Family Matters article May 1993
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Leisure and recreation: Experiences and limitations
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Family Matters article Aug 1993
Aboriginal Australians and poverty
The author alerts readers to problems associated with measuring income poverty and argues that definitions used in measuring income amongst white Australians are not always appropriate when measuring income poverty amongst Aborigines.
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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
Parenting resources in one and two parent families
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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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Research report Dec 1993
Young people, families and disadvantage
A report commissioned by the Australian Department of Social Security
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Family Matters article Aug 1994
Young people and new income support measures
This article describes the policy measures in the Federal Government's May 1994 White Paper 'Working Nation' as they affect young people in terms of labour market prospects and their meaning for young people's transitions to independence.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 1996
Intergenerational transmission of maltreatment
Review of the literature on intergenerational transmission of maltreatment, and whether and how maltreated children become abusive parents.
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Family Matters article Jun 1996
Child Care and the Family: NICHD study in the United States
This article reports on the preliminary outcomes from a major longitudinal study of the influences of non parental child care, experienced during the first year of life, on the developmental progress of the children involved.