As GAA debates its underage player development model, Clare’s success story highlights the importance of prioritising skill and retention over winning, amid ongoing concerns about player welfare and system efficacy. Every close season, the same argument returns to the GAA:…
While parents often confuse ‘Ferber’, ‘cry it out’ and ‘sleep training’, recent evidence suggests tailored approaches can support healthy sleep without harming the parent-child bond, provided methods are appropriate and applied thoughtfully. Parents often use “Ferber”, “cry it out” and…
Federal cuts to food aid are beginning to impact school meal programmes nationwide, risking increased hunger among children as districts grapple with reduced funding and eligibility changes. Cuts to federal food assistance are beginning to reach far beyond the grocery…
Pakistan launches a comprehensive nationwide polio vaccination campaign amid significant progress this year, aiming to eradicate the virus by targeting high-risk regions with intense immunisation efforts and international support. Pakistan has launched a new nationwide polio vaccination drive as officials…
New insights highlight that children thrive when parenting mixes warmth with discipline, adapting to cultural and individual differences, with balanced approaches leading to better emotional and academic outcomes. Parenting style can shape far more than day-to-day behaviour. It can influence…
The Danish government introduces a new municipal support system offering free, early mental health aid to children aged five to 17, responding to increasing demands and highlighting the need for close monitoring of intervention outcomes. An increasing number of children…
As Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) changes across different life stages, parents like Elizabeth face the ongoing challenge of adapting to shifting symptoms and managing an often unpredictable course of the condition. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder rarely stays the same across a lifetime, and…
Research indicates that the first three years are crucial for establishing a child’s gut microbiota, with delivery method significantly affecting microbial diversity and immune health; nutritional approaches like probiotics may help support optimal development. The first three years of life…
With school schedules and work commitments increasingly misaligned, Australian parents are coping with an unsustainable daily squeeze, exposing systemic flaws in care and leave arrangements that hamper modern family life. Australian families are trying to fit modern working lives into…
A University of Gothenburg study finds that peer sexual harassment starts as early as Grade 4, impacting boys and girls equally, with significant consequences for mental health and daily life. Peer sexual harassment can begin as early as Grade 4…
