Media release Aug 2017
Young carers fall behind in school
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Young carers suffer a substantial negative impact on their academic achievement arising from their time spent caring for others.
Media release Aug 2017
Young carers suffer a substantial negative impact on their academic achievement arising from their time spent caring for others.
Media release Aug 2017
New research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has recorded high rates of self-harm and suicidal behaviour among Australian teenagers.
Media release Aug 2017
Australian teens choose to work for the money citing financial reasons as the main motivation to get a job.
Media release Sep 2017
The latest LSAC Annual Statistical Report provides a window into how the lives of Australian teenagers are changing.
Commissioned report Feb 2014
Review of early childhood parenting, education and health intervention programs for Indigenous children and families in Australia
Policy and practice paper Jul 2014
This paper provides background information about children who bully.
Policy and practice paper Jul 2014
This guide aims to provide practitioners and other professionals with information on school bullying and ways to work with a child who is bullying.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This article traces the recognition within family law in modern Western societies that children generally benefit from the involvement of both parents in their lives, and argues that though the indissolubility of parenthood is appropriate for most separated parents, limitations on joint parental responsibility are also appropriate in cases of family violence concerns and in cases where the parents have never lived together as a family.
Family Matters article Jul 2013
Family Matters article on bullying in schools and its relation to family life
Family Matters article Jul 2013
This paper outlines definitions and statistics related to cyberbullying and parents' roles and involvement in preventing and responding to cyberbullying incidents.