ABC Stories: Behaviour
Hand-picked features and articles from across the ABC on children's behaviour.
Topics
- Nutrition & Fitness
- Connecting
- Health & Daily Care
- Behaviour
- Play & Learning
- Safety
- Development
- Sleep
Sleepwalking: the twilight zone
3 July 2008
Don't be alarmed by the glassy stare: sleepwalking is simply due to a disruption to sleep patterns, say Canadian researchers.
Topics: ABC Health & Wellbeing, toddlers, school age, preschoolers, sleep, behaviour, development
Child advocate workers pushing for quicker action
3 July 2008
Cases over the last few weeks have emerged involving the plight of children whose families had escaped the attention of child protection workers by moving interstate.
Topics: ABC Radio, babies, newborns, toddlers, school age, preschoolers, behaviour, development, health, safety
Do glasses weaken your eyes?
1 July 2008
The popular belief that glasses weaken your eyes is a myth.
Topics: ABC Health & Wellbeing, toddlers, school age, preschoolers, health, development, behaviour
Confident kids, healthy adults
26 June 2008
Kids with high levels of confidence and self-control are more likely to be healthy in adulthood, say UK researchers.
Topics: ABC Health, babies, newborns, toddlers, school age, preschoolers, behaviour, development, health
Responding to child neglect
24 June 2008
More child abuse is being reported to welfare agencies but often we don't know until it's too late.
Topics: ABC Radio, babies, newborns, toddlers, school age, preschoolers, behaviour, development, health, safety
Forum: can you teach happiness?
19 June 2008
Can young people be educated to be happy? This was the topic of a session at the recent Happiness and Its Causes conference.
Topics: Abc Life matters, radio national, ABC Science, babies, newborns, toddlers, school age, preschoolers, health, behaviour, development, connecting
Transcript: Brave New Mind: Smart drugs and the ethics of neuro-enhancement
14 June 2008
Some argue that the spectre of 'smart drugs' and 'cosmetic pharmacology' pose a challenge to our authentic selves. And in the classroom, would brain-doping be cheating?
Topics: ABC Radio, school age, development, health, behaviour, learning
