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first No Hit Zone Conference WHEN: March 2-3, 2022 WHERE: University of Texas at Austin, Texas No Hit Zones are quickly emerging as an effective, low-cost, and easy-to-implement strategy for the prevention of child abuse. |
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"Sometimes, this NYT article points out, extroverts and introverts may find themselves in the same family. |
"How does a democratic character structure come about? |
"These are all heavy hints that what’s transpiring within our brains is just as extreme as our external makeover. |
On childcare: "And good public policy would join them and would nourish both the family and these programs, forming a bond... read more |
"What specifically does supportive child raising look like in traditional Indigenous communities? |
UNICEF has launched a COVID-19 guide for parents. |
"... through the COVID-19 threat, we have a chance to turn this potential adverse childhood experience (ACE) into a positive childhood experience (PCE). I have convinced myself that, yes, as we shelter-in-place we have a chance to heal-in-place... read more |
While maternal warmth was predictive of better behavior regulation in the child overall, maternal responsiveness to child distress was specifically related to the child’s internalization of rules of conduct. |
Permissive parenting intensified boys’ behavioral problems, and harsh discipline was related to child behavioral problems regardless of gender, but parent education lessened child behavioral problems, particularly for girls. |
Harsh discipline contributed to child behavior problems. |
Harsh discipline strategies were predictive of poor emotional adjustment in emerging adults, while positive discipline predicted healthy adjustment. |
Authoritative parenting—high on positive parenting and monitoring but low on inconsistent discipline—had the best long-term outcomes of all parenting styles. |
Insecurely attached children showed more resentful opposition toward their mothers than did those with secure attachments. |
Maternal sensitivity, parental harshness, and productive activity affected child behavior, but child behavior problems influenced parenting choices more so than vice versa, from middle childhood onward. |
Regardless of the quality of non-parental child care, children from low-quality home environments had more behavioral problems and children from high-quality homes had fewer behavioral problems. |
While high-quality child care was predictive of greater pre-academic skills, children who spent more time in non-parental child care, especially in center-type care, tended to have more behavior problems that continued into adolescence. |
High-quality parenting was predictive of greater academic and social skills for all children, but particularly children with a difficult temperament. In addition, high-quality non-parental child care predicted fewer behavioral problems in children with difficult temperaments. |