fathers play an important role in the lives of their daughters. Although many fathers might feel a bit intimidated by the idea of spending quality parenting time with their daughters (after all what have they got in common with them when sport is not on the agenda?). However research has shown that the protection, guidance, [...]
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 [...]
Where: The Events Centre, 20 Minchinton Street, Caloundra, QLD Phone: 07 5491 4240 When: Thursday July 21 & Friday July 22 For details about this seminar go to Out of the Shed. Keynote speakers include: Steve Biddulph - author The Road to Manhood Professor Patrick McGorry - AO Orygen Youth Health and 2010 Australian of [...]
The Korn Group recently published a study, The Truth About Teens and Tweens, that looks at the lives of young people today and how much they are sharing with their parents. It seems that parents are the last to find out what their children are up to, fear of parental embarrassment and reactions means that [...]
Channel 7's Sunrise co-host and Generation Next presenter, Melissa Doyle feels that there is too much pressure on new mums to shed those newly acquired kilos. According to the Daily Telegraph she feels that it shouldn’t matter how long it takes for new mums to get back into their old clothes so long as they [...]
“Exposure to pornography among young children may be disturbing or upsetting. It helps to sustain young people's adherence to sexist and unhealthy notions of sex and relationships. And, especially among boys and young men who are frequent consumers of pornography, including of more violent materials, consumption intensifies attitudes supportive of sexual coercion and increases their [...]
75% of women link to drink before sex with their partners 25% of women ‘tipsy’ first time they slept with their partner 6% have never had sex when sober* Concerns about lack of self esteem and poor body image are driving many women to drink before they engage in sex with their partners. It is [...]
225% increase in oral cancer cases in the USA since 1974 50% of sexually active Americans will get HPV at some point* Research in the USA has found that in America oral cancer due to the human papillomaviruses (HPV) infection is now more common than oral cancer from tobacco use. Maura Gillison of Ohio State University [...]
In september 2009 Bristol University and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the UK completed a ground breaking report Partner exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships. The report explored the issues of exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships. It provides a detailed picture of the incidence and [...]
20% of children are bullied at school 20% of teens do things online they later regret Clinical Psychologist and Generation Next speaker, Andrew Fuller says school yard arguments have become more intense and that cyber bullying has become more vindictive during the last few years. “There has been a change in bullying from mild schoolyard disputes [...]
