Parenting and guardianship
Alternative labels
Parenting skills
Technical report
Parenting today in Victoria: technical report - May 2017
This report sets out the background, methodology and findings from the 2016 administration of the Parenting Today in Victoria survey involving 2600 parents of children aged zero through 18 years, residing in the state of Victoria.
Report
Resetting the pendulum: Balanced, effective, accountable child protection systems and adoption reform in Australia
Attempting to keep and reunite children with even highly dysfunctional parents at almost all costs has swung the pendulum of child protection systems too far in favour of defending parental rights at the expense of protecting children’s rights and best interests.
Report
Supporting families changing futures: 2017 update
This report from the Queensland government provides a progress update of the child and family support reform program.
Working paper
Teenage daughters as a cause of divorce
Evidence from the U.S. that couples with daughters are more likely to divorce than couples with sons has not been found for other Western countries.
Report
Analysis summary: Raising community awareness of parenting
This report summarises existing Australian initiatives with community awareness-raising messages about parenting.