Family Matters articles from September 2008

Family Matters archives from September 2008

Director's report.(Australian Institute of Family Studies)
September 22, 2008... I was delighted to welcome Mr Terry Moran AO, Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, to the Institute on Friday 16 May. Ms Liza Carroll, First Assistant Secretary of the Office of Work and Family, accompanied Mr Moran. It was...

Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children is now walking and talking.(Report)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction With the release of data from the second wave of Growing up in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), Australia now has national longitudinal data on children's...

Does child care quality matter? Associations between socio-emotional development and non-parental child care in a representative sample of Australian children.(GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA)(Report)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Questions about the possible associations between young children's attendance at child care and their socio-emotional development have intrigued researchers, parents and policymakers for over three...

Shared parental responsibility: stability of arrangements among separated Australian families of young children across two years.(GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA)(Report)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recent reforms to the family law system and Child Support Scheme reflect and promote a major cultural change in relation to parenting after separation. Introduction of these reforms coincided with, and to some extent...

Parents' involvement in their children's education.(GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA)(Report)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this paper, the nature of parental involvement in children's education in the early years of school is investigated, as well as the relationship between parental involvement and children's learning competence. The...

Parent-only care: a child care choice for working couple families? Decisions by couples with young children as to whether one or both parents are in paid employment are inextricably linked with the question about who will care for their children.(GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA)(Report)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction One solution to the child care question, adopted by a substantial minority of couple families in which both parents are employed, is to organise their work in such a way that they do not need to use...

Do Australian children have more problems today than twenty years ago?(GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA)(Report)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The rising rate of child and youth problems, such as obesity, depression and substance use, has led many to believe that today's children are faring worse than yesteryear's children. But there is little information...

Work and family responsibilities through life.(GROWING UP IN AUSTRALIA)(Report)
September 22, 2008... Most Australians at some point face the challenges of balancing work and family responsibilities. The pressures that families face when negotiating these issues has long been a policy concern. Discussions of work and family balance are...

Growing Up in Australia is on the road again!(Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children)
September 22, 2008... During 2004, over 10,000 children and families around Australia agreed to take part in Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), a landmark national study that is following the development of these children...

Visit by Dutch delegation.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Australian Institute of Family Studies)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... The Institute hosted a delegation from The Hague, Netherlands, on 15 February. The delegation representatives were from various Dutch labour market and social security organisations, including local municipalities and private service providers,...

Relocation disputes symposium.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... A symposium presenting insights from ongoing research into relocation disputes was held at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, on 18 April. The symposium was organised by Professor Juliet Behrens (ANU College of Law), Professor...

Visit from the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Staff of the Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development--Professor Richard Wilkins, Managing Director, Dr Marya Reed, Deputy Managing Director, and Dr Fatimah Saad, Implementation and Social Action Division--visited the...

EUSARF International conference: Assessing Evidence Base of Intervention for Vulnerable Children and Their Families.(INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES)(European Scientific Association for Residential and Foster Care)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... In March 2008, Dr Leah Bromfield attended the EUSARF International conference, Assessing the Evidence Base of Intervention for Vulnerable Children and Their Families. Some of the highlights of the conference for her were: * realising the...

Subjective wellbeing and families: issues of measurement and data interpretation.(INSTITUTE SEMINARS)
September 22, 2008... In 2008, the Australian Institute of Family Studies is continuing its series of public seminars presenting contemporary research on national and international issues related to the family. Seminar held at the Institute on 13 March 2008 ...

Cooperation and coordination: an evaluation of the Family Court of Australia's Magellan case-management model.(INSTITUTE SEMINARS)
September 22, 2008... Seminar held at the Institute on 17 April 2008 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dr Daryl Higgins, General Manager (Research) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies, has been conducting research in child and family welfare--particularly...

Stand up 4 U! Making positive choices in relationships. (2007).(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 22, 2008... Stand up 4 U! Making positive choices in relationships. (2007). Sydney: Office for Women, NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. Price: Free. Further information available from: http://www.women.nsw.gov.au Phone 02 9228 3141. Email:...

Consuming innocence: Popular culture and our children.(2008)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Consuming innocence: Popular culture and our children. (2008). Karen Brooks. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. Price: $34.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This book explores the relationship that children have with popular culture....

Families and mental health: a parenting resource kit. (2007).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Families and mental health: A parenting resource kit. (2007). Melbourne: Department of Human Services. Available from: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/m entalhealth/families [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This parenting resource kit is a...

Promoting resilience in child welfare. (2006).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Promoting resilience in child welfare. (2006). Robert Flynn, Peter Dudding and James Barber (Eds.). Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This book consists of papers originally presented at the Promoting Resilient...

Step-by-step baby care for parents with a learning difficulty.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 22, 2008... Step-by-step baby care for parents with a learning difficulty. (2007). Canterbury: O'Connell Family Centre and Parenting Research Centre. Further information available from: http://www.mercy.com.au or http://www.parentingrc.org.au Price:...

Crime and society. (2007).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Crime and society. (2007). Rob White and Daphne Habibis. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Price: $65.00. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This Australian textbook examines crime in society. Part One looks at different types of crime,...

Getting safe against the odds: Family violence affects women with disabilities too. A guide for service providers. (2008).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Getting safe against the odds: Family violence affects women with disabilities too. A guide for service providers. (2008). Melbourne: Domestic Violence Resource Centre. Price: Free. Further information available from: http://www.dvirc.org.au...

Managing mayhem: Work-life balance in New Zealand. (2007).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Managing mayhem: Work--life balance in New Zealand. (2007). Marilyn Waring and Christa Fouche (Eds.). Wellington: Dunmore Publishing. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This book is a collection of essays on work-life balance in New Zealand....

Conferences.(Calendar)
September 22, 2008... 21-24 July 2008 Engendering Leadership Through Research and Practice Perth, WA The overall aim of this international conference is to generate new thinking about gender and leadership by providing a creative forum for interaction between...