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Good mental health is the ability to adapt to changes and stress. Whatever school looks like, parents can help keep kids’ social-emotional development on track in these four areas.
Children think adults should be more transparent about not knowing everything,
One in four children will experience sleep problems before their 10th birthday. Here are the top factors, plus steps parents can take to give their kids (and themselves) a good night’s sleep.
COVID-19 is affecting many people’s state of mind, but some of the most vulnerable members of our communities are children and youth with pre-existing mental health challenges.
Family stress can go through the roof when managing social isolation or pandemic anxiety. A researcher of parent-child relationships offers practical tips to make time together more enjoyable.
With schools closing, it is important that we nurture the mental health of children - even if we are unable to hug them.
Research shows if time out is used occasionally, briefly and the child understands the process, it can be a useful parenting tool for kids aged two to eight.
Do children understand the lesson that if you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours? Developmental psychologists suggest they’re more likely to punish bad behavior than they are to reward good deeds.
Think of it like a ladder. You might not be at the top right now, but each new thing you learn takes you a step closer and means that your parents can relax the rules a little.
Parents want their children to be kind to animals, but a hug looks very different to a frightened dog.
When children are being clingy, they’re communicating their feelings. This is normal and healthy. Parents can help by acknowledging the feelings that come with their child’s behaviour.
Children are constantly hearing about threats to their safety. Sometimes they find it hard to know if a danger is real, and they need help processing their fears. Here’s what they need you to know.
Many teenagers may have seen the live footage of the Christchurch shooting. Here are some ways parents and teachers can help them process it.
Siblings have one of the most enduring relationships which can help them enjoy the funny things in life.
Many parents are told their babies’ smiles aren’t ‘real’. But there is research to suggest otherwise.
Telling your children you and your partner aren’t going to be together anymore is a significant change in their lives.
A developmental psychologist explains how she uses Harry Potter books to make child development more relatable to first-year college students, many of whom grew up on the wildly popular books.
Human beings seem to be born wearing rose-colored glasses. Psychologists are interested in how this bias toward the positive works in the very young – and how it fades over time.
Instead of nagging younger kids “not to forget”, and trusting the power of the child’s developing memory alone, try to help them “offload” as much of the work as possible.
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Professor of Child Public Health, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Psychology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam
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Senior Clinical Lecturer in Child Psychiatry, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer in Education, King's College London
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Cognitive Scientist & Senior Policy Advisor, Harvard University
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Professor of Child and Family Psychology, University of Sussex
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Professor in Professional Education and Leadership, School of Social Sciences, University of Stirling., University of Stirling
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Professor of Psychology, Professor of Music (rtd), University of Sydney