background the pre-marital sex and live-in relationship among young people are increasing at an alarming rate. remote consequences of such high risk behaviors are increase in the incidence of stds (including hiv), unsafe and illegal abortion, adolescent pregnancy and motherhood, single mother child/abandoned child, juvenile delinquency and many more. objectives the aim of this study was to inve...

OBJECTIVE Previous research demonstrated high rates of perceived mealtime behavior problems in families of young children with type 1 diabetes who were managed with conventional therapy. Because of new insulin regimens that offer greater flexibility, reexamination of mealtime behaviors is required. We assessed parent-reported mealtime behaviors in a sample of young children using an insulin pum...

BACKGROUND Given that relatively little is known about the development of resilience in early childhood, this longitudinal study aimed to identify preschool resource factors associated with young children's mental health resilience to family adversity. METHODS A community sample of 474 young Australian children was assessed in preschool (mean age 4.59 years, 49% male), and again two years lat...