Parenting

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Politics & Society

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Book extract

The great ‘gayby’ boom

Changing social and legal perspectives of parenthood, and access to the global fertility industry has enabled a huge rise in queer people raising children

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Education

What we know about our children after 2021

As 2021 drew to a close, the focus for children, parents, carers and educators alike was getting schooling back on track and re-establishing familiar routines while maintaining wellbeing

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Health & Medicine

Physical activity is critical for children’s quality of life

Increasing the daily level of physical activity could be the easiest ‘win’ for parents to improve their child’s wellbeing, benefiting adolescents and children from low-income families most

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Education

Parenting during lockdown

As a result of COVID-19 restrictions, 2020 was a challenging year for many parents – but did being at home with kids affect their levels of life satisfaction?

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Business & Economics

Separated parents getting better at shared care?

The HILDA survey shows a big increase in shared child care among separated parents, while the annual number of people separating from a partner is about five in every 1,000

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Business & Economics

Parents of school-age kids during COVID-19? Yes, you’re stressed

In the midst of a major economic downturn and increasing family-work conflict, Australian parents are feeling the burn of COVID-19

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Education

Managing your family’s cabin fever

Families self-isolating together can bring the worst out in each other. Here’s how to avoid becoming a shark, turtle or fox, and instead, channeling your penguin, teddy-bear or owl

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Politics & Society

What are 21st century parents concerned about?

Slowing wage growth, the increasing cost of education and the fast pace of social change make it difficult for parents to prepare their children for uncertain futures

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Health & Medicine

Supporting families with twin babies…or more

The number of families having multiple babies – like twins, triplets or more – has doubled in the last 40 years, but the support and advice provided to those families needs to catch up

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Education

A chance to even the odds

A child’s destiny is heavily influenced by the lottery of socio-economic status and where they happen to grow up, but access to quality early learning can help even the odds for all Australian children