Families find value in frugality
Middle-income earners are just as thrifty as those less well-off when it comes to budgeting the family finances, QUT research has found.
Researchers from QUT's Science and Engineering Faculty investigated the budgeting techniques of families...
Strength-based parenting improves children’s resilience and stress levels
Children are more likely to use their strengths to effectively cope with minor stress in their life if they have parents who adopt a strength-based approach to parenting.
In a ground breaking study published recently...
Parents urged to give themselves some loving
The struggle of parenting is real, but are mothers and fathers making the situation worse by failing to give themselves sufficient credit?
University of Queensland School of Psychology’s Dr James Kirby has commenced a new...
Award-winning autism program to be adapted for preschools
A new preschool program that will help foster kind and compassionate behaviours towards children with high-functioning autism is under development at UOW.
The ‘Understanding our peers’ program, created by UOW psychologist Dr Mitch Byrne and...
Take My Hand: Campaign to improve child pedestrian safety
Parents are being urged to take their child's hand when walking as part of a new road safety campaign launched today (Friday May 8), aimed at reducing child pedestrian injuries and deaths when crossing...
Child-focused family mediation service
QUT has launched the first university-run family mediation service in Australia to help separating couples make sound decisions for their children.
The new QUT Family Mediation Service, being run in Brisbane by QUT Health Clinics,...
Why quality childcare is important for low-income children
High-quality childcare can help close developmental gaps in children from low socio-economic backgrounds, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.
University of Adelaide Public Health PhD student Angela Gialamas measured the cognitive and...
Teenagers: They’re not that bad, apparently
The image of the rebellious teen might be more myth than reality, according to researchers at The University of Queensland’s Parenting and Family Support Centre.
Professor Matt Sanders, director of the Parenting and Family Support...
Teenagers: They're not that bad, apparently
The image of the rebellious teen might be more myth than reality, according to researchers at The University of Queensland’s Parenting and Family Support Centre.
Professor Matt Sanders, director of the Parenting and Family Support...
Nit-picking parents ‘putting kids off sport’
Dr Sam Elliott found well meaning parents were putting their children under too much pressure.
Flinders University research has found that many parents are unwittingly driving their children to quit sport because of intense, post-match...
