Finding that children with higher levels of self-control had
healthier and more successful lives has important
implications for social policy, Prof Richie Poulton, director
of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development
Research Unit, says.
A University of Otago study has found a strong link between
paracetamol use in children and the development of allergies
and asthma, but the researcher says parents should not be
worried yet.
Fairy tales, music, slapstick, the comic highjinks of traditional pantomime, audience participation - as well as double entendres and contemporary jokes for grown-ups - it's all part of the mix of good children's theatre.
New Zealand is viewed
overseas as "hugely progressive" for its moves, through the
Family Court, to improve outcomes for children during
parental separation, Prof Gordon Harold says.
A group of parents is calling on the Dunedin City Council to
fence the new playground at Bayfield Park next to Andersons
Bay inlet, saying there are too many risks for it to be a
safe play area for their children.
Violence, sexual abuse, disease, psychosis and death ...
the children of the Akha tribe face an uncertain future.
Shane Gilchrist meets a man who offers hope in the highlands
of Southeast Asia.
A Wellington man is angry that Labour MP Charles Chauvel said
his children should "shut up" during a flight at the weekend
- even though his wife, two rows away, did not hear the
comment.
