Short article Oct 2019
Parenting pre-teens: A pivotal time for children and parents
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This short article explores the challenges and opportunities for parents of children in the pre-teen years, based on a recent survey.
Short article Oct 2019
This short article explores the challenges and opportunities for parents of children in the pre-teen years, based on a recent survey.
Commissioned report Dec 2012
This paper compares the wellbeing of children in married- and cohabiting-parent families.
Research report Dec 2023
This research report explores how the Australian Government's Parental Leave Pay (PLP) and Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP) were used by families up to December 2022.
Family Matters article Mar 2016
Family Matters article on parent-only care
Policy and practice paper May 2024
This resource summarises the evidence about the effectiveness of parent-focused interventions designed to support children with intellectual disability and autistic children who display behaviours of concern.
Webinar Apr 2023
This webinar will discuss online and digital methods to support the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Media release Jul 2021
New research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows one in five Australian women changed their plans of having children because of COVID-19, and one in seven women indicated that COVID-19 likely impacted on when they would have children, with the majority of this cohort (92%) choosing to delay having children.
Media release May 2023
A new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has found that women are increasingly remaining employed when they take time off to have a baby, demonstrating the uptake of parental leave in recent years.
Media release Mar 2022
A new report from AIFS, based on a survey conducted at the end of 2020, shows the importance of help, support and connection from family at the time of pregnancy and new parenthood. This includes the family you live with as well as family living elsewhere.
Media release Jun 2023
A new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) has found that young people are increasingly living with their parents well into their late teens and early twenties.