Americas

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Meppelder M, Hodes M, Kef S, Schuengel C - Child Abuse and Neglect,

This study tested whether the extent of delays in support seeking is associated with working alliance for parents with mild intellectual disabilities (MID) and whether the importance of working alliance may depend on parenting stress and availability of informal support.

William Schneider & Michael MacKenzie & Jane Waldfogel & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn ,

This paper provides new evidence on parent and child reporting of corporal punishment, drawing on data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a birth cohort study of families in 20 medium to large US cities.

The Future of Children,

The Future of Children, a collaboration of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Brookings Institute, has launched a new project entitled “The Child & Family Blog.”

Karen E. Kresak, Peggy A. Gallagher, and Susan J. Kelley ,

This study focuses on examining the mediating effects of social support on familial well-being or quality of life in order to help professionals identify and enhance sources of support for all grandparent caregivers.

DONCEL,

Ese video explica el sistema de cuidado alternativo en Argentina, particularmente la utilización de “hogares convivenciales,” donde viven juntos muchos niños y niñas separados de sus familias y el trabajo de DONCEL a ayudar a esos niños y niñas.

National Child Traumatic Stress Network ,

This factsheet from the US National Child Traumatic Stress Network provides useful information to parents and caregivers of children who have experienced complex trauma.

Rosana Morgado - Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support,

This presentation from  Innocenti’s Expert Consultation on Family and Parenting Support focuses on the risks facing, and the needs of, poor families in Brazil.

David Anderson - Child Abuse and Neglect Journal, Volume 38, Issue 4,

This article highlights the historical role churches have played in child protection stemming from biblical teachings and mandates as well as a current example of church involvement in child protection.

Christopher Wildeman and Jane Waldfogel ,

This review takes a three-pronged approach to showing why the dearth of sociological research focused on children in foster care is problematic.

Shawna J. Lee, Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Lawrence M. Berger - Child Abuse & Neglect ,

This study examined whether spanking by the child's mother, father, or mother's current partner when the child was 1-year-old was associated with household CPS involvement between age 1 and age 5.