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Sharing the evidence in different ways

Parenting Today is designed to generate insights across a wide range of topics, populations and policy areas. Some analyses will be published as dedicated findings pages on this website, while others may be shared through policy briefings, presentations, conferences, media, research publications or collaborations with governments and other organisations.

These different touchpoints help put evidence in front of the people and organisations who can use it, and allow Parenting Today to contribute to important conversations as they emerge.

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Where Parenting Today is part of the conversation

News and media

Parent wellbeing

Article: Calls to support struggling parents as national survey reveals increasing psychological distress, ABC News, Conor Duffy, May 21, 2026
Radio: Most parents psychologically distressed, ABC Listen, Conor Duffy, May 21, 2026
TV: A growing number of parents are struggling with isolation and exhaustion, according to a new national survey, ABC News Breakfast, May 21, 2026
Social media: Feeling cooked? You’re not imagining it, ABC News, Conor Duffy, May 23, 2026
Article: Are the parents alright: Why raising children feels harder than ever, The Age, Wendy Tuohy, August 16, 2026
Article: Ifeel like I’m the police: The trials and tribulations of raising teenagers, The Age, Benjamin Preiss, August 30, 2026

Parenting children with disability

Article: ‘Survival mode’: Study reveals toll on parents of children with disability, ABC News, Nas Campanella, August 24, 2026
Video:Study reveals mental toll on parents of children with disability, ABC News, Nas Campanella, August 24, 2026
Radio: Disability carers experiencing psychological distress ABC Listen, Nas Campanella, August 24, 2026
Social media: A major Australian study finds parents caring for young children with disability are twice as likely to say they are in poor health, feeling constantly in demand and lonely, ABC News Facebook, August 24, 2026

Conferences and events

2025

FAMS NSW Conference: Invited presentation on early findings from the Parenting Today survey.
6th Australian & New Zealand HREC Conference: Presented on the methods used in Parenting Today to ensure accessibility and inclusion for respondents.

2026

Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium: Two presentations – one on engaging fathers in parenting research: Lessons from the 2025 Parenting Today national survey and one on the experiences of fathers in the early parenting period.
Melbourne City Mission Staff Conferences: Invited keynotes to share insights from Parenting Today regarding parents of adolescents.
Australian Young Pregnant & Parenting Network symposium: Invited presentation on findings from young parents (16-24 years) in the Parenting Today sample.
Congress of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Sophie Havighurst presented findings from Parenting Today regarding parent’s use of corporal punishment
Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Two papers presenting Parenting Today data – one in a symposium about the value of parent networks as a support for parents, and one on parents’ concerns for their children contrasted with youth views.

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