Family Matters article Apr 1994
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Sharing the pleasures and pains of family life
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Family facts: Families and the labour force
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
The development of competence
This article on child development examines the nature of true intelligence, the elements of the growth of competence and how we might better stimulate the development of a child's many intelligences.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parental involvement in reading with children and television viewing in the first five years
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Young adults living at home
This article looks at the effects of family resources on young peoples' decisions to stay with parents, and what such trends mean for parenting.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
A lost generation?
The author looks at a new report published by the Australian Youth Foundation titled 'A Lost Generation?' based on discussions with disadvantaged young people aged between 13 and 28 years.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Physical punishment of children in the home
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Parenting resources in one and two parent families
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Australian families: an Indonesian perspective
An Indonesian psychologist now studying in Canberra, presents her views on Australian families, asserting that contrary to Indonesian beliefs about western families, Australians put a high value on children.
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Family Matters article Dec 1993
Well being of young people in different family circumstances
This paper examines the financial, physical and emotional wellbeing of adolescents from sole-mother and couple families, some of whose parents are in paid work and some not.