One in three Aussie school kids are returning to school this year with a smartphone, and almost eight in ten own a phone by the age of 13, according to new research from Telstra.



Australia's parents are struggling to keep their kids safe online due to a lack of tech knowledge, according to new research.

As Christmas approaches, many kids will soon be unwrapping video games from under their Christmas tree. One company has released a set of videos to ensure kids are only playing the games Santa gave them.

Dr. Markella Rutherford conducted an analysis based on parenting articles from the 1920s to the mid-2000s. She found that children have more freedoms within the home, but less independence outside of it.

A study performed by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that parenting style is very important in the driving style of teenagers. Specifically, teenagers that have their own car are twice as dangerous as teenagers that share a car with a parent.

A University of Massachusetts study has shown what happens to the quality and quantity of interactions between parents and young children when the television is on in the background.

As suspected by any person married with children, but until now not detailed in a long-term study, U.S. researchers find that children increase stress on marriages. In fact, dissatisfaction plummets within the first year of the first baby!

Just a few days before Easter, the long weekend and many families hitting the road for a holiday, a new Telstra survey has uncovered the shocking statistic that far too many people are still using their phones while driving – and while the kids are in the car.

According to an Australian-led study, children of older fathers do not perform as well on intelligence tests as children of younger dads. However, these same children had higher scores on IQ tests when they had older aged mothers, when compared to younger ones.

A Hungarian study finds that men usually select a life partner who looks like their mother, and women commonly pick a mate that looks like their father.