30 June 2008
Do children have more problems than 20 years ago?
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Some people say that kids today aren't as happy and healthy as 'when we were growing up.'
That perception has now been countered by research from the Australian Institute of Family Studies that has compared today's children with children born twenty years ago.
Differences in reported behaviour have been compared between the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and the Australian Temperament Project that began in the 1980s.
Guests
Diana Smart
General Manager of Research, Australian Institute of Family Studies
Further Information
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Publications
Title: Do Australian children have more problems today than twenty years ago?
Author: Diana Smart and Ann Sanson
Publisher: Australian Institute of Family Studies journal Family Matters (No. 79)
URL: http://www.aifs.gov.au/institute/media/docs/fm.pdf
Presenter
Richard Aedy
Producer
Amanda Armstrong
Story Researcher and Producer
Jackie May
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