Family Matters article Nov 1990
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Director's report
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Research report Dec 1990
Children in Australian families
Aimed at students at senior secondary level, this book explores how Australian families have changed and are continuing to change.
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Research report Dec 1990
Children in step-families
This book uses data from the Children in Families Study of the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
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Family Matters article Apr 1991
Mediating divorce: An alternative to litigation
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Valuing children and parents
this paper discusses the Institute's plans to develop a series of family policy position papers that may serve as a basis for Australia-wide discussion on whether family life is valued sufficiently in public policies and programs, and two documents that may serve as a starting point for those position papers.
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Enduring values
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Changing families, changing laws
This article discusses recent moves to reform laws which affect both parents and children after separation, based on issues raised in the Family Law Council's discussion paper 'Patterns of parenting after separation'.
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
Community child health care forum
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Family Matters article Aug 1991
The most important person in the world
The author asks the question whether, given changes in family trends and given the image of society often portrayed in the media, 'does the average Australian really think that the most important person in the world is him- or herself?'
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Family Matters article Dec 1991
Adulthood: The time you get serious about the rest of your life
This articles notes that both the age and status markers by which we judged adulthood in the past are no longer clear cut indicators, and discusses the 1990 Becoming Adult Study, which asked 138 23-year-olds what adulthood meant to them.