Children's behaviour and parenting, the family's perspective of work and family, post-divorce parenting, vulnerable children and their families, children of lesbian and gay parents, are some of the topics covered in this issue.
Media releases highlight some new research findings.
28 August 2001 - 2001 updates for the Children and Parenting and Family and Marriage research programs are now available on the Research page . A number of new and ongoing research projects are described. To date, Discussion papers no.10 Children's participation in divorce by Don Edgar and Margaret Harrison, and no.11, Can the family survive by Peter McDonald are available. 16 August 2001 - Have a look at the comprehensive Bibliography of Aboriginal housing issues compiled for the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. 27 July 2001 - Ruth Weston and Bruce Smyth presented a paper to the Family Court of Australia Conference in Sydney titled 'The role of the Australian Institute of Family Studies in family law' .