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Kate Noble, Victoria University; Peter Hurley, Victoria University, and Sergio Macklin, Victoria University Three quarters of a million Australian children are likely to be experiencing employment stress in the family as a result of COVID-19. This is on top of around 615,000 children whose families were already dealing with employment stress, whose situation may have [...]
Lauren McNamara, Ryerson University and Pasi Sahlberg, UNSW School leaders globally are tasked with the unenviable challenge of planning for school reopenings after COVID-19 pandemic shut downs. Having experienced their own isolation, anxiety, exhaustion and challenges of taking schools online, they are now challenged to redesign their schools to mitigate the effects of a pandemic. [...]
Peter Carew, University of Melbourne and Valerie Sung, Murdoch Children's Research Institute During the coronavirus pandemic, have your kids been using headphones more than usual? Maybe for remote schooling, video chats with relatives, or for their favourite music and Netflix shows? We have to be careful about both the volume and duration of headphone use. [...]
Associate Professor Terry BowlesAs COVID-19 restrictions are gradually lifted across Australia and we emerge from months of isolation, it’s important to note that we have passed the threshold of time required to establish new habits. Research shows that it takes between 30 and 60 days to establish a new habit or to stop a bad [...]
Dr Tania King, Marissa Shields, Professor Anne Kavanagh and Stefanie DimovAustralians in their teens and twenties might be at minimal risk from COVID-19 itself, but they are at risk of significant financial impacts as the true economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis becomes clear. Already experiencing high levels of unemployment and under-employment before the spread [...]
Professor Lea Waters COVID-19 has caused major disruptions to education globally. Data released by UNESCO on in late March, showed that 138 governments had ordered country-wide closures of their schools. A staggering 80 per cent, or more than 1.3 billion, of the world’s students are learning remotely. The move to remote learning Schools and larger [...]
Mandie Shean, Edith Cowan University As COVID-19 lockdown measures are lifted, some children may experience social anxiety about the prospect of returning to school. People with social anxiety may fear embarrassment or the expectation to perform in social situations, or worry exceedingly about people judging them poorly. In certain situations, people with anxiety may find [...]
Christine Grove, Lecturer, Education, Monash University Around the world, young people are actively contributing to change. They’re breaking down barriers. They’re developing policy. And they’re creating action. In Asia, they’ve been key contributors in government responses to the HIV epidemic. In sub-Saharan Africa, they’ve been drivers to establish and enact sustainable development goals. In the [...]
Associate Professor Eva Alisic and Dr Mira Vasileva Young children are known for their ability to bounce back from illness and minor setbacks as they explore their world. Many adults assume that larger negative experiences – like serious accidents and natural disasters – don’t affect pre-schooler kids in the long run, as they may not [...]
Less than one in four young Australians have even a basic understanding of financial literacy, according to the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. This lack of understanding is exacerbating the financial strain caused by COVID-19, given that many young Australians have both low and unstable levels of income. The situation [...]
