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Magazine article
Published 2024
The Conversation, 4 June 2024
Family meetings are often touted as an effective way to resolve conflicts, work out some shared goals and bring the family together.
Magazine article
Published 2024
The Conversation, 29 July 2024
Over recent months, a number of politicians have supported calls to ban social media for children under 16 in Australia. Currently, kids under 13 are not allowed to use social media.
Magazine article
Comment expliquer à ses enfants que l’on va divorcer
Published 2023
The Conversation, 2 May 2019
Bien que certains enfants aient la chance de traverser la séparation de leurs parents sans trop souffrir, la majorité d’entre eux risquent d’être perturbés à court terme, si ce n’est sur une plus longue durée.
Magazine article
Parents: comment parler de problèmes d’argent à ses enfants
Published 2023
The Conversation, 25 August 2023
Adolescente, j’ai connu récession des années 1990 en Australie, et je me souviens clairement de cet ami qui avait demandé à son père un peu d’argent pour aller au cinéma. Tout à la fois frustré et résigné, son père lui avait expliqué qu’il venait d’être licencié et qu’il n’était pas certain qu’un autre emploi se profile à l’horizon. Il n’avait donc pas de quoi lui donner de l’argent de poche pour des billets de cinéma. Plutôt que de nous bouleverser ou de nous effrayer, cette réponse avait été une sorte d’illumination par les adolescents un peu désemparés que nous étions.
Magazine article
How do I tell my kids we are currently short on money without freaking them out?
Published 2023
The Conversation, 3 July 2023
I was a teenager during Australia's 1990s recession we had to have, and remember clearly a friend asking his dad for some money to go to the movies.
Magazine article
Excessive screen time can affect young people’s emotional development
Published 2023
The Conversation, 21 September 2023
A recent Beyond Blue survey of more than 2,000 teachers identified mental ill-health and excessive screen time as the biggest problems facing their students.
Magazine article
Cara melindungi kesehatan mental anak ketika akan berpisah dari pasangan
Published 2023
The Conversation, 17 January 2023
Ada fenomena tahunan yang terjadi di Australia: pasangan yang telah memutuskan untuk berpisah, tetapi mengekspresikan kebahagiaan untuk merayakan hari Natal terakhir sebagai keluarga yang utuh. Bulan Januari dikenal oleh para pengacara keluarga sebagai bulan perceraian karena alasan ini.
Magazine article
Published 2022
The Conversation, 7 July 2022
No abstract available.
Magazine article
Are you and your partner thinking of separating? Here's how to protect the kids' mental health
Published 2022
The Conversation, 14 December 2022
There's an annual underground phenomena happening right now around Australia: couples who have decided to separate, but are putting on a happy face to perform their final Christmas as an intact family. January is known by family court lawyers as divorce month for this very reason.
Magazine article
Is it OK to prank your kids? Do they get it? And where's the line?
Published 2022
The Conversation, 14 December 2022
We all lie to our kids. Some lies telling them their artwork is wonderful, or that Wiggles band-aids are infused with anaesthetic benefit the child. Others are just a bit of fun.