Young people who leave school early, without alternative career paths, are more likely to suffer from unemployment, low income and poor working conditions. PACTS (Parents As Career Transition Support) is been established by the Brotherhood to give parents the knowledge to assist and support their children make the right decisions about life after school. This...

Using data from the Children and Family Life study, Sarah Wise and Ben Edwards compare 921 children aged 5-13 years living with either a separated parent in a single-parent family, a separated parent in a step/blended family, or both natural parents, on a measure of psychological adjustment. They also explore the extent to which economic...

In Australia, as elsewhere, not a great deal is known about the 'nuts and bolts' of parent-child contact after separation. This report, edited by Bruce Smyth, uses information gained from a series of focus groups and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey to identify patterns of parenting after separation and factors that...

Households provide their members with both financial support and caring services. In sole parent households, the vast majority of which are headed by women, the functions of earning money and caring for children fall to one individual. The risk that sole mothers may fail to perform either or both of these functions adequately has made...

Executive summary In May 2003, the Prime Minister announced a commitment of $10 million under the Stronger Families and Communities Strategy to early childhood prevention and intervention initiatives. Of this, $8.8 million has been allocated to initiatives under the National Agenda for Early Childhood, including $3.2 million to the Parenting Information Project. Phase One of...