Parenting Support

Families will require support when faced with problems they are unable to overcome on their own. Ideally support should come from existing networks, such as extended family, religious leaders, and neighbours. Where such support is not available or sufficient, additional family and community services are required. Such services are particularly important for kinship, foster and adoptive caretakers, and child headed households in order to prevent separation and address abuse and exploitation of children. It is also vital for children affected by HIV/AIDS and armed conflict, and those children living on the street.

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What Does it Mean to be a ‘Foster Parent’? Exploring Foster Parent Narratives Using Ideal-Type Analysis
Nina Thorup Dalgaard, Julie Mulla Reich, Nick Midgley, Saul Hillman, Holly Dwyer Hall, Maiken Pontoppidan,

This paper develops a typology of foster parent types through an ideal-type analysis of interviews with Danish foster parents.

What Does It Mean To Be A ‘Foster Parent’? -Exploring Foster Parent Narratives Using Ideal-Type Analysis
Working at the Intersections of Violence Against Children and Violence Against Women: Parent and Caregiver Support Programmes
UNICEF,

A well-established and growing body of evidence demonstrates the multiple ways in which violence against children and violence against women intersect or overlap. This brief summarizes what is known about the potential for parent and caregiver support programmes to reduce both violence against children and violence against women, and why addressing these intersections matters for children’s protection and well-being.

“Virtual Mothering”: A Study of Mothering Practices of Trinidad and Tobago Mothers Stranded Abroad After COVID-19 Border Closures
Cheryl-Ann Sarita Boodram,

This study used a qualitative methodology to explore the lived experiences of five Trinidad and Tobago mothers stranded abroad and shows the ways in which the COVID-19 border closures altered their caregiving practices with children left behind.

“Virtual Mothering”: A Study of Mothering Practices of Trinidad and Tobago Mothers Stranded Abroad After COVID-19 Border Closures
A Stakeholder Perspective on the Necessary Conditions for Successfully Implementing Parenting Interventions in Botswana
Hlengiwe Gwebu, Tendai Elvis Mutembedza, Jacqueline Kilby, Jeldau Rieff, Styn Jamu, Lisa Jamu, Nomsa Monare, Mary Mosenke, Mmannyana Margaret Nonong, Babedi Ncaagae, Yulia Shenderovich, Jamie Lachman, Lucie Cluver,

This study seeks to evaluate the real-world experiences, challenges, and best practices in implementing parent support programs in Botswana.

Hope Groups: a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial of psychosocial, mental health, and parenting support groups for Ukrainian caregivers during war and conflict
Sydney Tucker, Nicole Baldonado, Olha Ruina, Oliver Ratmann, et. al,

This study protocol outlines the first randomized controlled trial of Hope Groups—a 12-session psychosocial, mental health, and parenting support program—among Ukrainians affected by war. The trial aims to assess its impact on caregiver mental health, violence prevention, and family well-being, with potential for global adaptation and scale-up in other crisis-affected settings if proven effective.

How do Parenting Programmes Help Keep Children Safe?
Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the INSPIRE Working Group, the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN),

This webinar unpacks lessons learnt from successful parenting and caregiver interventions in lower-middle-income countries.

“We Wanted to Get Her Help”: Child-Welfare-Involved Caregivers’ Perceptions of Decision-Making When Accessing Residential Treatment
Lauren Pryce McCarthy,

This U.S.-based study aimed to explore how caregivers perceive their role in decision-making when accessing residential treatment settings (RTS) for youth using interpretive phenomenological analysis.

“We Wanted to Get Her Help”: Child-Welfare-Involved Caregivers’ Perceptions of Decision-Making When Accessing Residential Treatment
Lack of Parental Care Increases Depression of Rural Left-Behind Children in China: A Moderated Mediating Effects*
Baorui Chang, Yanhan Wei, Jiandong Fang,

This study uncovers the internal mechanisms through which parental care deficit impacts depression in left-behind children in China.

Lack of parental care increases depression of rural left-behind children in China: a moderated mediating effects*
Parental Risk Factors and Children Entering Out-Of-Home Care: The Effects of Cumulative Risk and Parent’s Sex
Nell Warner, Jonathan Scourfield, Rebecca Cannings-John, Olivier Y. Rouquette, Alex Lee, Rachael Vaughan, Karen Broadhurst, Ann John,

This retrospective, national-scale, observational e-cohort study of children entering care in Wales looked at the impact of cumulative risks of parental difficulties on the likelihood of care entry and the impact of the parent's sex.

Children's Behavioural Issues and Kinship Caregiver Depression: The Roles of Self-Care and Formal Support
Wenjing Shao, Fei Sun, Gretchen Sheneman, Michele Brock,

The purpose of this U.S.-based study was to examine two intervening variables, self-care and formal support that affect the relationship between children with behavioural issues and caregiver depression.