Premature babies make fewer friends – but not for long
Premature babies make fewer friends and spend less time socialising in early childhood – but this improves when they get to school – according to new University of Warwick research
At the age...
Vaccine preventable deaths a reminder to parents
Parents are reminded to talk with their doctor to ensure children are fully vaccinated following a review of vaccine-preventable deaths in NSW over the past decade.
The review, ‘Child Deaths from Vaccine Preventable Infectious Diseases,...
Newborns exposed to opioids need mothers
An increasing number of babies are being born already exposed to opioids, and separating them from their mothers for treatment may be making a bad situation worse, the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) warned in...
Changing parent attitudes reason for drop in teen drinking
Australian teenagers are reporting far lower drinking rates than their peers two decades ago, mostly because alcohol is now harder for them to access, a new Deakin University study has found.
The research, completed in...
Early autism diagnosis, better outcomes
A La Trobe University researcher has found the earlier children with autism are diagnosed, the better their outcomes are in school.
PhD candidate Megan Clark from La Trobe's Olga Tennison Research Centre studied 48 children...
More focus needed on schoolyard bullies, not the victims
Australian parents have called for firmer action against schoolyard bullies rather than focusing on making vulnerable children more resilient. Just over 50 per cent of parents who responded to a recent UniSA study said...
FTAW 2018: Because everyone eats differently
ausEE Inc. is once again collaborating with AU Tubie Support to promote Australia’s Feeding Tube Awareness Week which will be celebrated nationally 4–10 February 2018. Sarah Gray, ausEE president says, ‘This is an important...
Unravelling the speech and language abilities of children with KdVS
New research by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Netherland’s Radboud University Medical Centre has provided the first ever in-depth examination of speech and language abilities in children with Koolen-de Vries syndrome (KdVS).
KdVs...
Hope for parents of children with colic
Researchers have confirmed positive evidence which could potentially give hope to some parents struggling with colic, or excessive crying in newborns.
Babies who cry or fuss a lot and can’t be settled are often described...
Pretty in pink and boisterous in blue?
Two researchers from the University of Hong Kong suggest that toymakers and parents avoid gender-labelling toys, remove colour divides, and manufacture toys for both boys and girls in a wide range of colours. Sui...
