3 4
Child wellbeing (0–14)
3.0 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
3.1 The role of the family in
child wellbeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
3.2 Children in child care and
preschool programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
3.3 Transition to primary school. . . . . . 90
3.4 How are our children faring
at school? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
3.5 Adoptions in Australia . . . . . . . . . . .103
3.6 Child protection in Australia . . . . .105
3.7 Young people aged 10–14
under youth justice
supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
3.8 Wellbeing of Indigenous
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
3.9 Closing the gap in Indigenous
education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
3.10 Children with disability . . . . . . . . . .116