Making teens safer on the road
A revamped RMIT University-devised program is making sure Victorian teenagers are safe on the state's roads.
In its 12th year, the Fit2Drive program was recently re-launched by the Victorian Government.
Fit2Drive phase two focuses on encouraging...
Service helps mediate family break-ups
Family break-ups can be messy. Resolving disputes is often emotional, costly and despite good intentions the child's best interests get forgotten in the fight. A new QUT Family Mediation Service, being trialed in Brisbane by QUT...
Benefits of cultural diversity programs
A University of Melbourne survey funded by VicHealth has found one in five primary and high school students said they were daily targets of racism at school.
It also found the levels of racism may...
Families can play key role against bullying
A University of Queensland study has shown that families can be more effective in protecting children from bullying than school-based strategies alone.
The findings, to be published in the journal Behavior Therapy, show that parents...
Caffeine affects boys and girls differently after puberty
Caffeine intake by children and adolescents has been rising for decades, due in large part to the popularity of caffeinated sodas and energy drinks, which now are marketed to children as young as four....
Family violence leaves genetic imprint on children
A new Tulane University School of Medicine study finds that the more fractured families are by domestic violence or trauma, the more likely that children will bear the scars down to their DNA.
Researchers discovered...
Mild technology use doesn’t disrupt sleep
Video games, iPhones and iPads are the usual culprits to blame for causing sleep problems in teenagers, yet Flinders University clinical psychologist Michael Gradisar says moderate technology use doesn’t significantly interfere with a good night’s sleep.
Based...
New study challenges myth that texting affects children’s grammar and spelling
Researchers have discovered that the use of "textisms" does not appear to negatively impact the development of children's grammar and spelling.
The study, which was carried out by researchers at the University of Tasmania and...
One in four NSW school kids are overweight or obese
Nearly one in four New South Wales school children are overweight or obese according to a University of Sydney study reported in today's Medical Journal of Australia.
The new finding is the latest from a...
Project to help mother-daughter communication
A University of the Sunshine Coast Psychology project aims to take the angst out of adolescence for mothers and daughters across the region.
The latest stage of the Knowing You Knowing Me research project, which...
