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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Hannah Ulferts - OECD,

This paper provides a structured overview of the existing parenting literature with the aim of developing an evidence-based and culture-sensitive framework of parenting and its influence on child development.

Margaret H. Lloyd Sieger & Robert Haswell - Journal of Child and Family Studies,

For this study, in-depth interviews with 17 currently or recently-involved parents in a Midwestern U.S. family treatment court, which are specialized child welfare dockets designed to address substance use, were conducted and analyzed using constant comparative coding, in order to understand parents’ perspectives on their own substance use, including its impact on their parenting, before and during child welfare system involvement.

Mugadza, Hilda Tafadzwa; Williams Tetteh, Vera; Stout, Brian; Renzaho, Andre - The Australasian Review of African Studies,

This study explores how sub-Saharan African migrant parents and caregivers navigate parenting between the cultures that have shaped their lives and parenting expectations within the new environment.

Mary C Acri ,Emily Hamovitch, Geetha Gopalan & Marina Lalayants - Journal of Public Child Welfare ,

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of a peer-delivered detection and active outreach program upon depression and engagement in mental health services among caregivers involved in the child welfare system.

Labella MH, Lind T, Sellers T, Roben CKP, Dozier M - Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,

The current study uses two randomized control trials, one conducted with foster caregivers and one conducted with birth parents, to investigate the longitudinal effects of caregiver type (foster versus birth parent) and a home-visiting parenting intervention on emotion regulation among young children referred to Child Protective Services (CPS).

Govind Krishnamoorthy, Paula Hessing, Christel Middeldorp, William Bor - Children and Youth Services Review,

This article presents a multi-site evaluation of a group delivery of the eight-week Circle of Security-Parent DVD program (COS-P) program to foster carers of 6-12 year-old children in an urban community as facilitated by community-based providers from a specialist child and youth mental health services.

John A. Lambie, Hugo J. Lambie, Susan Sadek - Child: Care, Health and Development,

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Sara Pérez-Hernando and Nuria Fuentes-Peláez - Social Sciences,

There has recently been increased interest in the potential for formal and informal networks to aid interventions with biological families in helping them achieve reunification in the context of the child protection system. This article analyzes the conceptualization of social support in order to create social support networks.

Ian Thomas & Dr Justin Rogers - The Martin James Foundation,

This  briefing explores the importance of self-care for parents and carers, whilst outlining some ‘top-tips’ and helpful resources that can be accessed online. 

Mia Anne Polizzotto - Family Court Review,

This Note proposes a model New York state statute that will recognize the importance of children's visitation with incarcerated parents, implement “child friendly” visitation programs, facilitate training for prison staff, and provide transportation for children in major cities to the prison facilities.