Child and Parent Emotion Study

Next step for our Child & Parent Emotion Study (CAPES): We have received funding to design and test a brand new way to support parents of children 2-4 years, an app that personalizes delivery of 3 different types of support… because every parent and child is unique.

Have you seen the new Netflix show Old Enough? I chatted to @KidspotSocial about whether it's safe for a 2.5 year old to go to the shops by themselves! kidspot.com.au/lifestyle/ente…

New COVID-19 research: We looked at child and parent physical activity, sleep, and screen use and their association to mental health in 2,000 Australian families in the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic./1 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

After nearly two years in and out of lockdown it's understanding if your child is being clingy... some of the advice from @LizWestrupp to combat this includes acknowledging your child's feelings and modelling calm confidence. For more tips read the article below.

So excited to see our new paper online! This drew on 14 time points to look at trajectories of parent and child mental health in 2,000 families over 14 months of the pandemic 2020-2021), comparing locked down Victoria to the rest of Australia. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/2YZMFFT…

Buying picture books as Christmas presents? These stories with diverse characters can help kids develop empathy theconversation.com/buying-picture… via @ConversationEDU

Our new research: We investigated profiles of parent mental health over 12 months of the pandemic, and found worse outcomes for parents with chronic health problems. /n Kinga Bik-Multanowska @AntMikocka @ReallyFerny @LizWestrupp sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today's children are set to inherit the brunt of the climate crisis, and awareness of this is evident in research by #Deakin's @sciberras_emma and @ReallyFerny, who also give important tips for parents on how to address what's termed 'eco-anxiety' in children.

So proud to see that @Deakin has been named as the top research institution for Psychology in Australia via @australian Congratulations to everyone in the School of Psychology @DeakinHealth @deakinresearch theaustralian.com.au/special-report…

Parenting is an equally challenging time for fathers however they are rarely the focus of perinatal health services and often fail to get the support they need. See what Dr @JacquiMacd from Deakin has to say about ways we can overcome this.

Lockdown has made it hard for many families to maintain healthy eating. As we head out of lockdown you may find these tips from a #Deakin study helpful for promoting healthy eating habits in your children.

Coming up "Climbing out of COVID" on Wed 10 Nov webinar - speakers from UK & Aust, inc. @AnneHollonds @LizWestrupp @nikkifairchild2 eventbrite.com.au/e/climbing-out… @Eventbrite

This study demonstrates the importance of protecting today's youth from mental health problems, to safeguard their journey into parenthood, and their offspring's crucial early developmental years.

Interesting article on how we as a nation can protect the well being of young people, post pandemic life.

Highly topical new paper from our Deakin team - looking at vaccine intentions for 2000 Australian parents (mixed methods, qual and quant data)

This was a fun paper with @EvansSubhadra and @JacquiMacd - looking at theory and research on how we parents are still on a roller coaster ride in terms of our own development. We look at the transition to becoming a parent and also how COVID has impacted parents.

Haven't been on Twitter recently so have a bit of a backdate! First up: Our published qual research. We asked 2,130 parents “How has COVID-19 affected your family life?” frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… @EvansSubhadra @AntMikocka @sciberras_emma @annaklas_ @_LisaOlive @LizWestrupp

Check out our newly published paper - showing lower parent subjective wellbeing during national lockdown in Australia during April 2020 /1 @pandemicstudy @AntMikocka @CJGResearch @sciberras_emma @george @DeakinSeed @deakinresearch sciencedirect.com/science/articl…